Training Log Archive: ShmintyIn the 31 days ending Jul 31, 2008:
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Thursday Jul 31, 2008 #
Running 25:00 [3] 5.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Wednesday Jul 30, 2008 #
Running 25:00 [3] 4.5 km (5:33 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Friday Jul 25, 2008 #
Orienteering race 1:39:21 [5] 10.6 km (9:22 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Was a minute outside the chase and started off first out of the non-chasers. Lost 10 mins at no.1. Got to the stream just before fine but didn't go far enough to the right and ran round in a circle for a few minutes. Pretty stupid really. Didn't really make any other mistakes a part from that but walked part of the way to no.5 up the hill. Joined a pack from 7-9, although took a slightly different route half way down the long leg and reappeared just in front of them nearer to the control. Pack went slightly wrong to the next control and ended up at the wrong drinks control. After that I walked 2 legs in the semi-open. Others seemed to pass me but looking at the results afterwards not sure who these people were as everyone who started around me took longer than I did so maybe they made mistakes after I left them.
Ended up beating someone overall by 10 seconds, due to a slightly faster run in time. Ended up in 90th out of 107 finishes so slightly better than last year, still disappointed by the result though.
Thursday Jul 24, 2008 #
Orienteering race 34:54 [5] 6.2 km (5:38 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Best day by far. Mainly due to not losing concentration. Also felt like I was going to have a good race that day all week so maybe a bit of positive thinking was also behind the result. Lost 1.5 mins to no.1 though and maybe a couple of 10/15 secs in the middle of the course. It almost felt I was rushing out there but it seemed to work. Maybe it means I'm usually too casual...
The guy who finished 4th started 3 mins behind me but kept him just behind me from no3 to no7 and he overtook on the long leg and that was the last I saw of him, so he didn't really help drag me round.
Was really hot on top of the mountain, although the chairlift ride to the start was a nice change.
Wednesday Jul 23, 2008 #
Orienteering race 1:38:55 [4] 11.5 km (8:36 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Too many hills. Lost a couple of minuted overshooting no.1, lost time on 4 walked last half to no.5. Not far enough on 8 before I cut up valley, should have gone round top of valley to control anyway. Walked up v steep bit to 16, though managed to put a spurt in for the last 1.5k
Tuesday Jul 22, 2008 #
Orienteering race 40:20 [4]
Was going well up until I found an open area on the way to 7 which wasn't on the map and proceeded to waste 5 minutes running round trying to find the control that was suppose to be on the edge of it. Eventually went a bit further on to relocate off a marsh and found it.
Monday Jul 21, 2008 #
Orienteering race 1:53:57 [4] 10.5 km (10:51 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Wasn't sure where I was going to one but maybe came across it more by luck. Map read fine along the way to 2 then couldn't find it when I got there. Lost 10 mins, bit frustrating. Got to 8 before 7 but that didn't lose much time. No.11 made a stupid mistake thinking i'd missed the stream junction when I hadn't then ran to a huge open area couldn't relocate and ended up wandering around for a while wishing I was anywhere else but orienteering. Eventually found the right semiopen area on the way to the road to relocate. 50 mins behind.
Saturday Jul 19, 2008 #
Running 30:00 [3] 4.5 km (6:40 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Thursday Jul 17, 2008 #
Stretching 5:00 [1]
Running 25:00 [3] 4.0 km (6:15 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Just stopped raining so decided instead of running through the long grass to take a slight detour and run across the golf course.
Tuesday Jul 15, 2008 #
Orienteering 49:03 [3] 5.5 km (8:55 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Map was awful. Bracken was shown in a green hatching which made it much more difficult to read the other detail. Also made no difference to my route choices so a waste of time putting it on. Colours weren't good either. Wasted 2.5 mins on no10 looking in a large open area that wasn't marked instead of the open area I needed. Lost a little bit of time at 6+13.
Felt tired while I was out so maybe I need a bit of a rest before oringen.
Monday Jul 14, 2008 #
Running 30:00 [3] 5.0 km (6:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Sunday Jul 13, 2008 #
Orienteering 35:00 [3] 6.0 km (5:50 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Wasn't expecting to be running that much but ended up running about 6k. Was a bingo-o round woods and farm, belonging to an MDOCer then a bit of a run round the roads and footpaths outside the farm. Not sure how long I was out and not sure how far i ran, lost the map.
Felt left shin couple of times while running round.
Played some footy afterwards and the right shin seems to be v slowly be getting better.
Saturday Jul 12, 2008 #
Running 55:00 [4] 10.0 km (5:30 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Friday Jul 11, 2008 #
Running 25:00 [3] 5.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Stretching 20:00 [1]
Thursday Jul 10, 2008 #
Running warm up/down 10:00 [3] 1.5 mi (6:40 / mi)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Orienteering 48:19 [4] 8.0 km (6:02 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Only a couple of minor errors in the control circle, twice distracted by others...
Running warm up/down 10:00 [2] 1.2 km (8:20 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Wednesday Jul 9, 2008 #
Running 30:00 [3] 6.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 #
Running 25:00 [3] 5.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Stretching 10:00 [1]
Monday Jul 7, 2008 #
Stretching 10:00 [1]
Running 45:00 [3] 8.0 km (5:38 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Sunday Jul 6, 2008 #
Running 30:00 [3] 6.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Saturday Jul 5, 2008 #
Running 1:08:00 [3] 11.0 km (6:11 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Friday Jul 4, 2008 #
Running 30:00 [1] 2.0 km (15:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Stretching 30:00 [1]
Thursday Jul 3, 2008 #
Orienteering 27:00 [3] 4.0 km (6:45 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Might not have been the best idea to go and do this after being sick for a couple of days. Navigation was easy and only lost time on a control that was in the WRONG place.
Running warm up/down 10:00 [2] 1.2 km (8:20 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Wednesday Jul 2, 2008 #
Note
(sick)
Tuesday Jul 1, 2008 #
Running 25:00 [4] 5.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Note
(sick)