Training Log Archive: AliC

Pre-circuits run, normal loop from lab to Marston, up Headington Hill 3 times, then over to squash courts. Felt pretty good. Worked on running on the grass as much as possible- think I need to get new running shoes, they don't feel quite so cushy anymore....

OUOC Circuits, with lots of people (ok, 6) for not being term! Hanna's back, and CJ was along, so good stuff. Good session, ended it with 100 sit ups, 80 push ups (wimp style). Arms maybe tired tomorrow...

Back to lab with the Benjamin. Still light out, I'm sooo happy!

Event: British Sprint Championships
 

Run to start to warm up. Feel much better than yesterday, less sore from the hurdles/football combo!

Also 5 min warm down back to the enquires area.

British Sprints Champs, University of Warwick, Women's Heat #1
2nd of 50 for this heat

Really good, actually. Did well enough through the more technical stuff at the beginning (ie. kept running, didn't become totally confused!), then nailed it where it was easy and I could run fast.

I found the bit of woods the most difficult part, something about transitioning to a woods-map from city map? Think it does require a bit of shift in thinking.

Also had a bit of issue with the hedge from 21 to 22. I wasn't sure I was allowed to cross it, and totally ignored the gap right at the control. So went around, which took awhile. Probably was just getting tired-ish by this point, and thus slightly lazier with navigation.

Warm up and down to and from the start/finish. Less warm down, more stopping and chatting on the way back actually.... =)

So, was a bit nervous to start off amongst all the really fast women! For some reason, (probably trying to be too quick and not map-reading enough!) I headed off towards 7 instead of 2 after 1. Oops! This flustered me quite a bit. I got back on track, but then doubted that I was where I wanted to be and headed back to check stuff out, at which point Jenny caught me up.

So from 2 on, was mostly right with/behind Jenny. I tried to pull away a few times, but failed, as I just can't orienteer at that speed yet!

Really fun weekend, sad I'm not orienteering til Tio Mila? Maybe I'll train on a map next weekend in Edinburgh...

C • Edinburgh training 6

Almost forgot to log this! Woke up at 6:53 am and saw lots of the white stuff out my window! So grabed skis and poles and put on my boots and skied from my door, out around south parks once and back. Not a long ski, but had to catch a ride at 8am for orienteering...

So much fun, and soooo beautiful!!

Event: British Elite Middle Distance
 

To start for warm up. Then back to start to get clothes for cool down.

Ouchie. Quite sore from the hurdles (hamstrings) and football (ankle, hip flexors), but felt much better post-warm up.

British Middle Distance Champs- Hopwas Woods
9th W21, 10th overall.

A really good run, and would have been awesome, if I hadn't made a mistake right at the end, but that was only 1.5 minutes or so. Sooo much easier than Sweden, quite refreshing to be able to run fast and orienteer.

Mistake was just being sloppy at the end. All I needed to do was go down to the path in the valley. Instead I fought through stuff, and ended up way off my bearing. Bah. Maybe I was just wierded out by the path being the best route choice. Hadn't really used paths much at all until then on the course.

Still, very happy with it!

5 min warm up, 13 min warm down. Gorgeous day, loving life.

Astrophysics 5-a-side.

Wowzer. Never played 5-a-side football (soccer) before. Pretty intense. The ball moves really quickly, don't really think I have the reaction time for it...

Think my team lost, even with 6 players. Probably partially my fault as I wasn't very good. I did score 1 goal though!!

20 min warm up around Headington hill, then to track.
7 min drills with 2 strides
5 min of recovery jog between intervals,
10 min warm down, from track back home

3 x 1200m with some hurdles intervals- not amazing, but I need to start track training up, or I'll be real slow... BUSA for athletics is in a month or so? Yikes!!

1st: 1 lap, then 2 laps+ hurdles = 4:59 total
2nd: 1:36, 1:38 +hurdles+falling over a hurdle!, 1:32 +hurdles = 4:46 total
3rd: 1:33, 1:34 + hurdles, 1:32 = 4:39

So yeah, fell over when I nicked my foot going over a hurdles on the middle lap of the middle interval. Ouchie. The track is reasonably soft, but scraped up my hip a bit. Embarassingly, there was someone there who saw. Bah.

These are slower times than I want to be running, but I wasn't in spikes, and I haven't been doing track work in a bit. I think it will come, but will take some work. I want to be running under 1:30 per 400m with hurdles to get under 7:30 for the 2k steeple.

Woke up feeling like I had a cold, so didn't opt for the early morning intervals. Am taking a rest day instead. Likely a very good idea as Ian has pointed out!

Wowzer, am I a tired chica. Gosh. I meant to do track intervals today, but about 3 strides out the door and it was clear that wasn't an option... Some muscle that feels like it's between the groin and the hamstring is really sore, like from Rune hamstring exercises during circuits yesterday. Ouchie. But everything else is sore too, I barely made it up headington hill.

Will try intervals tomorrow hopefully!

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