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Training Log Archive: Craney

In the 7 days ending Jun 5, 2011:

activity # timemileskm+m
  Orienteering7 6:32:00 22.68(17:17) 36.5(10:44)
  Running6 2:27:00 12.12 19.5
  Total8 8:59:00 34.8 56.0

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Sunday Jun 5, 2011 #

11 AM

Orienteering race (BOK Champs) 39:00 [4] 6.5 km (6:00 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 X-talon 212

Bathampton Down - 1hr score event. Not particularly hard getting them all in the time period, or choosing a route round. But it was a fun area with some good detailed bits, so I actually enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. Made a couple of mistakes early on, but kept them under 10mins which was a relief.

Running warm up/down 11:00 [2] 2.0 km (5:30 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 X-talon 212

Saturday Jun 4, 2011 #

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(rest day)

Did a nice long walk in the Cotswolds with my family and some of their friends.

Friday Jun 3, 2011 #

9 AM

Running 46:00 [3] 8.0 km (5:45 / km)
shoes: Asics Nimbus

No time for orienteering this morning (no bad thing I reckon) so Doug, Hector and I did a morning jog in a forest near Aix Les Bains before heading to the airport.

It was certainly a useful training camp - I think the forests are terrible, but there is definitely an opportunity to do really well at this WOC. Hopefully the maps will be better for the competitions. Plenty to think about between now and then.
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Thursday Jun 2, 2011 #

10 AM

Orienteering 1:03:00 [3] 7.0 km (9:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 oroc 280

Montagne de bange. Time to put a few demons to bed. Had a better run this time, no real mistakes in the first 30mins. Then got a bit complacent and lost 6mins on the next 2 controls. Fairly clean (but slow) after that. Better. Better terrain too, although probably not that relevant to WOC unfortunately.

Running warm up/down 20:00 [2] 3.0 km (6:40 / km)
shoes: Inov8 oroc 280

2 PM

Orienteering 45:00 [3] 5.0 km (9:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 oroc 280

Le Revard. Not my favourite area this one, especially in the snow. Did a bit of control pick, with a couple of longer legs planned by Hector. I was pretty accurate, but slow, and the snow made it very hard to run at all. My orocs fell apart too.

Wednesday Jun 1, 2011 #

10 AM

Orienteering 50:00 [3] 1.5 km (33:20 / km)
shoes: Inov8 oroc 280

Le creux qui sonne. Mon dieu, tres amusement. It snowed heavily overnight and where we were lounging about in the sun 2 days ago, was now in a foot of snow. Unbelievable. So what was already probably the most difficult place I've ever orienteered was now a whole lot harder. I'd like to say I coped amicably, but actually I had the worst run ever in my life. The 6th control was 1.3km into the course, I looked at my watch and it said 49mins. At that rate, the 3.7km course was going to take a very long time, so I was forced to jack. Timed out! The 20min mistake at #2 didn't help, but it at least it overshadowed my 3-6mins mistakes on the other controls.

Running warm up/down 20:00 [2]
shoes: Inov8 oroc 280

Tuesday May 31, 2011 #

9 AM

Orienteering 30:00 [2] 2.5 km (12:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 oroc 280

Le something, pres de montagne de bange. Sacre bleu. I was pants, in a bit of a boo due to the excessive climb to the start, a sore foot, a disintegrated map, and another shite forest. Didn't do very much orienteering, but the stuff I did was ok.

Running warm up/down 40:00 [2] 5.0 km (8:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 oroc 280

Monday May 30, 2011 #

10 AM

Orienteering 1:30:00 [3] 8.0 km (11:15 / km)
shoes: Inov8 oroc 280

Le Revard. On a 1:10000 map this time, and a better idea of what to expect (crap forest, crap map). I actually finished the course on my map (7km) with only one major mistake (of 10mins). That will have to do for now, my goalposts have moved a little.
3 PM

Orienteering 1:15:00 [3] 6.0 km (12:30 / km)
shoes: Inov8 oroc 280

Le creux qui sonne. Slightly nicer forest, but still cack, and the map was even worse than le revard. Still, I got 15/21 controls on this course, which was more than most. Some quite nice lines, but still lost 10mins on a couple of controls early on.

Running warm up/down 10:00 [2] 1.5 km (6:40 / km)
shoes: Inov8 oroc 280

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