Training Log Archive: Dooby

Shamrock O Ringen 2015
Day 2
Shrone Hill

Can't say I was particularly looking forward to this race as my memories of Shrone wouldn't be the best. I just remember how physical the area is. Based on the race today it still is as physical as ever, no easy running anywhere out there apart from the last few controls through the forest.

Didn't think I started great, was struggling on the long leg to 2 with the ground conditions, orienteering ok though.

Then approaching 5 uphill I spotted Roar in front of me, so can't have been going that badly. Stayed behind him for a while, hadn't a choice as he ran away from me leaving 6, his downhill pace better than mine, but ankle not feeling fantastic.

Made a right balls of 7. I came at it higher than Roar but still messed it up. Was looking too high. Should have been more sensible using the road as an AP but only used it when everything else failed.

Next few legs were tough going. Spotted Colm going to 11. 9-10 was really hard going.

Was stronger than Roar up to 12 but I lost some time downhill, he then went around the hill to 14 but I went straighter. My route better but didn't get the control so lost time. Caught Colm here. Next couple of legs were uphill, not easy. Nice to be in a train though, been a while since i've been in one of them on a long course.

Then into the forest near the end. Missed 24 and ended up losing around 3 minutes to Roar from here to the end. Body wrecked. Also lost time to 25 and 27.

Happy enough with how I ran but orienteering letting me down on occasion.
Despite the physicality of the area I enjoyed it which is the most important thing for me at the shamrock.

Bit more climb on my Garmin, 510, compared to the 300 on the descriptions!

Results

Along the road from the house before changing into my orienteering shoes. Caught up with Roar along the way.

Midges where I changed into my o shoes were annoying.

Nice day today. Woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep, not what I wanted since i'd sleep to catch up on.

Back from the finish with Roar and Conor. Had some energy left surprisingly.

1 - Splits

Event: Shamrock O-Ringen, Glengarriff Area
 

Bit of a walk uphill from the bus to the finish, and from there to the start. Had a bit of time at the start so jogged up and down the hill for a small bit. Cold and misty on the mountain.

Wasn't the fastest of drives down, some frustration with traffic. So got to Glengarriffe with not a massive amount of time to spare.

Not feeling too bad all things considered.

Shamrock O Ringen 2015
Day 1
Cobdubh South

Ran a really good race in the conditions for 15 of the 16 controls, but the 1 control I got wrong I got really wrong. Did lose some time on a couple of other controls but only a few seconds. Time lost on Control 7 could be measured in tens of minutes.

Really ran 7 badly. Started well over the top of the hill, on a bearing, and then descended. Probably ended up slightly right of where I wanted to be, was aiming for the hill with the crags. Then things just didn't match up for me, both features and also the direction of the slope. Eventually decided to bail downhill to relocate off the pylons, just didn't have a clue in the conditions which had limited visibility.

Relocated low, then went along by 11 before getting 7.

Enjoyed the course nonetheless.

Results
Routegadget

From the finish to the car along the road. Legs feeling alright but definitely wet. Glad of the GAA dressing rooms to get changed in, made life easier than getting changed out of the boot of the car.

Noticed that one of the car tyres was flat.

1 - Splits

Off to Dublin from Limerick for a wedding.

Usual wedding malarky, eating, drinking and dancing, plenty of dancing. So late to bed too.

2nd of the pre-Shamrock rest days. Body could do with the break anyways, I feel the month has gone to plan since IOC, haven't lost days training due to illness and only 1 day to injury.

Got the match tonight to look forward to, should be good to see what tricks the BaBas pull out of their sleeves.

Legs feeling good this morning walking around, yesterday they didn't like climbing the stairs to work.

Day off, felt tired when I woke up, and was definitely feeling tired on my way home after work but dinner addressed that. Legs feeling fine, just probably lacking in some sleep, training and eating late yesterday didn't help.

