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Training Log Archive: Becks

In the 11 days ending Aug 9, 2015:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
Orienteering	8	8:45:46	35.76	(14:42)	57.55	(9:08)	902
Running	8	1:24:09	6.9	(12:12)	11.1	(7:35)	162
Recovery	1	5:17	0.05	(1:47:38)	0.08	(1:06:53)
Total	9	10:15:12	42.71	(14:24)	68.73	(8:57)	1064
[1-5]	8	9:07:27

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Sunday Aug 9, 2015 #

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(rest day)

Shattered! Trip home was eventful - left Glen Affric ahead of schedule, feeling smug, then a warning light flashes up on the dashboard. It's a solid light, which isn't too much of a problem, so we keep going. Twenty minutes later the light starts flashing, which is a mega problem, and the car starts shuddering and wheezing. Luckily we're in Inverness and we go to the dealer, which has obviously just shut up shop as it's Saturday. So then on the phone to the AA, and Robin arrives within an hour with exactly the part we need and some friendly stories. Soon we're back on the way, and things are pretty uneventful for a while. Then we have to go to Richmond on the way home, as Dad agreed to drop some SI Kit off there for Martin Stone (who apparently doesn't realise that Yorkshire is quite big, as counties go). We drop off the kit and drive to the A1/M, which is closed, with the worst diversion signs in the world. After half an hour of driving towards places we think should work, my phone finally gets 3G and we get a route home, 15 minutes back along the way we just came. It was very late by the time we got home, and without any tea too!

The Scottish was good! I enjoyed days 1,3,4,5 and 6, which is definitely a decent percentage. My fitness was actually a bit of a disappointment, but I suppose to be expected. My navigation struggled at the start but improved. It was sometimes difficult to be in a place that had figured so strongly in forming the person that you are, with such vivid memories of fun and upset, but mostly awesome to introduce some new friends to it.

Speaking of new friends, spending a week with Ed made me realise that I no longer have new friends, just awesome ones.

Now back mostly in Yorkshire for a couple of weeks, with wedding preparations a plenty and a few trips to talk to people about work and future plans. Scary and exciting stuff all round!

Saturday Aug 8, 2015 #

11 AM

Running 3:10 [0] 0.38 km (8:27 / km)
shoes: Integrators 5000

The final few minutes of the long walk to the start, where I started running. Just got to the start on time.

Orienteering 51:41 [0] 5.35 km (9:40 / km) +106m 8:48 / km
shoes: Integrators 5000

Dropped down onto the short course and loved every second. Some small mistakes but mostly tired. Woods were gorgeous. Had to walk up most hills.

S6D - Day 6 Glen Affric - C25 - Splits

Friday Aug 7, 2015 #

1 PM

Running 22:40 2.72 km (8:20 / km) +93m 7:07 / km
ahr:141 max:164 shoes: Integrators 5000

Some walking, some jogging to the start. Tired and tummy not happy.

Orienteering 1:48:22 9.92 km (10:55 / km) +273m 9:36 / km
ahr:164 max:176 shoes: Integrators 5000

After 4 hours spent on car park duty, and being generally knackered, racing today was not going to happen. So I decided to treat today as an adventure. A whoops every time I fell over instead of a swear, and getting excited to be out for long enough to deserve a second round of jelly babies. It mostly worked, with a bobble in both skill and attitude around controls 7 and 8. Legs were dead by the end. Tomorrow is going to be interesting.

S6D - Day 5 Glen Affric - C40 - Splits

Thursday Aug 6, 2015 #

11 AM

Running 9:19 1.28 km (7:16 / km) +9m 7:02 / km
ahr:136 max:160 shoes: Integrators 5000

Jog to the start.

Orienteering 1:11:00 9.24 km (7:41 / km) +85m 7:21 / km
ahr:175 max:186 shoes: Integrators 5000

Much better today. Still a couple of wobbles and bananas but a lot less panic and time loss from them. Unfortunately I think everyone else also did better, or my lack of fitness is really starting to show, as I didn't seem to do any better on the results on my SI printout. Today I did actually enjoy myself though. Gorgeous woods.

