Training Log Archive: roar

jog to the start with colm moran. didnt feel fantastic

died the whole way round. i found it really tough. didnt feel like being there the whole time. a load of the course was in the same area as i had been yesterday which was boring too.
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jogged my way up to the start. felt good. had my knee taped up which seemed to be helping

WOC tour day 4. was super happy with my technical orienteering. dropped a minute on 11 but apart from that i had two tiny misses and the rest perfect. i went out to hard though and i really suffered near the end as i struggled to continue running on paths. more training...

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starting to do all my exercises today. this is necessary

ran the WOC tour sprint today. it was only 15 mins so im not counting it as training. prob my best sprint run. came 15th. here's the map
http://www.cnocmaps.totalh.com/show_map.php?user=c...

WOC Tour Sprint. Ran H21E. I ran hard and pushed the pace as much as I could.
Leaving I couldn't figure out where I was going, re the start kite/first control. Switched on finally and got into, hitting 1, 2 and 3 hard. I was pushing and saw the alley into 4 but I though it was someones yard, so ran past it, saw the junction, screamed oh fuck and did an about turn. On route to 5 I decided to take the climb early and plan ahead. Coming up to the control I felt as if the boulder was very close to the road. Shock me a little bit but recovered quickly and attacked 6 and 7. Coming into and leaving 6 I got abuse flung at me from the fort from the Irish on top. I had the fastest split to 7 taking as straight a line as possible. 8 was a matter of following the track, pretty straight forward. Leaving 8 I was a little panicy as I didn't see the road as soon as I expected. On the road and it was straight forward. 10 was just pick and go. Running up the hill to 11 my legs were beginning to feel the burn. Slow to 12 and leaving it I wasn't in control. Couldn't figure out what was happening and messed it up. Dropped 15sec. 14 was straight forward. 15 was simply turning in after the cliff on the nice sheep track. I saw the route through the fort to 16 straight away. I reckon it was the only real route to that control. Got more abuse in the fort, almost took a spill coming down the hill into the control.
17, 18 straight forward. At this moment I was flat out. My HR had max'd out. I was running along the track and didn't see the building or field and panic'd completely. I couldn't work out the tracks and back tracked. Realised what I did when I was half way up the hill and just committed. Approaching the building I didn't see the control or read my descpt so I assumed it was at the far corner, which it wasn't. Damage limitation into the finish trying in vain to get back a few precious seconds.
I have to be happy with my orienteering in the beginning and when I was pushing. Bit dissappointed with the muck up at the end but thats what happens when your on the edge. Really fun - freggin love sprints!!

started my course today, did 2 controls and then was like this is pointless. im just breaking myself more so i went back and got ice

this was largely me going ow ow ow ow, as i tried to loosen up my knee before i started

ran the first control deadly without pain then went down this hill on the way to 2 and was like ooowww. then i was just thinking about trying to run and lost like a minute on 2. leaving 2 trying to run thrrough the marsh i was just like hey, im in bits theres no point in me being out here so i walked back

Event: WOC Tour 2010
 

knee is even more sore today after the race. i hope it starts to get better

jog to the start of day 1 WOC tour. knee was sore but i think its not going to do it harm by running on it so...

day 1 WOC tour. happy with how i was running. i felf good almost all the way. i got a mad suprise when i picked up the map and it was 1:10000! it was actually quite nice terrain and i really enjoyed it apart from a mistake at 4, after i powered up the hill and was tired. the last bit in the green was quite tough to finish off in too.