Running intervals (Track) 13:04 [5] 3.6 km (3:38 / km)
1200, 1800, 600/3:30r. Was supposed to do 1200, 1800, 1200, 1800 but died on the third rep trying to do another 4:09. Combo of stitch and dead legs.
1) 4:09
2) 6:42
3) 2:13
Two disappointing sessions in two days. Not feeling that happy with how things are going. Nick can do an elite classic on Sat, middle distance on Sun, 2 hours of trail running yesterday and still be knocking out decent (not much over 3mins/km) intervals today. Whereas I run a similar time/distance on Sat (but at a lesser intensity), virtually rest on Sunday and then fall apart Mon/Tue. Am obviously quite tired and what with techincal training 2nite, race/hash 2moz and 20 hours of driving on Thursday it's not looking good for 0007. And then I'll probs spend a week in Bournemouth over eating/drinking and God knows what else and ruin the next weekend as well :(
Orienteering (Forest) 49:00 [2] ***** 4.7 km (10:26 / km)
spiked:16/21c shoes: adidas swoop 2 - 1st pair
Nackaresrvatet NE. Never done anything like this b4. Normal course that is broken up with clusters of 5 controls near each other where only the highest and lowest have kites. Very hard to work out on the run! The first one was easier i.e. less detail but I mistook the lowest as being on a knoll instead of in a reentrant next to it (strange cos I always read control descriptions... NOT) but the next lowest was very near so not much time lost once I'd realised. The other two clusters had much more contour detail and it took some time standing still to work them out. Got them both bang on. In between the second and third clusters there was a really good pinball control pick in some really technical wood - very enjoyable. The other four non-spikes were really small 15secs max misses so really happy today technically - was folding/thumbing well and properly staying in contact. Was going well slow tho, just a jog with my long drive/the races this weekend in mind.
Was quite shocked the next day when Nick started talking about when we hung the controls in this part of the wood a few weeks back. I hadn't even noticed! Even with running past two of them haha.