Training Log Archive: ba-ba

double rest day week. Morning spin as I did nothing after yesterday (planned run binned when the rain started as soon as I got out of the car in Sheffield). Going to Trunce later, but just as driver.

C • The Wainwrights. 2

BOC Relay, Men's Premier Leg 1. AAA

Poor direction out of 3, on path to 4 was behind Scott and Tom Dobra despite otherwise being OK, despite the slow speed of the first leg I was in treacle. Very hesitant down stream to 4 when no need, reeled in a pack uphill through to 6. Then went straight to 8, miss-executed and got stuck in 2 green bits, losing ~2min. Then just a bit ponderous. Overshot 11 a bit (veg mapping?), too low early in leg to 15. Poor day all round really.

Event: British Orienteering Championships 2015
 

got a bit carried away on the warm-up map.

BOC Long, Brierley and New Beechenhurst
14th. SL 16.2km/600m. Winner: GG, 91:15

This was good for the first 83 minutes, but after 26 I made mistakes at every control on the way home, a few >1min and a couple >2min. I was still running strongly but my navigation, picking up detail from the map and thought process and gone to pot. A shame as, other than misses on 3 and 4 I was really pleased with the majority of the race (although only ever reached a high of 12th position).
I appear to have moved myself to the front of the pack I was normal at the back of. Remove the mistakes and I can get towards the back of the next pack up.

Charge Sheet:
2 - Bit right (extra green?). 5s
3 - overshoot, too high. No plan going into the detail and poor direction. 50s
4 - somehow climbed up to path junction SE of control, loopy route in from here. 40s
5 - went high, safe route but maybe not the best (30s?)
9 - caught in rough open. 20s
12 - Thought I did OK but went left when R/straight appear to have been best. (30s)
Caught Mark Bown 6mins at 20
21 - bit faffy, took in some extra green
27 - taffy in middle of leg, then too far E once over the ridge 40-50s
28 - poor direction out of 27 (ran down fall line, not compass) 20s
30 - taffy exit, poor RC, losing a bit of impetus, then stopped way too early once off the track, confused by extra damp ditches. 2min
31 - too close to stream, overshot. Unduly cautious at start of leg. 40-50s
32 - once over the last path no idea what was going on. Should have put head down and headed for the speaker noise earlier. 20-30s.
34 - Ditch Bingo part 1. 1min
35 - Bitch Dingo part 2. 1:45. Fucker.

I make that 8 minutes or so, mostly over the last 38mins of racing. Quite a lot of positives though (such as 6th fastest split to 26).
I think that ~80min in terrain roughly equates effort-wise to 2h in a fell race. From then on I can drive myself physically, but this leaves little for the mental aspect.

Had a nap then out round Loxley Common and Valley.
Top of whammies a bit tender still after Wednesday. Felt really lacking in energy at 3.5km in - early bonk, but a sit-down sorted me out.
Started jolting ankles on slightly rough tracks, need to be a bit more aware when in roadies.

Lie-in after it took ages to get to sleep last night. Span the legs out on the bike, actually got a sweat on for once.

Turns out Ian Holmes got Boyled alive on Tuesday, and Winskill got booed for out-sprinting him at Loughrigg last week.

rousing the legs around Loxley

Warm-up, mostly with Jose.

Herod Farm. 4th. Winner: Simon Harding 23:34 (105%)

As is usual in short races where juniors race alongside the seniors, there was a bit of a banter start from Lucas and a lad in an Ethiopian vest. Whilst Lucas (expectedly) slipped backwards, the other kid was with Simon Harding at the top of the first hill. I was back in 5th, not far off Tom Brunt with Chris Leigh not far back.
Opened up a bit on the first descent, passing a randomer, eventually getting Tom and closing in on the Kid. Hit the 2nd climb and was walking sooner than I would like as Tom came past and The Kid floated uphill. Both had what looked like a long way at the top. Chris had closed me down a bit but I can out-descend him easily.
Turns out The Kid - who finished 2nd, 20s ahead of me - is Josh Boyle from Blackburn Harriers, and getting 'Boyled Alive' is not a new thing. Pretty sure he ran every step of that 2nd climb.

For a first short race in 7 months (not much before then either) this was OK, at the level I was at last year. I need to work on my hard hills. However, what with racing a lot at the moment it will take some time before I can do much on this. Thankfully I only need to perform at one short race this year at the end of July (where there's no 2nd climb), although this is only a fortnight after a long..

Long night's sleep, but maybe not as good as normal. Felt good this morning but after 3pm nothing got done. Jibbed off the SYO score and would have called it a day were it not so lovely out, so headed out to meet the ShUOC Rivelin patrol at the road. Tops off and even tempted them to deviate from standard with a trip up Blackbrook woods and to the bench befre a lovely cruise back along top path.
GPS went a bit mental.