Training Log Archive: ndobbs

fairy castle

Didn't manage to get up this morning in time to try sneaking in to Run The Line. Probably for the better, as there are bugs doing the rounds.

Lovely out. Cold, blustery and icy!

Tasty venison stew in the evening.

vroom vroom

C • Vroom 4

I'd somehow forgotten this - https://www.attackpoint.org/searchsessions.jsp?use...

rg brings back memories.

Getting organised? Booked flights for France next week and for Jerusalem in January!

Scouting DCU. Nice area, map and courses looking good.

Munster Champs
Knocknagalty

http://www.orienteering.ie/result2?oaction=moreRes...

Fun times. Kept moving, never bonked but was never properly racing either. At one point (the last bit towards 8) I took a silly route because it looked like it could be very cool, but it was mostly just rough.

Lots of moss and dampness and bristly poky rocky scratchiness. All very atmospheric and wonderful.

There was actually quite a bit of variety in the course and the orienteering, which was appreciated.

Good work by Shane winning in under two hours. Nowhere close to saving the planner from an unwise bet with Brian C, though.

C • Dooby 3

Course 1 - Splits

Down home to the parents. Stopped off at a dealership en route and put a deposit on a car. Played cards until after midnight, oops.

Biteen of a swim and plank after leaving my shorts in the office. Busy period.

I tend to forget how spoilt we are with instantaneous online results in orienteering.

IMRA Crone-Maulin-Djouce Powerscourt Ridge Run.

Kept it pretty steady, no great energy to force the uphills or really let go on the downhills. Weather was better than expected, grand running conditions, sun peeked through at one point, but I guess it wasn't impressed. Some old lad was running nicely, descending well and steady on the uphill. I was just behind him from the top of Maulin to the wee rise after the river on the way down. I thought I might catch him on the way down, but he pulled away.

Soup and sandwiches afterwards were great!

Note Lost 6:20 to Colm by the top of Djouce, another 6 on the descent. Oops.

My sister has a colleague in Belfast whose brother is a colleague of mine with a flatmate whose colleague is my housemate.

Say what?

fartlek
calf still making noises

Featherbeds
LL event.

Great area, only other time running here was some nighto a while back. But it is also close to brutal -- not sure when the last time was I fell so many times in an event.

Left calf is still whining.

This morning I gave the chest-of-drawers beside the bed an almighty wallop with my elbow while reaching out to get some water. I managed not to scream, but definitely gasped and grimaced and groaned. I stayed in bed, now fully awake, a while longer to see if the nerve would calm down a bit. It seemed in no mood to. Even now, ten hours later, the hand still feels weird, but should right itself soon enough.

Brown - Splits

Joined Shane and Colm for a jog around Pine Forest. Thanks to CM and RL and CH and AC for maps.

what #22 call hills.
6 intervals, 84, 75, 72, 71.8, 71.8, 71.5s
faster, w Nigel from the back.

Strange the watch gives speed and distance without the firm gps capture.

#22 fartlek
struggling to keep up with the fast guys