Training Log Archive: bradc

Home alone with Jamie (poor kid) so I wasn't able to make it along to the FVO circuits. Instead, I decided that it would be a jolly wheeze to do them at home, as Jase appears to have cunningly planned the exercises so that they can all be done without investment in lots of expensive machinery. Well, apart from any physiotherapist's devices needed to sort one out afterwards.

Being rough, tough, and dangerous to know, I decided to up the ante and did 4 sets, with 35s on each exercise and 10s changeover time. That was a bit wimpy really, I should have made it 40/5, but I'm getting old. The crab walks were getting to be quite hard by the last set.

C • Good effort Brad 11

Event: SOL 5
 

SOL5, Anagach: M35L. Interesting to read in others' logs that they'd decided to test out Lard's training and advice by trialling different techniques and tactics during their runs. In retrospect I proved that he was right by completely forgetting everything that he said and orienteering like an a**e. Basically, I wanted to run hard, for once, and obviously I'd be able to do that now that I had a whole day of top-class orienteering instruction under my belt. Whilst I certainly did run hard, and was competitive on several legs, I blew a nice, cosy 12 minutes or so in mistakes. I also ran at least 1.25km more than I needed to, which says it all.
Well, I enjoyed the running, even in the heather.

Various training exercises at Achlean (2 short and 1 longer sessions, concentrating on compass work) and at Uath Lochans (1 run sans-compass, erk!). Generally all taken at a steady-easy pace. I found that I can't hold a bearing. Or read a map whilst running. Hm.

A wee sprint O race to finish off the training. Jase shadowed me around. To his credit he didn't laugh. At the end he was diplomatic enough to say that he still didn't know what I was doing. That makes two of us!

Another long day in the orifice - I was near screaming by home time, so had to stop in Beecraigs en route and go let off some steam. And steam I did. I felt pretty good and varied the pace, pushing on some of the climbs and stretching out on some of the better paths. I didn't have the best choice of footwear; roadies were pretty rubbish on some of the wee paths, which were deep in greasy mud. Great fun, though, and I felt better for it afterwards - ready to go sit on my bum again for the drive up north.

Unexpectedly released from Jamie-sitting duties tonight, so I was able to dash off to Braco to join the FVO group run from Roger's grand house in Braco. It proved to be a very easy jog through a mix of terrain, and it was lovely evening to be out.

C • 9K - WOW! 4