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Saturday May 3, 2014 #
Orienteering race 47:01 [1] 5.0 km (9:24 / km)
shoes: Innov8
Irish Champs middle distance
Not supposed to be running of course. Managed not to run yesterday and had been quite sore. Went for a bit of a walk somewhere near Loch Tay in the morning and was struggling. Went to the event just to talk to people. And then the mist came down, and suddenly it was very tempting...
Tried a bit of jogging, and it was sore, but not getting obviously worse, and it seemed to be just muscle pain. So found myself changed and in the start boxes against all sense.
Never tried to race, but found I could run to some extent though struggled downhill. Was getting pretty sore by 6, so gave up there. In the end did all of it except for 9 and 10, but the second half was a mixture of jogging and walking. Didn't feel too bad afterwards - obviously sore, but nothing like the pain after NZ Sprint Champs, and seemed mostly back to normal by the evening.
Race was an experience. Not really concentrating on navigation and it showed. Very tricky in the mist, not helped by the map which was very variable. Lost some time at 5, searching in boulders above the control. Then lost concentration on the way to 6 after changing route to try to find easier running and then finding a tape but no control on a nearby boulder. Lost a heap of time on 7, but hadn't intended to try to find it until I was almost there. Lots of contour detail not on the map - not very fair. Also lost time on 13 again largely due to the mapping. Results very random - could have won by several minutes without the injury, but everyone could have run a lot better. Would probably have been OK with either good visibility or a good map, but the combination of the fog and the map meant it wasn't a fair race.
Not supposed to be running of course. Managed not to run yesterday and had been quite sore. Went for a bit of a walk somewhere near Loch Tay in the morning and was struggling. Went to the event just to talk to people. And then the mist came down, and suddenly it was very tempting...
Tried a bit of jogging, and it was sore, but not getting obviously worse, and it seemed to be just muscle pain. So found myself changed and in the start boxes against all sense.
Never tried to race, but found I could run to some extent though struggled downhill. Was getting pretty sore by 6, so gave up there. In the end did all of it except for 9 and 10, but the second half was a mixture of jogging and walking. Didn't feel too bad afterwards - obviously sore, but nothing like the pain after NZ Sprint Champs, and seemed mostly back to normal by the evening.
Race was an experience. Not really concentrating on navigation and it showed. Very tricky in the mist, not helped by the map which was very variable. Lost some time at 5, searching in boulders above the control. Then lost concentration on the way to 6 after changing route to try to find easier running and then finding a tape but no control on a nearby boulder. Lost a heap of time on 7, but hadn't intended to try to find it until I was almost there. Lots of contour detail not on the map - not very fair. Also lost time on 13 again largely due to the mapping. Results very random - could have won by several minutes without the injury, but everyone could have run a lot better. Would probably have been OK with either good visibility or a good map, but the combination of the fog and the map meant it wasn't a fair race.
Thursday May 1, 2014 #
Note
No lasting effects from yesterday's ride.
Wednesday Apr 30, 2014 #
Cycling 1:00:00 [3]
Borrowed Dave's bike. Went down into Rivelin, up Lodge Lane round the top of the Clough, down into the Clough, back up towards Ringinglow Rd, down to Riverdale Rd, then back up the hill.
Back a bit sore right from the start and mild pain throughout without getting much worse. Not moving too well afterwards though.
Great to get out and do something. The legs had really been complaining and felt full of energy - barely noticed the hills. Did notice the road surface though. Just as rough on road as off road in Sheffield these days - constantly having to pick the best lines on the roads. Guess all the money's gone into the repairs for the Tour De France route.
Back a bit sore right from the start and mild pain throughout without getting much worse. Not moving too well afterwards though.
Great to get out and do something. The legs had really been complaining and felt full of energy - barely noticed the hills. Did notice the road surface though. Just as rough on road as off road in Sheffield these days - constantly having to pick the best lines on the roads. Guess all the money's gone into the repairs for the Tour De France route.
Monday Apr 28, 2014 #
Note
(injured)
Finally got to see Kim.
There's a chance that the problem may just have be an alignment issue. That has now been fixed and will see whether it improves in the next day or two. However, the more likely explanation is that there's a stress fracture. Unlikely to be running for a while.
There's a chance that the problem may just have be an alignment issue. That has now been fixed and will see whether it improves in the next day or two. However, the more likely explanation is that there's a stress fracture. Unlikely to be running for a while.