Did some packing before dinner, Shamrock stuff since my weekend starts tomorrow at lunch time when I head for Limerick.

Killarney-Anablaha-Scart direction-Kilsarcon-Masts-Kilcummin-Killarney

Decided to give the club spin a go this week, Hilly Tuesdays is what the session is known as, and it lived up to its name. A few issues with the concept is the 730 start which is an old problem for me, and secondly it's a bit stop start with a lot of slow pedalling as the group splits on the climbs. Still good to get out with a group nonethless. Lovely evening too, very sunny, but still a bit on the cool side.

Strong headwind heading into Killarney which wasn't pleasant and the legs were feeling a small bit tired, did think they'd improve once warmed up, and they did. Had a few minutes to wait around before we started off. Handy start and slow enough up Tiernaboul, and the group split.

Didn't have to do too much work on the front this evening given the nature of the spin, but didn't mind the bit I did do. Another stop after Anablaha to gather the gang together before a nice descent towards Scartaglin. I didn't push this too hard.

Then over towards Currow turning left for the Masts. Had driven this road a few times for mainly work reasons so knew that it wasn't going to be easy. Reckoned the initial dig from the low road would've been worse than it actually turned out to be. I went to the front and got a gap, wasn't pushing but no one came with me. A few of the lads caught up with me on the short descent before the left turn, road was narrow, gravelly and twisty so I was taking it handy. I put in a dig immediately afterwards on a bit of a ramp so lost the lads here. Sat back down and pushed on from here.

The last bit is straight so you can see what's ahead. I was definitely feeling the hurt now, HR was high, although had more to give, but it was the lungs that were struggling the most, puffing a bit. Good training. Time is bad either for a first attempt at it.

Really need to head Kilcummin direction more for training, some great climbs.

The descent was fast too back towards Kilcummin. Better road on the Killarney side. Thought we might go right and head towards Coolcoran but we went left and up the hill to the top of kilcummin before back down to Killarney then. Was hoping it'd be a shorter run home but Mike added in that extra climb which was fine really.

Cool on the spin home and also a bit dark for my liking, safe, but really don't like training this late. After passing the Lake Hotel there was a car in front of me which a car took a risky move to pass out. I was gaining on this car as I went up the hill to the National Park car-park, and then I decided to pass it out on the straight stretch before the Lough Guitane turn off. That's what I like, passing cars on a National Secondary Road and not going downhill that much.

Now to make a decision on whether to train tomorrow or not. Tired this evening but legs are probably fine.

Shamrock this weekend so something to look forward to.

Monday - Running (on tar to mind ankle, 45 minutes)
Tuesday - Cycling (club training)
Wednesday - ? Maybe rest or maybe a run or maybe a cycle, rest mightn't be a bad idea considering the 5 days ahead
Thursday - Rest (babas/irl rugby match in thomond)
Friday - Rest (if attending a wedding can be called rest)
Saturday - Orienteering
Sunday - Orienteering

So my computer at work decided to die over the weekend. Not sure how much, if anything by the sounds of things, can be recovered!!! We'll leave that to the data recovery specialists.

All my recent High Performance stuff is gone like list of who's going to Scotland for selection races.

Ross Castle & Knorckreer

Stuck to the roads as planned. HR wasn't fantastic for most of it, around 140, but managed to get it higher on the hill at the end intentionally, felt grand doing that. Still felt like the pace was alright at the low HR. Legs definitely tired until they warmed up a bit, but ok after they warmed up. Not too sore either so that's always good.

Nice run around Ross Castle, sun out, and then back along the lake. Bit of a breeze off the lake but only time it was into my face was after the turn left onto the circular walk.

Loads of deer up around the circular walk, very close to the road too.

Will miss a ham dinner tomorrow since i'm going to go cycling, the sacrifices I make!
Speaking of dinner, Garmin is saying I used 650 calories running this evening, and my Carbs & Cals book says my dinner was at least 1300 calories.