Training Log Archive: Ryan the Lion

usual warm up. was silly and tried to do the session. managed 3x282.5 in 43/44 off 45s then sacked it. jogged for a bit then a quick warm down before off to hasketts for a manly night of football beer and pizza.

just like last year. fuck up the individual then pull it out the bag in the relay. Navigation was really easy. Think the difference was that i could actually read this map, unlike the middle one.

Out in 19th, back in 6th. Couldnt of asked for more as I was only behind INT/EUOC/SHUOC/SYO who were all well ahead. Time a bit down on the big boys but thats ok.

Shoe fell apart early on, and my toe was sliding out of the shoe on the sidehills.

C • A great run 5

wee warm up on my own then jog with yasha after

meh, had nothing to race for and couldnt really get motivated. jogged to the start then instead of warming up properly sat down for 10 mins. Went round ok, passed the norweigian lad 3mins ahead twice after missing 5. Not going hard up the hills. Screwed up all the downhill legs. Had a lot left in the legs on the flats but not great on the hills. Missed around 5mins, just not running very hard.

last 3 year JK record:
2009:DNS/DNS/DNS
2010:MP/DNF/DNS
2011:4th/DNF/8th

Well it was my best JK individual ever, now for my best JK relay ever tomorrow.

kept up my great middle race form. Last 4 races:
DNF,DNF, Fuck Up, DNF
luckily I wont need to bother with silly technical races next year. Bye Bye JWOC.
No Idea how I did so badly. I just literally couldnt read the map. Like I'd never seen one before. I couldnt tell what were hill and what were depressions, couldnt work out what direction I was running in, just zero positives. Main thing is I just dont enjoy this type of orienteering enough to put in the thousands of hours needed to get good at it. Ah well, tomorrow looks like more my kind of thing.

Event: JK 2011
 

oh what could have been. Had said at the start of the winter that this was gonna be the race I win. Should have been.

started slow and cautious, missed 20s at 5 but fought back and took the lead at No.10 and got a few fastet split so took the lead up to 15s. At No.20 I misread my desc. and spent 15s scratching my head as to where my control was while standing beside it. Missed 30s and lost the race at 23 where I started going the wrong way round the pond, changed my mind then took the wrong path and ended up at the edge of the area. Fought back and had a medal still until a 5s hesitation at 26. Ended up 3s off 3rd. So gutted to end up 35s down when I blew around 1.10.

Still, for most of the course I ran aswell as I've known I can all along, and would of been heading for the win and a nice top 10 amongst the seniors. Still, learnt a lot, most of all that when i get it right for the whole course Im gonna be able to do something great. Bring on the big boys next spring.

morning run

cruise round the mine woods evening event 30.45 (6.6km actual route), making sure I focussed not on the running speed, but on the navigation. HR a bit high on the hills and quads not 100% but good to get in a semi hard run as I seem to run best when I have a wee bit of training in the legs rather than being over rested.

warm down collecting controls.

Good fun and a nice wee area.