Training Log Archive: AndreMIn the 7 days ending Jun 9, 2012:
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Friday Jun 8, 2012 #
6 PM
Running 40:58 [2] 4.82 km (8:30 / km) +5m 8:28 / km
shoes: Feet
Thursday Jun 7, 2012 #
5 PM
Running 1:24:00 [4] 11.17 km (7:31 / km) +338m 6:32 / km
shoes: Brooks Inf. 3rd pair
Durston hill repeats - less 2 light poles each time, x 2.
Monday Jun 4, 2012 #
9 AM
Orienteering race 1:27:17 [5] 9.81 km (8:54 / km) +371m 7:29 / km
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 212 p2
A physical course for sure, which I really enjoyed. Proper steep bits, scratchy bush, proper hills, scree and lots of hidden fences to trip over (two full speed trips/slams yesterday which I managed to roll over nicely with only a bit of gravel rash for it).
As expected, read the map better today. Found 1 ok, 2 fine, lost a bit of time contouring on a really steep section to 3 while Tony W made ground on me by running down to the water course and then back up. Beat Tony to 4 and then lost that time trying to find and then get to 5 amongst a bunch of cliffs and banks (this was the cool bit - reminded me of xpd-like times in ridiculous terrain). Tony passed me here as I stared at the map trying to figure the best way to 6, which I thought was the trickiest leg of the course. Gave up thinking too much and started following Tony, who found the fence I was looking for by doing a successful full body trip over it. Thereafter I start running ahead a bit lower and made my mistake of running too far down and losing direction for about 100m. Figured out the mistake and then had to climb up a long way, with the control being on the otherside of the next valley.
The rest went well. Picked the high route from 12 to 13 and ran about a minute slower than Rachel, so the low option was probably better. Finished 6 minutes ahead of Rachel again, so happy with that.
As expected, read the map better today. Found 1 ok, 2 fine, lost a bit of time contouring on a really steep section to 3 while Tony W made ground on me by running down to the water course and then back up. Beat Tony to 4 and then lost that time trying to find and then get to 5 amongst a bunch of cliffs and banks (this was the cool bit - reminded me of xpd-like times in ridiculous terrain). Tony passed me here as I stared at the map trying to figure the best way to 6, which I thought was the trickiest leg of the course. Gave up thinking too much and started following Tony, who found the fence I was looking for by doing a successful full body trip over it. Thereafter I start running ahead a bit lower and made my mistake of running too far down and losing direction for about 100m. Figured out the mistake and then had to climb up a long way, with the control being on the otherside of the next valley.
The rest went well. Picked the high route from 12 to 13 and ran about a minute slower than Rachel, so the low option was probably better. Finished 6 minutes ahead of Rachel again, so happy with that.
Sunday Jun 3, 2012 #
Event: WARA Geraldton 12hr Rogaine
10 AM
Orienteering race 1:50:44 [5] 13.04 km (8:30 / km) +472m 7:11 / km
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 212 p2
My nav felt quite rusty at first. It's quite a dense map and I was a bit hesitant to run off the track and downhill into some really dense parrot bush and scrub right from the start triangle. Checked the bearing a bunch of times, set off and found 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ok. Then in trying to avoid contouring on a bushy hill side I ran down a track too far and ended up in the wrong valley. Lost a good amount of time figuring out where I was and climbing back over to 7. Here I met Graham B and we took off in different directions to 8. I don't know if he had to get to another control (after looking at RouteGadget - yes, he had to get two additional controls between my 8 and 9, good effort!) but found him again on the way to 9 as I caught sight of Rachel. Also I made a mistake approaching 8 by going too low on a spur beneath it.
At this point I was a bit disheartened b/c Rachel had started at least 2 minutes behind me and I thought GB must have been quite a bit further back in the start and therefore had made a lot of time on me - as it turned out he was on course 2. So at this stage I thought I better take the conservative option and not try pass Rachel and GB. Rachel lead GB and I perfectly to 9, 10 and most of the way to 11 where she got ahead but overshot and GB and I split and he found it first, I overshot a little and then got it before Rachel.
Never saw GB again but found Rachel heading to 13 as I have on my way to 14, so managed to get ahead of her in this stretch. I started seeing the map better and the rest all went smoothly. Made some time on Rachel here as I finished 6 minutes ahead of her. That may be a first for me.
At this point I was a bit disheartened b/c Rachel had started at least 2 minutes behind me and I thought GB must have been quite a bit further back in the start and therefore had made a lot of time on me - as it turned out he was on course 2. So at this stage I thought I better take the conservative option and not try pass Rachel and GB. Rachel lead GB and I perfectly to 9, 10 and most of the way to 11 where she got ahead but overshot and GB and I split and he found it first, I overshot a little and then got it before Rachel.
Never saw GB again but found Rachel heading to 13 as I have on my way to 14, so managed to get ahead of her in this stretch. I started seeing the map better and the rest all went smoothly. Made some time on Rachel here as I finished 6 minutes ahead of her. That may be a first for me.