Training Log Archive: bunIn the 31 days ending Aug 31, 2014:
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Sunday Aug 31, 2014 #
orienteering race 2:30:00 [5]
Ultralong
Don't actually know how long I took as I forgot to get my splits. Very disappointed really. Know I'm not fit enough to last the distance but I just have some mental block towards longs in general (and I definitely don't do mass starts well - completely overshot the first control). Think I psych myself out before the start, lose all confidence and then just orienteer terribly. Sloppiest navigation ever today after being quite ok yesterday.....something to work on I guess. It was still really fun and enjoyable, am just quite annoyed with myself.
Don't actually know how long I took as I forgot to get my splits. Very disappointed really. Know I'm not fit enough to last the distance but I just have some mental block towards longs in general (and I definitely don't do mass starts well - completely overshot the first control). Think I psych myself out before the start, lose all confidence and then just orienteer terribly. Sloppiest navigation ever today after being quite ok yesterday.....something to work on I guess. It was still really fun and enjoyable, am just quite annoyed with myself.
Saturday Aug 30, 2014 #
running warm up/down 20:00 [3]
orienteering race 33:00 [5]
Middle race at kooyoora. Haven't run here for a good while - forgot how nice it is!! Had a pretty ok run. One larger miss at the second last and a few other hesitations and bits of being over-cautious but otherwise happy!
Friday Aug 29, 2014 #
running 21:30 [3]
A yog with miff in the forest. Went along the "pines" and back.....except there are no pines there anymore :'( :'( :'(
Thursday Aug 28, 2014 #
Note
(rest day)
Travelling to ballarat. Woah it's green here. Thank goodness it's not the depths of winter here too!
Wednesday Aug 27, 2014 #
running 46:01 [3]
Easy run with some run throughs. Felt pretty crap again to be honest. God damn it. Was a nice chill anyway.
Tuesday Aug 26, 2014 #
running 15:00 [3]
Legs felt horrendous so ran for a bit and then just walked. Wanted to do longer but oh well. Toast for dinner for the last two nights not the best idea....
Strength and Conditioning 10:00 [3]
Monday Aug 25, 2014 #
running intervals 59:54 [4]
A taper session. Because I really have so much to taper from ;)
Also it's so damn warm all of a sudden. I feel like winter didn't even happen...??? :(
Also it's so damn warm all of a sudden. I feel like winter didn't even happen...??? :(
Stretching 10:00 [3]
Sunday Aug 24, 2014 #
running 15:00 [3]
Helping at an arrows event today. Collected controls and ran about 15mins before I was carrying too much to be able to run. Quality day of training ;) but I am actually having a little "chill" training period this week.
Saturday Aug 23, 2014 #
running 20:00 [3]
Easy run in the morning
Felt kinda terrible! Don't know why...
Felt kinda terrible! Don't know why...
running 34:55 [3]
Easy run in the arvo. Felt less terrible.
Thursday Aug 21, 2014 #
running intervals 51:48 [4]
Felt like crap all day but then ok warming up - yay! So did 1x1k and then just whatever I felt like...which was just random fast bits and slow bits and yeah (basically a Fartlek). Felt good but legs got tired quickly.
Wednesday Aug 20, 2014 #
running 50:39 [3]
Easy run. Felt really bad and then ok near the end.
Jet lag fun times: last night I slept from 11-1.30am, and then 6/7am to 11am. Needless to say today I feel like I'm in a dream and didn't even notice/respond to a magpie that was swooping me on my run. Haha!
Jet lag fun times: last night I slept from 11-1.30am, and then 6/7am to 11am. Needless to say today I feel like I'm in a dream and didn't even notice/respond to a magpie that was swooping me on my run. Haha!
Tuesday Aug 19, 2014 #
Note
(rest day)
Feeling wrecked. Saturday party night + Sunday "night" on plane = hardly any sleep. Back home and have a tonne of work to do and a large thesis due soon......but have zero motivation to do it so have just been sitting around half sleeping today :/
Sunday Aug 17, 2014 #
Note
(rest day)
Flying back to adelaide and uni....post-Euro depression setting in already :'(
Not satisfied with any of my technical performances at wuoc, but it was super fun and a really well organised event so I don't feel too negative about it all....really tough to do five races in a row and was definitely mentally exhausting so I think there's almost no way I could have had five solid races.
Not satisfied with any of my technical performances at wuoc, but it was super fun and a really well organised event so I don't feel too negative about it all....really tough to do five races in a row and was definitely mentally exhausting so I think there's almost no way I could have had five solid races.
Saturday Aug 16, 2014 #
running 20:00 [3]
Warm up only
orienteering race 43:00 [5]
Relay. One big mistake and some sloppy controls. Very very verrryyyyy tired - made it difficult to be on the ball.
Friday Aug 15, 2014 #
running 25:00 [3]
orienteering race 43:00 [5]
Ran past the second control without seeing it and dropped 2mins trying to find it, then was really stressed so TOTALLY stuffed no3 and pretty much did a 180 :/ pretty cut.......
