Training Log Archive: graemeIn the 31 days ending Jul 31, 2015:
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Friday Jul 31, 2015 #
Orienteering race 16:00 [4] 3.4 mi (4:42 / mi)
Nice course in an estate in Forres, Started with James and Nixon, and went off totally the wrong way. Ooops. Messy after that.
Thursday Jul 30, 2015 #
Orienteering 1:00:00 [2] 5.0 mi (12:00 / mi)
So I went out and ran round the area, checked all the legs, tested the route choices and improved it a lot. Later I'll update the map for summer conditions. This approach has much to be said for it and could usefully be adopted by other events.
Cycling 40:00 [2] 7.0 mi (5:43 / mi)
Wednesday Jul 29, 2015 #
Orienteering race 29:14 [3] 3.5 mi (8:21 / mi)
Orienteering 50:00 [2] 5.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
Tuesday Jul 28, 2015 #
Running 50:00 [2] 5.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
Running intervals 24:00 [4] 2.5 mi (9:36 / mi)
Meh
Monday Jul 27, 2015 #
Running 58:00 [3] 6.5 mi (8:55 / mi)
Note
Sunday Jul 26, 2015 #
Orienteering race 1:05:02 [4] 6.0 mi (10:50 / mi)
Nice long course with 12 controls (3 right by the finish) in 6km. A couple of 1-2 min errors. 10th on the day and 10th overall.
Saturday Jul 25, 2015 #
Orienteering 43:57 [3] 3.5 mi (12:33 / mi)
Friday Jul 24, 2015 #
Orienteering race 1:09:51 [3] 5.6 mi (12:28 / mi)
Completely unable to find first four controls, despite being in the circle most of the time. A not very cheeky 11mins down by 4. Ouch. Trundled safely round after that, being hyper cautious, finishing 20th. (2nd fastest from 4-finish).
Jane destroyed the field again.
Running warm up/down 15:00 [1] 1.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
Thursday Jul 23, 2015 #
Orienteering 16:42 [2] 2.0 mi (8:21 / mi)
Running race 30:00 [1] 2.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
Orienteering race 13:43 [4] 2.0 mi (6:51 / mi)
Fairly easy sprint around a French village. 2nd behind Ulf Magnusson - probably not a local.
Jane won. James 5th in a strong M16 class with assorted EYOC medallists
Wednesday Jul 22, 2015 #
Boat-related 55:00 [2] 2.0 mi (27:30 / mi)
Tuesday Jul 21, 2015 #
Orienteering 1:15:00 [2] 4.0 mi (18:45 / mi)
Monday Jul 20, 2015 #
Running 20:00 [2] 2.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
Sunday Jul 19, 2015 #
Cycling 2:00:00 [2] 25.0 mi (4:48 / mi)
Saturday Jul 18, 2015 #
Running 19:58 [3] 3.1 mi (6:26 / mi)
Running warm up/down 1:10:00 [2] 1.0 mi (1:10:01 / mi)
Running 32:00 [2] 3.5 mi (9:09 / mi)
Friday Jul 17, 2015 #
Running 48:00 [3] 6.0 mi (8:00 / mi)
Thursday Jul 16, 2015 #
Running 18:00 [2] 2.0 mi (9:00 / mi)
Running 54:00 [3] 6.0 mi (9:00 / mi)
Wednesday Jul 15, 2015 #
Orienteering race 27:14 [3] 3.0 mi (9:05 / mi)
Tuesday Jul 14, 2015 #
Running 55:00 [2] 5.0 mi (11:00 / mi)
Running intervals 22:00 [4] 2.5 mi (8:48 / mi)
Monday Jul 13, 2015 #
Running 54:00 [3] 7.0 mi (7:43 / mi)
Sunday Jul 12, 2015 #
Running 50:00 [4] 6.0 mi (8:20 / mi)
Saturday Jul 11, 2015 #
Running 1:00:00 [3] 6.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
Friday Jul 10, 2015 #
Orienteering 1:50:00 [1] 6.0 mi (18:20 / mi)
Note
Thursday Jul 9, 2015 #
Running 56:00 [2] 7.0 mi (8:00 / mi)
Wednesday Jul 8, 2015 #
Running warm up/down 19:00 [2] 2.0 mi (9:30 / mi)
Orienteering 24:14 [3] 3.0 mi (8:05 / mi)
Tuesday Jul 7, 2015 #
Running intervals 1:00:00 [4] 5.0 mi (12:00 / mi)
Running intervals 28:00 [4] 3.1 mi (9:02 / mi)
3:55 51 52 51 49
Note
Monday Jul 6, 2015 #
Running 20:00 [3] 2.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
Sunday Jul 5, 2015 #
Running race 2:35:56 [4] 12.8 mi (12:11 / mi)
Felt awful up the first hill off the campsite, but a respectable 3rd fastest split suggests James was just pushing me hard. Went sweetly after that, with good lines and pace on the longer legs, to finish a comfortable second on the day. Still crushed by the Bunns but made up the 11 min handicap on Zac Hudd to take 2nd overall by 20sec (phew). This due in no small measure to racing a small child in a red hat (Matthew Hall?) down the final hill - he won as I can't sprint, but the time we gained proved crucial.
Overall, faster than all the Wansfellers. Maybe we'll have to run "up" next year ;)
Saturday Jul 4, 2015 #
Orienteering race 3:37:20 [4] 14.2 mi (15:18 / mi)
Both errors due to not having adjusted to the size of the (un)mapped features on a MM map - orienteering experience proving less helpful than we'd hoped! Then stuck in some brackeny stuff and unnecessary use of crossing points lost us 20 mins on the Bunns to 5. At this stage, 106mins in, 10th and running with the Rigbys who'd caught us by 9 mins. Then we started going better, spiked a tricky crag in the mist, took a sweet line to the next, and generally went strong in the second half to get back in 2nd (third handicap). Second only to the Bunns on each of the three long legs to the end (vs 45 on our course and 75 on Wansfell). James very strong on the last hill.
2nd fastest on the day, Bunns an incredible 3:03, stretched out to an hour with David's (14) big handicap. 3 Wansfellers slightly faster than us too.
Slightly strange handicap system based on child age, when its the parents who are the limiting step.
Thursday Jul 2, 2015 #
Running 28:00 [2] 3.0 mi (9:20 / mi)
Wednesday Jul 1, 2015 #
Note
Running 45:00 [2] 4.0 mi (11:15 / mi)
Running 33:38 [3] 3.7 mi (9:05 / mi)
Downloaded a week later - and found I won! hurrah!