C • glad you had a better day! 1

S6D - Day 4 Darnaway - C40 - Splits

Wednesday Aug 5, 2015 #

11 AM

Running 11:16 1.55 km (7:17 / km) +29m 6:40 / km
ahr:145 max:165 shoes: Integrators 5000

Jog to the start and a nice catch up with Kyle!

Orienteering 54:03 7.06 km (7:39 / km) +51m 7:23 / km
ahr:178 max:189 shoes: Integrators 5000

Today was the best yet but still a lot to improve on. One really stupid mistake and one other. Getting frustrated now.

C • contact 2

S6D - Day 3 Darnaway - C40 - Splits

Tuesday Aug 4, 2015 #

6 PM

Orienteering 25:03 3.03 km (8:17 / km) +2m 8:15 / km
ahr:168 max:180 shoes: Integrators 5000

Cruise round a course Dad designed at Roseisle. That's more like it!

Recovery 5:17 0.08 km (1:06:53 / km)
ahr:106 max:127

Iced the ankle in the sea! Feels much better today - was okay strapped up, took it very easy in the small patches of rougher stuff.

Monday Aug 3, 2015 #

1 PM

Running 7:49 0.93 km (8:25 / km) +14m 7:50 / km
ahr:133 max:159 shoes: Integrators 5000

Warm up jog. Feeling a bit meh.

Orienteering 1:29:10 8.28 km (10:46 / km) +246m 9:23 / km
ahr:175 max:188 shoes: Integrators 5000

Well this was not an improvement.

This area was dominated by a Cambus O' May style hillside, and I coped about as well with it today as I did the last time I went to Cambus O' May and ventured out of the fun stuff. Found it really difficult to make plans and so just drifted towards controls, no confidence and no strong direction. A fortuitous error where I popped up at the control thinking I still had 200m or so to go, many stupid errors where I was a boulder or cliff away from the one I should have been on, and then three mega stupid errors (numbers 10, 15 and 17) as I got tired towards the end. Finally, I crunched my ankle on the way down to 10 and though it didn't hurt much at the time, it hurts a lot now.

This was not how I envisaged myself orienteering this week! Might go play for a short time in Roseisle tomorrow and see if I can get my head in gear.

S6D - Day 2 Strathfarrar - C40 - Splits

Sunday Aug 2, 2015 #

10 AM

Running 6:26 1.04 km (6:12 / km) +4m 6:05 / km
ahr:142 max:158 shoes: Integrators 5000

Jog to the start. Feeling quite scared about this whole thing.

Orienteering 1:24:45 10.34 km (8:12 / km) +95m 7:50 / km
ahr:183 max:191 shoes: Integrators 5000

Plenty of room for improvement here! First - mega heart rate! Second, I headless chickened the first 5 or so controls, which was very unsatisfying as the woods were beautiful. Then got it together and was mostly okay, except for the first control in the shooting range bit. Very tired by the plantation forest bit, and struggled across the open ground at the end, with a banana to 26. Overall, happy to be just over 10 mins per km, and plenty of room for getting under later on in the week. Except the climb is getting worse and worse as the week progresses!

S6D - Day 1 Achagour - C40 - Splits

Friday Jul 31, 2015 #

Event: WOC 2015 & Scottish 6 days

6 AM

Running 5:15 0.8 km (6:34 / km) +3m 6:27 / km
ahr:136 max:150 shoes: Integrators 5000

Jog to the start with Ed.

Orienteering 41:42 4.32 km (9:39 / km) +44m 9:11 / km
ahr:185 max:191 shoes: Integrators 5000

The girls Classic race. I am happy to say I can still orienteer but my legs felt atrocious, no power in them at all. Need more sleep!

Thursday Jul 30, 2015 #

10 AM

Running 18:14 2.41 km (7:34 / km) +10m 7:24 / km
ahr:155 max:180 shoes: Integrators 5000

Very very short very very tired jaunt around a bit of Inshriach on one of the Lagganlia courses. It was a bit abortive because there was a man doing a scary amount of logging around numbers 1-4. I was exhausted so that was probably for the best.

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