Training Log Archive: sjreeve

a large number of folk out for the 1st years anniversary. surprised that i only turned up to just 20 races over the last 12 months. happy enough with an average points score of 93.8 per race. but would really like to get below 18mins for this.
not as competitive field as usual with various xc races on. it was only right that matt lead start to finish. i tried chasing too hard for 1st half & then inevitably got caught & passed by david with 1.5k to go.

a brief chat with some NBHs about training then a jog back home.

a bit of time to kill before work & seemed a shame to be indoors so i took off again on this hill loop. had a bit more pace in me but coasted around.

legs not too sore/heavy after work so just a quick spin to make sure they're fine for tomorrow

mostly high resistance seated & standing climbs. a couple of sprints to loosen the legs.

10 stations x 1min (x2 circuits)
10 stations x 30sec (x1 circuit)

2nd class of the day.
would've been a great day to be out but circumstances dictated otherwise. just booked in to todays classes to make sure i did something at a higher intensity

something short to dodge the heavy showers

again, a gap between the heavy downpours.

ran two anticlockwise laps to warm up then just ran up & back to McArts Fort to finish with another lap after the downhill.
trails were wet but grand for running, plenty of loose stuff & gullies after last weeks heavy rain.
happy enough with pace & climb.

rubbish day at work & cranked up the mp3 player. was only able to squeeze in between fully booked classes but good to get the day out of my system

great morning/day for a run. should've got out of the house earlier. no aches or pains from weekends driving and running but that just shows that i could've pushed myself alot more than i did.

clockwise,
1. 4:28
2. 4:33
3. 4:16
4. 3:39

short warm down compared to the usual 25min session

Event: Munster Championships
 

Munster Champs

M21L Munster Champs
10.8k 450m
not so much a race, too many errors. intensity both physically & mentally were lower than usual. really enjoyed the terrain and there looked like some good horseshoe mountain runs.
the split analysis shows a 31min time loss but in reality it was alot more.
1. lost between 30-60 sec climbing too high when i really had no reason to.
2. again just climbed that bit too high was moving well. 3. lost 4mins, ran west thinking i'd be caught by an unmapped wall to then follow to control. (didn't realise descriptions were wrong!) ran too high then too far south to the edge of map. came back north & saw dooby running into the control below me. 4. could've just tailed the next few controls but didn't. i actually lost another 30-60 sec stopping too short of 4 in another unmapped marshy area thinking darren had maybe made an error. 5. ran too far east, distracted by another control lost 1min!!! 6. one of my few good legs. good running and the features & landscape just seemed obvious. 7. not too bad, but was a little hesistant when crossing the wall & then the stream, keeping above the control circle to drop down into it. more direct running would've saved 30sec. 8. ran well but dropped too much height and had to relocate east of 14 & walked back up to control. lost between 1-2mins.
9. pace had slowed right down by now (enthusiasm & moral low) but navigated well into control. 10. then fell apart, distracted by the detail on the ground i failed to simplify. failing by at least 4mins of wandering.
11. control was obvious but i was convinced for a good while it wasn't mine. lost 10-30sec. 12. moved far too slow and without purpose. doglegged the route and lost 45sec. 13. attacked the two large boulders and thought i'd taken a good enough bearing but was too far north, caught by the track. wasted time at control 204 until saw jonny above the crag next to the control. lost 3mins!
14 & 15. i lost over 10mins!?! (maybe not as much as that as 208 wasn't working & was wrapped up in tape so not even a light was visible!) running too fast downhill crossing the fence above 20. then ending up in the area between 17 & 19.
16. 17. 18. & 19. were the most consistent for me but then over confident i missed 20 and eventually looped back around relocating off the round marsh and walking into it, losing nearly 9mins!
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26 & 27. were relatively error free. i was now over the two hours and just wanted to get back to download.

up the road & back to car for stretching

M21 - Splits