Training Log Archive: WillRigg

CSC Qualifier. 4th

Technically: Good O through most the course, visualing everything very well,planned ahead quite well using the tough climb to number 1 to check through the whole course. I was poor on control 7 and 8 in the control circle, needed to have a better image in my head maybe rushing a bit around here because some punter was proper nailing it ahead of me and was getting a little distracted. 5-10s on 7 30s on 8. Got ahead of myself at 10 and started orienteering a leg ahead, realised when nothing fitted and then quickly corrected but lost a fair share of time(30s). At 19 i overshot the control, there was a ruin on the ground near the crags which now looking back i'm not sure it was mapped but maybe it was just mapped as broken rock but I matched this up with when I was quickly looking at my map during the race I connected at 'toothed crag' with a normal crag that looked like a ruin symbol, and therefore I thought the control was further down the slope. Bit of an unlcuky mistake, but then again I should probably be looking at features more right of the line. Looking back I thought the control was on a reenterant it wasn't it was on a hill, should of checked control description! (50s) At this point I had been going quite hard to catch Ali Thomas and I had passed him on the way to 17 without realising. Rest of the course was quite easy and spent a bit of time head to head with Ali until I started tiring and he just got me too the finish by about 10s or more. He's running really strong atm, flying in the last section.

Physically: Pretty tired from yesterday and defintley lacking a bit uphill but happy how I was able to push through the tiredness on most of the course, getting fitter :) lost a good 10 seconds on 4-5 fell straight into a marsh up to my waist and had to drag myself out with my hands. Pretty gutted to be beaten by Quentin! 43 secs down on Sasha and a bit more on Tim G.

Big climb to the start

Map X and Force Falls.
A few small misses +10s but I just didn't feel like I had much flow at all, I kept having to really slow down to read the map, thinking I printed it at a weird scale and the contour lines were rather light. Big heard of deer in there which I saw at like every 3 controls, think me and Sasha were hearding them around to each other. There was a huge stag there as well, which was very impressive, think I got a bit distracted by them flying through the forest on a few controls.

Some legs from the warrior o trial and then a middle type course on some control which were still in the forest from an AIRE training day. O-ing well. one small miss coming down the slope didn't really have a good idea of what I what the slope looked like.

VO2 max test.

Got to 18kph and then they stopped me after the three minutes of this, stopped after this because I didn't bring my enhaler and they were being all gay about it. Got my Lactate levels though so that's the most important thing. Better than last year aswell so all goooood in the club.(Especially after a poor winter)

Easy run out with Sasha on B-Rigg to see how he was feeling. My legs felt really good and I don't know why.

Easy Long run with El Purko and Richard. Took in Arthurs seat and ran some of the walkway of Leith and then back to the Flat. Legs tired from intervals, easy recovery day tomorrow.

6 x 800 [2:30] active recovery

2:35,2:34,2:39,2:39,2:37,2:34

Session with El Purko,Richard and Callum Smith. Happy with this session, considering last time I did intervals with EUOC I had to drop out.This time I was keeping with the boys.Callum was beasting it,what you expect with someone who went to sochi. Progress :) Legs a wee bit heavy.

Includes cool down.

Recovery run. Little bit less than normal as last week was quite tough just under 100k,and with the VO2 max test on friday, I want to be in reasonable shape for that.