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Training Log Archive: mikeyA

In the 31 days ending Jul 31, 2016:

activity

time

miles

Orienteering

9:27:18

54.75

(10:22)

88.11

(6:26)

Running

47:25

5.15

(9:12)

8.29

(5:43)

Total

10:14:43

59.9

(10:16)

96.4

(6:23)

1:41

0:00

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Sunday Jul 31, 2016 #

Orienteering 1:30:00 [3] 6.0 km (15:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212's (04/16)

Uath Lochan.

Saturday Jul 30, 2016 #

Note

6 hour drive to Lagganlia having done 4 yesterday to Macclesfield. Eurgh.

Friday Jul 29, 2016 #

Running warm up/down 16:01 [2] 2.88 km (5:34 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212's (04/16)

Orienteering race 54:22 [4] 7.63 km (7:08 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212's (04/16)

Croeso day 5. Much better run today. Still lost a bit of time on a couple on the slope but no more than 20 seconds. Lost maybe 1.40 on #8 by being incredibly slow and hesitant along the slope. Similar on #9, too low as well. Minute lost on #19 by going left through the green. Still pleased though. Finished 5th and 10th overall which is okay but 3 average at best runs at the start of the week weren't good enough really.

Thursday Jul 28, 2016 #

Running warm up/down 6:17 [2] 1.1 km (5:43 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212's (04/16)

To the start

Orienteering race 1:22:34 [4] 12.1 km (6:49 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212's (04/16)

Croeso day 4. Bit of a shocker. Good going to #1 until I was about 100m away at which point I lost my compass slightly and ran pretty close to it but past and had to turn round. 1.30 lost. Again similar story to #5 this time lost it slightly earlier and drifted quite far south and couldn't relocate with all the mist and the only feature I could see being a depression, not helpful. 5 minutes lost. Bad to #6, barely following compass at all and going way too far left, 3 minutes gone. Luckiest control ever on #10. No idea where i was and happened to see someone 15 metres up the hill drop into a pit which happened to be mine when i went to check it. Overshot #11 and #12, 30 seconds and 2 minutes lost. Okay to the finish when the French (?) guy caught me 12 minutes so had a bit of a race with him. Nightmare run really didn't enjoy it with the rain and constant tussocks. Definately my day to drop.

Wednesday Jul 27, 2016 #

Note
(rest day)

Tuesday Jul 26, 2016 #

Running warm up/down 3:37 [2] 0.8 km (4:31 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212's (04/16)

Orienteering race 1:19:34 [4] 11.17 km (7:07 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212's (04/16)

Croeso day 3. 3 minute mistake to #1 by going too far around the hill and then dropped down to the path to recover. Thought my race was over already. Improved a bit but still made other mistakes although not as big. Probably lost around 6-7 minutes total. Thought I was doing much worse out in the forest than I actually did. Managed to be very consistently average this week. 12th, 13th and 12th so far :)

Monday Jul 25, 2016 #

Running warm up/down 16:11 [2] 2.64 km (6:08 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212's (04/16)

To the start and around the car park afterwards

Orienteering race 36:45 [4] 6.73 km (5:28 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212's (04/16)

Croeso day 2. Again started well and held it well through the middle part of the course. Didn't think it was too hard really, just a case of pick the big hill or re-entrant by the control and run to it. Lost 30 seconds on #21 after I must have run right past the depression as it was on a fairly slim strip of raised land and had to turn round. Lost a minute on #22 after I lost concentration due to the mistake and knowing Rich Robinson who'd started 2 minutes after me must be close behind. Just ran out of #21 the wrong direction and ended up looping round too far and also getting slowed down by the marsh I ran through. Better today but still not as good as id have liked. Also am definitely just slower than the other guys, understandably.

Sunday Jul 24, 2016 #

Running warm up/down 5:19 [2] 0.87 km (6:07 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212's (04/16)

With Nath to the start

Orienteering race 1:12:46 [4] 12.44 km (5:51 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212's (04/16)

Croeso day 1. Started well (leading at #4) before a bit of a mare on #5. Started off badly by not going the clear and obvious route down the track by the lake and instead going round to the right. Lost my orientation a bit and after bashing through some reeds that were well above my head before turning round came out on a bit of a track although I thought it was an elephant track as it was basically just mud. Turned the way I thought I should be going and started off down said track. Then saw Romaldus who started just behind me run past me in the opposite direction. Sort of looked at each other and I decided to check my compass for the first time in 5 minutes. I was running north instead of south, oops. 7 minutes lost and a good run. Lost another 2 on #7 by going too far left when going right was more runnable although you couldn't tell by the map. And another minute on #8 by zig-zagging across the line and not going straight at all.

Saturday Jul 16, 2016 #

Orienteering 21:13 [2] 2.59 km (8:12 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212's (04/16)

Helping out at a YHOA squad training, did more than this but didn't log it.

Sunday Jul 10, 2016 #

Orienteering race 50:35 [3]

Orienteering race 50:35 [3] 11.36 km (4:27 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

Twin peaks day 2. Manchester urban. Started out rather fast and was leading until 2/3s round. And then I died. The splits browser is very amusing, I'll post it later for my enjoyment if I ever read back to this. Hi to older me if I do :) one mistake at the end turning down 1 road early, 30 seconds ish.

Saturday Jul 9, 2016 #

Orienteering race 14:57 [4] 3.44 km (4:21 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

Twin peaks day 1, race 1. Slow and a mistake where i tried to punch the wrong control with the SI air and it didn't work so turn round and punched it manually before realising it wasn't mine.

Orienteering race 13:57 [4] 3.29 km (4:14 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

Race 2. Slow again. Oh so very slow.

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