Thursday Aug 14, 2014 #
running warm up/down 30:00 [3]
orienteering race 18:50 [5]
Legs cooked from yesterday, stuffed on hills - very slow :( pretty jealous of all those that didn't do the sprint relay and long as well! Technically a little sloppy and then a steep route choice on the long one, which was a poor choice given my stuffed legs. Fun anyway, not too concerned about results anymore. Just here to have fun and practise being mentally stable.
Wednesday Aug 13, 2014 #
running warm up/down 15:00 [3]
Not gonna lie, did a pretty minimal warm up and down
orienteering race 1:46:00 [5]
Ok I wrote a heap about this but it was all really negative soooo....yeahhhh
Tuesday Aug 12, 2014 #
orienteering race 18:20 [5]
BLEHHHH
running warm up/down 35:00 [3]
Sunday Aug 10, 2014 #
running 20:00 [3]
Warm up/down
orienteering 11:20 [5]
Sprint relay test race
I ran first leg as an experiment because I normally can't do first leg well at all. Today was no exception as I freaked out at the start and ran to all the wrong first three controls as I just wasn't navigating (didn't mp though - just detoured to visit controls that weren't mine....rookie).
Will try not to be too negative about it! A good warm up event.
I ran first leg as an experiment because I normally can't do first leg well at all. Today was no exception as I freaked out at the start and ran to all the wrong first three controls as I just wasn't navigating (didn't mp though - just detoured to visit controls that weren't mine....rookie).
Will try not to be too negative about it! A good warm up event.
orienteering 15:00 [3]
Morning jog/orienteer with Bridget. Felt pretty blah. Hope to have a better feeling in my legs during the races
Saturday Aug 9, 2014 #
orienteering 35:00 [3]
Morning training in the long model map. Really nice!! Just took it easy and sussed out the green etc.
orienteering 39:49 [3]
Training on the middle map. Point features were hard to spike in the vague flatness - need to be really good on compass. And think going around on tracks could be a good idea. Enjoyed it!
Friday Aug 8, 2014 #
Note
(rest day)
Travelling to Olomouc. Left 9am, get there 9pm :/
Thursday Aug 7, 2014 #
running warm up/down 57:00 [3]
Today the start was up a massive mtn (2km with >400m climb or something), and the finish was also at the top of this ridge. So warm up and down was to/from there. I only ran a very little bit of it, but I sure was sweating on the way up - so I reckon it counts as a warm up!
orienteering race 1:02:18 [5]
Final day of racing for me. Awesome open area at the top of the ridge - with amaaaazing views. Lots of complex contour and cliff details. I made a few mistakes - including a big one of 4mins :( and apart from that I was just too hesitant and slow. Feel like I don't have much terrain fitness, especially when the ground is so soft and marshy. But not much I could have done about that living in the centre of adelaide....so will just have to deal with it.
Also I fell into a marsh that was up to my hips and I honestly thought I was going to get sucked up and die for a second....took a good while to get myself out again :/
Also I fell into a marsh that was up to my hips and I honestly thought I was going to get sucked up and die for a second....took a good while to get myself out again :/
C • ps. 7
Wednesday Aug 6, 2014 #
Note
(rest day)
Rest day. Went to look at a posh Hall and gardens. It was awesome
Tuesday Aug 5, 2014 #
running 10:00 [3]
A tiny warm up. Aaaand didn't do a warm down.
orienteering 1:25:59 [5]
Wowwwww. What a terrible terrible run! That's all I'm going to say
Monday Aug 4, 2014 #
running warm up/down 11:27 [3]
orienteering 39:08 [5]
Middle distance day, on a map that reminded me of Sweden (but my parentals disagree, so maybe I just haven't been to Sweden recently enough). I ran too conservatively and was just too careful and not aggressive enough. So lost time from being hesitant and also just generally slow. Felt good running but just didn't have a faster gear for some reason.....anyway, it was fun!! And a really nice sunny day!! :)
running warm up/down 13:00 [3]
Sunday Aug 3, 2014 #
running warm up/down 26:03 [3]
Quite a long way (up) to the start
orienteering 1:14:22 [5]
Soooo this was pretty epic!! Really wet and windy on an open hills side pretty well covered in marshes. The ground was really soft and wet, so it was really tough running. The organisers had advised we wear raincoats to run in...which I was dithering about because it seemed a bit excessive, but sooo glad I wore it - didn't consider removing it at all. I was pretty slow, especially at the start (Not used to running on such soft ground, so it totally zapped me) and I made three mistakes of 1-2mins each. Soo not great, but I enjoyed it in an extreme kinda way! Really hoping the next few days are not as wet....
running 19:15 [3]
Warm down. A remote finish, so jogged back to the assembly and straight into the car to get dry!!
Saturday Aug 2, 2014 #
Note
In Dubai....classic crappy overnight flight sleep. Got a seat change just before I boarded and was moved to row 17....was soooooo excited cuz I thought it might be business class, but it wasn't :( it was first row of economy though, so had extra leg room :D
C • Hi! 2
Note
....aaaand in Windermere now. With that dizzy tired jetlagged feeling. Woo hoo!
Friday Aug 1, 2014 #
running 43:13 [3]
rhr:53 slept:9.5
An easy run. Feeling a bit blah, but maybe that's from organisational stress. Also made an executive decision not the take my laptop +uni work with me to Europe....may regret that later but maybe it'll be good to have a complete break!