Training Log Archive: graemeIn the 7 days ending Jan 1, 2017:
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Sunday Jan 1, 2017 #
Running 1:00:00 [3] 7.0 mi (8:34 / mi)
Seat, Queens Drive, and a bit of Whinny. Triathlon happening, in a confusing fast cyclists/slow runners sort of way.
Saturday Dec 31, 2016 #
Running 1:25:00 [3] 10.0 mi (8:30 / mi)
Inspired by the week away, ran round Tynecastle, WoL, Galleries -> Leith Walk and back up Calton and the pleasance. Edinburgh is a lot warmer than Belgium! Left knee a bit sore by the end.
Friday Dec 30, 2016 #
Orienteering race 53:45 [4] 6.3 mi (8:32 / mi)
Day 5. Solterheide.
A good end to a good week. Feeling more positive about, erm, forest o than for a long time. Spent most of the race on my feet and running, which has the pleasing effect of making me at least try in the stnmbly fally overy bits.
Despite some faffing on pits in green, got the best score of the week. Probably due more to the winner doing similar faffing.
James and Jane did enough to win their respective classes, I was a respectable , if curse of INTy, 4th on m45.
Organisers had a genius idea to provide a 1:5000 blow up of an otherwise unreadable quarry area. And a distinctly non genius idea of not telling us. Only james of EBT noticed, and having taken 32 mins to catch 40 sec, he was on my tail after we left from -4.
A good end to a good week. Feeling more positive about, erm, forest o than for a long time. Spent most of the race on my feet and running, which has the pleasing effect of making me at least try in the stnmbly fally overy bits.
Despite some faffing on pits in green, got the best score of the week. Probably due more to the winner doing similar faffing.
James and Jane did enough to win their respective classes, I was a respectable , if curse of INTy, 4th on m45.
Organisers had a genius idea to provide a 1:5000 blow up of an otherwise unreadable quarry area. And a distinctly non genius idea of not telling us. Only james of EBT noticed, and having taken 32 mins to catch 40 sec, he was on my tail after we left from -4.
Thursday Dec 29, 2016 #
Orienteering race 38:35 [4] 5.6 mi (6:53 / mi)
Day 4. Heerte. Hands and kness bloodied from falling. Legs bloodied from brambles. Bloody middle distance, and bloody good fun. Running harder than the last couple of days, but held it together fine. Thought it would be a good time, but james rattled round in 32, plus a couple of extra minutes of emittage. Minus a DQ for a wrong control. Hah. Allegedly leading when we left, but lots of adjustment was needed to the results.
Jane also DQed from an emit failure, but they had a camera at the finish so she'll probably be back in for a fourth straight win.
Jane also DQed from an emit failure, but they had a camera at the finish so she'll probably be back in for a fourth straight win.
Running warm up/down 26:00 [2] 3.0 mi (8:40 / mi)
Legging it to the start, just got there in time, and back from the finish with a French guy who I'd seen on the course. Sub zero all day, if dry, so a proper warm up and down was welcome.
Wednesday Dec 28, 2016 #
Orienteering race 46:46 [4] 6.3 mi (7:25 / mi)
Day 3@St martensberg
Ventured into the Netherlands for another grid forest with a little sandy hill relief. Emit didn't work so much faffage at the start, they found another and sent me off with 30 sec to fit the backup, control dix etc. Unsurprisingly, missed the 90 degree turn at the start. Once settled, carefully punched kept the backup in place . Pretty decent run after that. Quite a bit rougher than yesterday, but quite clean, just a couple of 30 seconders. Almost caught Ray by the end, having been dropped and recaught a nippy Belge who took 30 sec out of me running across the field at the end to catch Ray. Best day so far with some tricky low viz and real features.
After some further emit related faffage at download, got reinstated, as Claire had on day 1.
Ventured into the Netherlands for another grid forest with a little sandy hill relief. Emit didn't work so much faffage at the start, they found another and sent me off with 30 sec to fit the backup, control dix etc. Unsurprisingly, missed the 90 degree turn at the start. Once settled, carefully punched kept the backup in place . Pretty decent run after that. Quite a bit rougher than yesterday, but quite clean, just a couple of 30 seconders. Almost caught Ray by the end, having been dropped and recaught a nippy Belge who took 30 sec out of me running across the field at the end to catch Ray. Best day so far with some tricky low viz and real features.
After some further emit related faffage at download, got reinstated, as Claire had on day 1.
Tuesday Dec 27, 2016 #
Orienteering race 46:35 [4] 6.8 mi (6:51 / mi)
Day 2 Don Bosco.
Sandy area with some technical control pick early and late. Good fun, lost 2 mins at the end and just scrambled in a few seconds ahead of a jogging Ray Ward EBT.
James 43+
Sandy area with some technical control pick early and late. Good fun, lost 2 mins at the end and just scrambled in a few seconds ahead of a jogging Ray Ward EBT.
James 43+
Note
Fell over three times on the course today. Can't remember the last time it was even countable. Quite liking this runnable forest malarky.
Monday Dec 26, 2016 #
Running warm up/down 15:00 [2] 1.5 mi (10:00 / mi)
Post satnav fail stress reduction,. And post race warm down
Orienteering race 55:25 [4] 6.5 mi (8:32 / mi)
Sylvester day 1
Kolisbos.
No contours today, the main obstacle being ditches to clamber over. A lot of fun, legging it round paths and cutting through nice but could be nicer woods. Veg boundaries weren't so easy to figure out. Last start, would have been quite helpful to have people at the nonfeatures.
Kolisbos.
No contours today, the main obstacle being ditches to clamber over. A lot of fun, legging it round paths and cutting through nice but could be nicer woods. Veg boundaries weren't so easy to figure out. Last start, would have been quite helpful to have people at the nonfeatures.