Training Log Archive: VaalaIn the 7 days ending Apr 25, 2010:
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Sunday Apr 25, 2010 #
11 AM
Orienteering race (Rogaine - Pulpit Rock) 1:25:44 [4]
shoes: Inov-8 Roclite 285
Did the classic case of planning too cautiously again (I always do this) which meant I had more than enough time for the loop I'd planned out for just in case (I'd done the loop I'd originally planned in an hour). Should have dropped some of the low pointers down the bottom right and got some of the higher pointers in the rough stuff. 820 was okay and I found pretty much all of them easily but yeah, could have got a better score if I'd aimed more ambitiously. Awesome to be out in the forest though and awesome that I bet Owen and awesome that Rick and his mate had a great time too (ah, another convert to orienteering!).
Saturday Apr 24, 2010 #
11 AM
MTB race (MTBO Rogaine - Riverhead) 1:29:06 [4]
shoes: Louis Garneau Monte Rosa MTB
First time riding at Riverhead and it had to be muddy! But to be honest, it wasn't as terrible as I had feared and the only shitty bit was from #42 to #38 where I took the track and had to push my bike through the gorse and clay (which stuck so badly to my shoes that I had to do some serious work with a stick when I reached the road so I could clip in again). Should have gone back out to the road and round...would have been heaps quicker. Also, I oculd perhaps have got a few more points by dropping 1 or 2 of the ones I went out and back for and doing more in the bush down the bottom but I thought it was going to be too tough for me...turns out there were some lovely tracks there. Damn!
Friday Apr 23, 2010 #
5 AM
Run warm up/down 19:59 [3] 4.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 5
Felt like rough work this morning. Could definitely feel that beer from last night!
6 AM
Peloton (Spin) class intervals 45:00 [5]
shoes: Louis Garneau Monte Rosa MTB
Good, tough class as usual. I think I might have got the hang of the new bikes now too.
7 AM
Run warm up/down 19:44 [2] 4.0 km (4:56 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 5
Feeling pretty good and wished I could have run further. Nice morning too.
Wednesday Apr 21, 2010 #
6 AM
Run warm up/down (treadmill) 20:00 [2] 4.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 4
Felt like my legs needed loosening after yesterdays hills so did a bit longer warmup. The treadmill is still boring though and even though there is a TV on each machine I can't watch it 'cause I nearly fell off last time I tried (plus it's, like, 30cm from your face which is a bit freaky). I sweat way more inside than outside which is saying quite a lot considering how much I sweat outside!
Gym (weights and core) 1:20:00 [3]
Tried to up some of the weights which made for tough work. Possibly a bit much chatting to people (the only thing that makes gym bearable) but Alex came to be my personal PT for the last half an hour so was pretty dead by the end. Make friends with the PTs and gym instructors and they help you out for free! Yay!
Tuesday Apr 20, 2010 #
6 AM
Run hills 1:15:25 [3]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 5
Same run as last Tuesday. Set off fairly slow but made pretty good time and was going really well with a nice buffer of time (as in faster than last time) by the time I reached the top of Ayr Street (56:30) then I must have slowed down heaps in the Domain tracks so despite sprinting down the hill at the end I was still slower than last time. Grrrr!! I had more there I could have used but for some reason I'd stopped trying by the Domain.
Monday Apr 19, 2010 #
6 AM
Peloton (Spin) class intervals 45:00 [5]
shoes: Louis Garneau Monte Rosa MTB
You know, 'cause Monday morning before I'm properly awake I like to thrash myself! Good class but I could feel my legs (and my bum) after yesterday's ride. Oh, and I could feel my bruises from yesterday too when I was pedaling.
7 AM
Run (treadmill) 10:00 [3]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 5
I don't know why but I felt like a quick run after class so jumped on the treadmill. Legs feeling really good and it was fun to run in between 2 guys who looked like they were really pushing it and go faster than them with my cruisey stride. I'm so mean!
Gym (core and stretches) 20:00 [3]
6 PM
Climbing (indoor - TR) 2:00:00 [3]
shoes: Red Chili Spirit Lady
With Chris at Extreme Edge. After a shaky start we were off. A few good climbs then exhausted the strength in my fingers on the long green 18 so struggled overly on the purple 19 next to it which was annoying since most of it was actually easier (except for the bit in the middle that neither of us could quite work out). Then I stubbed my big toe halfway up my second to last climb and it hurt like hell and I thought it might even be bleeding so it was a struggle to get to the top (not helped by awful handholds that I couldn't grip). Finished on an easy (but long) climb 'cause the toe hated me. Damn.