Training Log Archive: briangardnerIn the 7 days ending Dec 31, 2017:
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Sunday Dec 31, 2017 #
9 AM
Orienteering race (Big 5 O - Day 3) 50:57 [5] *** 6.46 km (7:53 / km) +240m 6:39 / km
ahr:153 23c shoes: Inov8 Roclite 305
Wolkberg Iron Crown. WRE. Bit rattled at the start. Got there at T-1, so very rushed (my fault!). Was too high on 1 and overshot 2 to the left (2 mins total loss for both) Probably due to the rushed start and not focusing well enough. Settled down after that and had a fairly good run. Was feeling the climb up from 6 to 10. Probably yesterdays effort still in the legs! Overshot 9 which cost about 1 min. Lost another 1.5 mins at 19 (was too low and got stuck in some green). Otherwise happy with my run and loved the mixed of forest and open grasslands. Awesome map and courses! Watch recorded 370m of climb.
Saturday Dec 30, 2017 #
10 AM
Orienteering race (Big 5 O - Day 2) 1:41:33 [5] **** 13.5 km (7:31 / km) +465m 6:25 / km
ahr:155 30c shoes: Inov8 Roclite 305
Wolkberg Paardevlei. This is the day I was looking forward to. Long distance and lots of climb. Started really well and feeling good. Slightly left at 8 (1.5 min loss), then took the straight line between 8 and 9, which was a bad idea. Slow through the green and popped out too high at 9. Oscar Spets from Norway (started +3 mins) caught me here. I knew I had to push hard to stay with him. From then on we were neck-a-neck, traded positions numerous times, took different route choices, and each made small mistakes here and there, but we could not shake each other. We kept meeting up at controls and running the long legs almost side by side. This kept the motivation up and I was super happy to have kept up the running pace with him. We literally sprinted into the finish together. Super happy with my run and absolutely loved the course and terrain. Very happy with my result and time. Watch recorded 670m of climb.
Friday Dec 29, 2017 #
Event: Big 5 Orienteering
10 AM
Orienteering race (Big 5 O - Day 1) 1:04:59 [5] *** 11.6 km (5:36 / km) +100m 5:22 / km
ahr:159 26c shoes: Salomon speedcross 4
Turfloop nature reserve. Very cool map and terrain. Had a solid run, apart from being too far right at number 3, and really messed up 19. About 2 minutes at each one. Apart from those, a lekker run. Speed a bit lacking and got caught in some thorns and green a few too many times...
Wednesday Dec 27, 2017 #
9 AM
Walking 1:20:00 [2] 7.5 km (10:40 / km) +110m 9:56 / km
Chilled walk out and back on Annies Fortune road.
1 PM
Orienteering 50:00 [2] 5.2 km (9:37 / km) +120m 8:37 / km
shoes: Salomon SLAB 4 red
Homemade O maps of Haenertsburg made on OOM. Shadowed Luke and then James around. Bit of coaching.
Tuesday Dec 26, 2017 #
10 AM
Trail Run 42:17 [3] 8.47 km (5:00 / km) +210m 4:26 / km
shoes: Inov8 Roclite 305
Out and back on the Forest Glen road. First 2kms pretty slow with all the Hubble family, then on my own.
Monday Dec 25, 2017 #
7 AM
Mountain Bike 55:00 [3] 8.0 km (8.7 kph) +270m
shoes: GT Zaskar 29er 2013
Christmas morning ride with Gratia and Timéa. Cemetery and down to Allandale.