Training Log Archive: martin(uk)In the 31 days ending Dec 31, 2017:
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Sunday Dec 31, 2017 #
Running 6:43 [3] 0.75 km (8:58 / km) +34m 7:19 / km
Orienteering 39:46 4.37 km (9:06 / km) +108m 8:06 / km
ahr:163 max:172
Another hot day, but cooler at altitude (20-25C). This was perhaps the highest orienteering I've ever done (2000m).
Annoying miss at #7 where I found an end of a thicket, but apparently there was another end only about a further 10m West from where I was. Looked around in other bits of thicket further East for about 3 minutes before coming back to almost where I started and finding the flag. Grrrr.
A long was down on Jens and Charlie, so this isn't a great points scoring day. Heather beat me by 7 secs, but Jenny and Claire didn't.
Nice walk to the top of Iron Crown afterwards.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10D-0Y0Opz_nDGJ873...
http://www.rocroutegadget.co.za/gadget/rg2/#52&cou...
Running 39:21 [3] 3.7 km (10:38 / km) +170m 8:39 / km
Saturday Dec 30, 2017 #
Orienteering 1:06:05 7.98 km (8:17 / km) +340m 6:50 / km
ahr:164 max:173
Started wet but dried up, 25C. Steep forest at altitude, so hard work.
Reasonable run, with my only mistakes being in the circles, and possibly a poor route choice on #15-#16 near the end. Again, I could have won. Still, only a few seconds down, so it'll be a good points score. Beat all the W35s today.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ppi2O7y-fFocz_Wab...
http://www.rocroutegadget.co.za/gadget/rg2/#51&cou...
Friday Dec 29, 2017 #
Orienteering 41:13 7.65 km (5:23 / km) +77m 5:08 / km
ahr:170 max:181
Hot (30C) and bushy terrain, with one giraffe and several wildebeest.
Quite tricky. Took it steady but had a slight miss at #4 (30 secs) and then a poor attackpoint at #5, meaning I looked in the wrong bushes for 3 minutes. Grrr. Should have won, but not too bad as a first run of the week.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1spCAyyVZOnpYimerz...
http://www.rocroutegadget.co.za/gadget/rg2/#50&cou...
(The women are all running W35 which is the same course. Beaten by Claire W, but not Heather or Jenny).
Thursday Dec 28, 2017 #
Rowing 33:45 1.52 km (22:08 / km)
ahr:128 max:161
Tuesday Dec 26, 2017 #
Running 35:24 2.2 km (16:07 / km)
ahr:137 max:168
Saturday Dec 23, 2017 #
Running 11:06 1.63 km (6:49 / km) +50m 5:55 / km
ahr:138 max:154
Running 8:27 1.43 km (5:55 / km) +21m 5:30 / km
ahr:139 max:155
Running 16:42 3.14 km (5:20 / km) +43m 4:59 / km
ahr:146 max:156
Sunday Dec 17, 2017 #
Running 7:10 0.63 km (11:17 / km) +53m 7:58 / km
ahr:124 max:138
Running 1:27:05 10.77 km (8:05 / km) +367m 6:55 / km
ahr:155 max:168
It was a cold, wet and windy day, and blacka still had quite a lot of snow on it. Not likely to be much fun, but always likely to be good training.
The first couple were right on the exposed moor, bitterly cold, After that it got better and dropped into the woods, and I warmed up. Just briefly I was enjoying it. But then it went on the moor again, then the woods, then the moor, and it just got cold and miserable. By the end it was just a survival exercise.
http://www.syo.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#157&route=50...
Saturday Dec 16, 2017 #
Running 55:49 7.49 km (7:27 / km) +358m 6:01 / km
ahr:148 max:166
A cloudy, damp and cold day in the Lakes, but it looked like there was a possibility of getting above the cloud into the sunshine by climbing high enough. Thankfully the top of Loughrigg was just high enough.
Without a map (apart from a 1:25 on my phone) or compass (apart from a heading indicator on my Garmin) I was getting a bit lost in the cloud half way up Loughrigg, with nobody else around. I decided I needed to go 1.2km west and look for the tallest hill I could see, which ought to be the top. If that failed, I'd just head north and find Rydal Water again, and head back. Thankfully I came across a few walkers in the mist, who seemed to be on a better trail. The trail had cairns on it, and it brought me to the top.
The top was just out of the cloud, as were the tops of many of the surrounding bigger mountains, all covered in snow. Amazing views.
Thursday Dec 14, 2017 #
Running 45:39 8.59 km (5:19 / km) +80m 5:05 / km
ahr:144 max:172
With Lesley. Icy, snowy, and beautiful scenery.
Sunday Dec 10, 2017 #
Skiing 29:25 2.23 km (13:10 / km) +31m 12:19 / km
ahr:118 max:149
Saturday Dec 9, 2017 #
Running race 20:58 [3] 4.91 km (4:16 / km) +88m 3:55 / km
50th Parkrun! Because of the icy weather, both Hallam and Graves parkruns were cancelled, so I went to Castle parkrun which was still on. It's a hilly course!
Sunday Dec 3, 2017 #
Orienteering 41:24 8.75 km (4:44 / km) +76m 4:32 / km
ahr:165 max:177
Saturday Dec 2, 2017 #
Running 2:47 0.4 km (6:53 / km)
ahr:134 max:142
Running race 21:05 4.97 km (4:14 / km) +60m 4:00 / km
ahr:163 max:182
Very steady, partly as a warm-up for the SYO club champs, but mainly to get nearer to 50 Parkruns. 49 done now.
Orienteering 48:18 6.56 km (7:22 / km) +182m 6:28 / km
ahr:167 max:179
A score event with odd and even numbered controls. You could only switch from odd to even once. 3rd on points scored behind Charlie and Dom. Thankfully well off winning the handicap.