Training Log Archive: mikeyA

School And back

Skipton urban race. Rubbish as I turns out. Jake won and Joe 2nd. I was 3rd. Wasn't that far behind either if them at all matter of a few seconds. Poor route to 2 lost 40 secs. Hesitant on 3 lost 15 secs. Bad route out if the buildings to 5 lost 20 secs. 9 wrong side if the fence and had too go round a long way. Lost 45 secs. Only beat Julie by 6 secs. V bad run. Won Yorkshire urban league tho but Joe would have won easily if he'd done a 6th race :/

Event: The Fat Rascal Races
 

prologue race. won by 8 seconds to wooders. make an interesting chasing start. had to tie my shoelace going to 2, lost 15 secs. lost 30 secs going to 3 as i stupidly went via 4. took wrong route to 11, lost 15 secs. part from that decent run still dont know how i won tho

final race. joe caught me at 6 where i had made a mistake. still managed to get lost with joe so julie and jake caught us up there too. rest of race was a burnout with joe at front mostly. so he punched the final control first and i lost a sec or two trying to get my dibber in the hole due to the grapple. was level with him for the sprint but as the finish was round a bend and he was on the inside so could punch first. finish setup a bit bad as there was no line do decide who had won by crossing it first. he beat me by 1 second in the end while i was 2 seconds ahead of jemmerson and jake a bit down as he dropped his map. happy with my run just a bit annoyed about 6 and the finish.

week in barca :D played match against spainish opposition and we won 6-1. only conceded cos the keeper was bored and ran up the length of the pitch. Also 2 top quality training sessions and a tournament to finishe that we only managed to take 1 point and 1 goal out of but the a team were undefeated

BOOM! Two runs in one week :) new record :) same route as last time but about 1 and half mins quicker than last :)

To and from school

No not on my own :/ school gsce PE lesson and doing circuits. Skipping, super plank, tricep dips, bench jumps, bench steps, mini hurdles, sit ups and shuttle runs. Felt like I worked hard wore a school hrm. Says I got up to 197 bpm but not sure bout that :/

Lesson, played poorly :/

Off to Barcelona on Sunday :))))

Said I was being serious and I have gone for a run :O distance is an estimate but I'll take a gps next time (yes next time :P). Any ideas for a S&C routine?

C • yessss madams :D s+c i tend... 9

Decided to cycle to school as well. Time estimate and don't have a clue bout the distance

Event: Compass Sport Cup Final
 

Light green course so east navigation, was really fast. Admittedly abit of a cockup at 2 nit paying attention. Slight mistake at 5 & 6. Hesitant at 5 and couldn't find a path at 6. Lost in total maybe 1.5 mins. Took almost all of my two min timeout using 1:58 of it :) but still ended up four mins behid Joe. Now I know not through navigation but ge is lots quicker. Being serious here think I might start training :/

Eccy woods score. Distance a complete guess :/ Loved it as I always do in eccy woods, class area :) format was that you had a 2.5km course to start followed by a score but all in 60 mins. Few scrappy mistakes on the course, not to sure bout my route to the last one, 5. On the score felt I could have done alot better especially on one that I had to relocate of a control that I went to one the normal course bit. Got 200 points which put my in second when I finished but not sure where I was at the end. Running felt good though so good signs for tommorow which navigating shoulnt really take part seeing as it's a light green :/ but can't get over confiddent. COME ON SYO :D

My usual lesson but with a tough session if FIFA to follow :)

Event: EBOR Regional Event & UK Cup Final
 

Pickering forest interland selection. One of the worst runs of my life. It's was a good job I had riggy behind me. Messed up 1,2 and 3. Was with niall at 3 after he caught me up 1 non but he found the control without me noticing. Will then caught me still at 3. He lead me straight into it. Dont think I looked at my map for the rest of the course. We caught Niall at about 9 making 3 of us. Knew I was last out of the three but Niall is welsh so i didn't have to beat him and knew I couldnt leave will by 4 mins so had to stick to him. Lost bout 2 mins at 13 I think but I just followed them in not looking at all. Was feeling really tired here so almost glad for the rest :/ they were leaving me abit until a leg across a load of bracken where I found a better path through and caught back up. Cut my knee up pretty bad coming out of the assembly field. Some bad karma going on here as Id just laughed at will for falling over then I did :/ saw Ali Thornton and thought hed caught us up too but turns out he'd had a rubbish run and we'd caught him. Finished 4th behind Joe, will and Niall but 3rd english not counting Niall her as for interland selection. Not proud of my run and going to need to improve on the other selections. Can see myself getting reserve with will, Joe and dane going :/

C • karmas a bitch ;) 1

Syo wincobank. Worst area ever. Hated everything about it just the low spikey trees and brambles and stuff everywhere. Felt bad while running to maybe bit tired from maize maze yesterday but no excuses. Stopped at 9 before going to the finish and retiring

Maize maze qualifying micro-o. Bout 5th 20 secs down on Adam b who won but it's timesd by 4 do actually 1.20 down

Maize maze qualifying. Actually in the big maze this time. Lost a lot of time on 12 getting confused and having to go to the bridge to relocate. At least 4 mins down on little bradders :/

Day final. Decent run in the big maze and when I came out didn't adjust my speed right for the little one and lost alot time on one control. I credible confused ran to it and then as I was going to the next control though I was going to the one I'd just been to. Confused as to where I was before I eventually punched it again losing a minute which is a lot in comparison. Finished 6th, 2 mins down

Night final. Was to be a chasing start so I was a fair bit down on bradders 1 & 2 so no hope of catching. Ran well went slowly as to make sure there were no mistakes. Came back 5th improving 1 place but they couldn't be bothered to work out the finishing order so they just did it on your time. This meant I actually finished 3rd, 1 second ahead of big bradders. Doesnt seem fair considering he beat me at every race part from that one. Ah well :) 2 mins down on Antony squire who came back second but won :)

All maize maze results here :) http://www.leioc.org.uk/results/2011/wistow11/inde...