Training Log Archive: Magic

Surprisingly small turnout for first week back in term, plenty of space though. Felt better than I was expecting and managed the usual level in most exercises.

Event: British Sprint Championships
 

BEOC Sprint. Warick University. Qualifier. Should have stayed in bed. Got delayer on the motorway by cars crashing in the snow, then got lost looking for the event, then got lost looking for the toilets, then got lost on the way to the start, unsurprisingly I got lost on the way to one as well! Very scrappy at the start - no focus - and dropped 30 seconds by number 4, however I then completely went to sleep and came out of the small block of wood completely the wrong way and lost over a minute. From then on I had lost any motivation that I had had and the course was monumentally boaring. Plenty of emit units on the ground again. Nowhere getting into the A final which I could just about have made with a clean run. Was a nice morning with a covering of snow though.

BEOC Sprint B final. Warwick University. Much better than this morning, more focus and better running, although it was a better area and more interesting course. Nearly got caught out but a blocked passage on the way to 3 but was otherwise quite clean. However the 15 seconds lost there was enough to let Boyzone beat me. Will have to retire now.

C • beaten by a boy band! 1

Didn't do enough of this today, especially warming down.

Event: British Elite Middle Distance
 

BEOC Middle champs. Hopwas. Not a bad area for the midlands, reasonably runnable forest with some short steep hills with a few thicker sections. Starter well and manged to keep OJ behind (my two minute man) until 16. Not so good after that though as I felt weak and made a few bad rout choices. Shouldn't be feeling this tired in such a short race.
Would have been happy with my result (6th) though had emit not failed to record my finish, meaning that I was given a 10 minute split on the run-in (time to download) :( I hate emit - loads of units were on the ground and I even managed to cut my finger on one of the spikes for marking the backup card (which i didn't get given). I hate emit.

C • Bad luck 3

Men's Open (Course A) - Splits

Still resting to see if it will make a difference on the weekend.

Jog down and back to/from the orienteering and a wee bit between the loops.

A very fun sprint training session on a smashing evening with the Sheffield possy. Still not a lot in my legs but I was happy enough running around at the back of the group. Apparently I also got 2 points, although does it count if I didn't know who I saw? (I'm already at a severe disadvantage here as I not only don't know any Sheffield runners, but I don't know Mr Hargreaves or Mr Furness either - it's going to take quite some time to get that gold certificate).

Some lucky stalker is going to be my 5000 visitor either tomorrow or Saturday. Do I get any bonus points for that? (It's taken nearly as long to get to that total as it will to get my gold certificate)

Still taking it easy but also still feeling quite tired on the walk in and out of university.

Going to take it propperly easy this week and see if I can get my energy levels back to where they should be, so no exercise today.