Training Log Archive: z-manIn the 7 days ending May 5, 2008:
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| « | » |
| » now | ||||||||||
|
| ||||||||||||
| Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su | Mo | |||||||
Sunday May 4, 2008 #
Orienteering race 1:03:08 [4] 7.0 km (9:01 / km)
We spent the night at Greg's place and I said that if when I wake up my knees feelt ok I would go with them to WP. To my surprise my knees were about the same as they felt on Sat morning, and so I went
I was the last starter again, but I've switched from blue to red since Angelica didn't come and there was available extra red map at the start. Once again I put the same goals before me and off I went. I really got into flow between 1 and 5 and was having a blast untill I missed 5 by a min. Then came the long leg where I chose a safe approach from below rather then trying to hit it right on in the patches of green. Number #11 messed me up (someone who was with me in the area said "too little cliffs on the map, too many of them here"). I took it slowly on the steep downhill toward the end of the course and finished just as I suddenly felt very hungry. Overall not a bad run, but once again I missed one of my goals.
I was the last starter again, but I've switched from blue to red since Angelica didn't come and there was available extra red map at the start. Once again I put the same goals before me and off I went. I really got into flow between 1 and 5 and was having a blast untill I missed 5 by a min. Then came the long leg where I chose a safe approach from below rather then trying to hit it right on in the patches of green. Number #11 messed me up (someone who was with me in the area said "too little cliffs on the map, too many of them here"). I took it slowly on the steep downhill toward the end of the course and finished just as I suddenly felt very hungry. Overall not a bad run, but once again I missed one of my goals.
Saturday May 3, 2008 #
Event: West Point A-Meet
Orienteering race 46:40 [4] 5.2 km (8:58 / km)
WP Day1. I surprised myself by deciding to run this thing at all, especially given how my knees felt after the Billygoat which featured similar rocky terrain, and that a pain in my R-knee just wouldn't go away. After assuring Balter for the past 2 weeks that I wouldn't even go, I volunteered to drive Goats to the meet since V-Goat suddenly sold his wheels. I figured since I am there anyway, I might as well just get out there.
The plan was to take it very easy as a training excersise. I made a goal to make 0 mistakes, since I wasn't gonna race, and see how my knees would respond. I was ready to give up if I felt like I was falling appart.
It is intersting how the "once you get your map, you will forget...." works. I was the last starter and was happy with the fact that no one would be catching me up. My legs felt surprisingly light and off I went. I even managed to find some flow untill I hit #7, however totally lost it at #8. I was cought off guard by a raw of cliffs that were situated just below the control and I was sure I was in the right spot to only find out later that I was below. Then I totally lost focus on the next pair of controls and only regained it on the way to #10.
I was happy to finish and was really surprised to see the results. My legs felt good, I didn't feel tired at all and my knees seemed to be ok. I archived the goal of taking it easy, but I didn't manage to have a clean run after all.
The plan was to take it very easy as a training excersise. I made a goal to make 0 mistakes, since I wasn't gonna race, and see how my knees would respond. I was ready to give up if I felt like I was falling appart.
It is intersting how the "once you get your map, you will forget...." works. I was the last starter and was happy with the fact that no one would be catching me up. My legs felt surprisingly light and off I went. I even managed to find some flow untill I hit #7, however totally lost it at #8. I was cought off guard by a raw of cliffs that were situated just below the control and I was sure I was in the right spot to only find out later that I was below. Then I totally lost focus on the next pair of controls and only regained it on the way to #10.
I was happy to finish and was really surprised to see the results. My legs felt good, I didn't feel tired at all and my knees seemed to be ok. I archived the goal of taking it easy, but I didn't manage to have a clean run after all.