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Training Log Archive: mikeyA

In the 31 days ending Mar 31, 2017:

activity

time

miles

Running

12:49:47

101.46

(7:35)

163.29

(4:43)

Orienteering

6:56:28

43.15

(9:39)

69.44

(6:00)

Cross Training

25:00

Total

20:11:15

144.61

232.73

1:30

0:00

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Friday Mar 31, 2017 #

Event: Dark Thistle

Running warm up/down 20:19 [2] 3.99 km (5:06 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212s

Mainly between the tent and the car park.

Orienteering race 57:57 [4] 7.69 km (7:32 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212s

Not a great time. Followed GG at the start and he lead us wrong by going parallel to the path in some crap. Brilliant. Generally pretty slow and not having a fun time in a pretty rough forest. Retired at 11 when my head torch went into power save and was super dim causing me to run straight past a control.

Results - https://fvo.org.uk/events/2017/mar/31/scottish-woo...
2DReRun - http://3drerun.worldofo.com/index.php?id=202618&am...

Thursday Mar 30, 2017 #

Running 32:57 [3] 6.94 km (4:45 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

With Jack around the killing fields and back. Very nice.

Wednesday Mar 29, 2017 #

Running 22:48 [3] 5.07 km (4:30 / km)
shoes: Nike Revolution 3

Standard late night meadows. Not quite as spritely tonight.

Tuesday Mar 28, 2017 #

Running 22:08 [3] 5.39 km (4:06 / km)
shoes: Nike Revolution 3

Meadows by myself after I got the time of the other groups run wrong.

Monday Mar 27, 2017 #

Running 34:03 [3] 7.31 km (4:39 / km)
shoes: Nike Revolution 3

With a few of the guys before their gym session.

Sunday Mar 26, 2017 #

Running 20:59 [3] 5.05 km (4:09 / km)
shoes: Nike Revolution 3

Late night meadows in just a top and shorts, was actually very warm. Feeling pretty comfortable. Smallest miles in a week of the streak so far. Still 2km too many.

Saturday Mar 25, 2017 #

Running 23:35 [3] 5.02 km (4:42 / km)
shoes: Nike Revolution 3

To the shop and back and then around some roads.

Friday Mar 24, 2017 #

Running 22:27 [3] 5.08 km (4:25 / km)
shoes: Nike Revolution 3

Another late night one. Explored some roads near Inch Park today. Had a nice chat with a rather drunk man about why I was out running so late.

Thursday Mar 23, 2017 #

Running 20:57 [3] 5.05 km (4:09 / km)
shoes: Nike Revolution 3

Late night meadows. Nice and quick, quite a few things going through my head tonight.

Wednesday Mar 22, 2017 #

Running 27:12 [3] 5.9 km (4:37 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

Joined the start of the long run and then headed home at the start of Blackford. Pretty disgusting weather.

Tuesday Mar 21, 2017 #

Running 23:52 [3] 5.07 km (4:42 / km)
shoes: Nike Revolution 3

Easy late night meadows testing out some new shoes. Met Mark midway which was nice. Apparently the northern lights might have been in sight but I couldn't see a thing of course.

Monday Mar 20, 2017 #

Running 30:17 [3] 6.23 km (4:52 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

Easy meadows recovery with Tam, Ali, Will and Jack before they disappeared off to the gym. Interesting weather with driving rain one second and then glorious sun the next.

Sunday Mar 19, 2017 #

Orienteering 34:07 [3] 5.69 km (6:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212s

Made the 3rd team with Ewan and Tam. After a great run by Ewan I was sent out in 3rd about 30 seconds down on Hallam and EUOC 1 with Shuoc right behind. I knew being clean was going to be the main task and that running speed wouldn't be so much of an issue. Nailed #1 and then a slightly longer gaffle on #2 put me out just behind Joe. Couple more clean controls meant Joe was in sight heading out on the long leg decided to go straight but ended up going a fair way left due to the vegitation and a bit of a slog up the muddy path meant I'd lost a bit of time. Through the easy bit around the path I kept on getting glimpses of Ali up ahead and Joe right on his tail so thought I must have been running fairly well. Kept it clean through to spectator. On the last loop however I ended up losing a solid minute on a control that was on top of hill but the control circle perfectly covered the contour showing this and so I was searching for the control in the flat ground below it. Not the only one for this to happen to as it turns out and I didn't realise there was a contour there at all until I'd got back and put the map about an inch from my face. Then lost another minute on a control on a path where I decided to follow an elephant track instead of my compass and ran parallel to the path instead of onto it. Then lost another 30 seconds running onto the wrong hill top the control after. Saw Felly and Colm at this point and ran hard into the finish, knowing that Tam would need as much time as possible to try and hold off Jonny but I couldn't give him enough in the end. Bit gutted about that last loop as without the mistakes I feel like Tam might have had a chance at holding onto bronze. As it was finished in 4th after Tam ran really well and held Tim off.

Results - https://www.southyorkshireorienteers.org.uk/event/...
Routegadget - http://www.syo.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/?manage/#145&...

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Saturday Mar 18, 2017 #

Event: BUCS - British Universities & Colleges Sport Championships

Running warm up/down 11:18 [2] 2.27 km (4:59 / km)
shoes: VJ Supra's

Reasonable warm up.

Orienteering race 1:17:39 [4] 12.15 km (6:23 / km)
shoes: VJ Supra's

Not really the race I was hoping for. Going well until #4 running reasonably. Poor route on #5 by going straight and never found the path I was looking for (must have run right over it) meant I was super hesitant near the circle and ended up finding it by a fair amount of luck. #6 was then the most idiotic mistake of my life. Actually did the leg perfectly and saw the control however for whatever stupid reason I decided it wasn't mine and that I was too low and so ran off up the hill having literally been a meter away from it. Why I didn't even read the code who knows? After a minute of crawling up the hill I heard Joe go through behind me which made me finally come to my senses. Bit deflated after this and couldn't push as i needed to up the hill to #7 or through the rocks for the rest of the loop in the forest. No real misses in there just super slow and taking rather wiggly lines. Felly came through me at #12 and I got insta-dropped by him on the moor and then Ali came through later as well when I made another idiotic mistake by running straight past #19. Feel like this could have been a lot better if I just thought about what I was doing for parts of it instead of being an idiot. I've said idiot an awful lot there...

Results - https://www.southyorkshireorienteers.org.uk/event/...
Routegadget - http://www.syo.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#142&cour...

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Friday Mar 17, 2017 #

Running 25:59 [3] 5.5 km (4:43 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

Easy meadows with Jack and Ewan before lidl on the way home. Watch glitched so had to estimate the distance.

Thursday Mar 16, 2017 #

Running 17:17 [2] 3.37 km (5:08 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212s

Out to Braids via KB.

Orienteering 41:00 [3] 7.85 km (5:13 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212s

Braids FWTN. Good fun apart from when I got stuck in gorse for about 5 minutes after not being able to see the track through it. Cruised round never going too hard.

Running warm up/down 15:48 [2] 3.15 km (5:01 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212s

Down back home with Ali.

Wednesday Mar 15, 2017 #

Running 30:46 [3] 6.64 km (4:38 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

To DVC and then with the long run group through the hospital towards B&B. Turned home at the start of Blackford.

Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 #

Running warm up/down 32:13 [2] 6.48 km (4:58 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

Up and down.

Running intervals 14:00 [5] 3.2 km (4:22 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

4 x 800m [2 min] on the meadows. I am still suitably slow. Went off far too hard on the first lap and suffered for the rest. Times 2.25, 2.31, 2.40, 2.45. Oops haha.

Monday Mar 13, 2017 #

Running 45:04 [3] 8.33 km (5:25 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

To St Leonards an then onto the treadmill for Beth again and then home.

Sunday Mar 12, 2017 #

Running warm up/down 8:53 [2] 1.59 km (5:35 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212s

Up.

Orienteering race 1:11:59 [4] 12.41 km (5:48 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212s

CSC qualifier at Tentsmuir. Interesting bit of forest with very thin strips of contour detail and then blocks of flat 'white' forest in between. A lot of the route choice was just a bit random in my opinion as it was whether you run round the path or cut straight through these blocks. The runnability of said blocks seemed to vary massively and so got a bit random as to whether it was good to go straight or not. For example on 6 I went pretty much straight whereas Tim (admittedly running much faster but still) went round the paths and took nearly 2 minutes out of me despite me not missing it at all. Aside from that made a really stupid error at 14 where I ran round the back of it and then got annoyed as i can't navigate and haven't been able to for a while it seems.

Results - http://obasen.orientering.se/winsplits/online/en/d...

Saturday Mar 11, 2017 #

12 PM

Orienteering 43:36 [3] 6.25 km (6:59 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212s

Some loops around a few small blocks of forest in a country park kind of thing. Varying degrees of enjoyability but none of them very hard.

2 PM

Orienteering 35:17 [4] 5.16 km (6:50 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons 212s

Mass start around Abbey Craig as BUCS training. Started off well running at the front but then missed one slightly low and then saw the next control as it turned out thinking it was the previous and then got super confused as I left it looking for the next one. Decided to keep going so i'd stay in the pack but then immediately got super confused at some gaffling when I was dead on line for my control but saw everyone else off to the left and just stupidly ran over to them. Was hanging off the back for the rest of the first loop. Second loop again started well but then made several misses and ended up off the back by myself and rather annoyed at my inability to orienteer.

Friday Mar 10, 2017 #

Running 22:36 [3] 5.02 km (4:30 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

Thursday Mar 9, 2017 #

11 AM

Running 20:06 [3] 4.14 km (4:51 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

To and from St Leonards.

Cross Training 25:00 [2]
shoes: Asics trainers

Helping Beth out with some testing.

5 PM

Running warm up/down 15:00 [2] 3.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

Up and down.

Orienteering 30:00 [4] 6.8 km (4:25 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

Sprintervals around Pollock, Dumbiedykes and the new bit of map that Nixon did. Good fun although not navigating too well. Got screwed over by a closed gates on the first loop and then a great big fence on the second loop where I thought I'd found a sneaky quicker route but then couldn't get to the control thanks to the construction fence. A guy walking past kindly lifted the fence up for me so i could crawl underneath. Taken Ali's data as my watch died.

Orienteering 24:53 [4] 5.44 km (4:34 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

FWTN around Gracemount. Slight issue with the map printing made it slightly hard to read the map but it was okay. Just had to stop still to check a few routes. Okay but never running too hard.

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Running 21:19 [3] 4.24 km (5:02 / km)
shoes: Asics trainers

Run back home.

Wednesday Mar 1, 2017 #

Running 24:25 [3] 5.16 km (4:44 / km)
shoes: New Balance trainers

5km loop on the meadows. Again.

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