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Training Log Archive: Spur

In the 31 days ending Oct 31, 2017:

activity # timemileskm+m
  Orienteering6 6:23:31 29.3(13:05) 47.15(8:08) 505
  Hill walking1 4:00:00 4.97(48:17) 8.0(30:00) 721
  Cycling2 2:00:00 15.53(7:43) 25.0(4:48)
  Running2 1:33:45 7.78(12:03) 12.52(7:29)
  Walking1 20:00 1.24(16:06) 2.0(10:00)
  Total10 14:17:16 58.83(14:34) 94.67(9:03) 1226

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Sunday Oct 29, 2017 #

Orienteering race 1:00:40 [3] 6.59 km (9:12 / km) +245m 7:46 / km

SOL7 blue course, Drummond Hill, on a glorious sunny Autumn day. 22nd/60. Solid enough but should have been ~5 mins faster. Very clean to 6 (in 12th here) but hesitant at 7 as the re-entrant was much nearer the crag than mapped. Took a poor route to 8 including uphill zig-zags (approach from north but south probably better, ~3 mins lost). Ok to 12 but missed 13 to the west (2 mins). Met my league rival Al Duguid here and had a fun, fast and furious race to the finish with him. Beaten by him by 2 points in the M40S league! Ooft. Well short of the W18s/M60s...12th overall on blue league. Overall did ok in the league but feel like I could and should do much better. Short brown next year...

Orienteering warm up/down 20:00 [3] 2.0 km (10:00 / km)

Walk/jog to the start.

Saturday Oct 28, 2017 #

Orienteering race 47:07 [4] 8.5 km (5:33 / km) +75m 5:19 / km

Livingston Urban - 41 controls! 12th MV/26. Pleased with this run and result, beat a few rivals and all those ahead of me are strong runners. Very few mistakes and happy with route choices. Only lost maybe 20s on #32 when I punched another control en route but checked the code and fixed it quickly. So much better than my last outing.

Wednesday Oct 25, 2017 #

Cycling 1:00:00 [3] 12.0 km (5:00 / km)

Pollokshields and Pollok Park. And some map memory turfs.

Running 33:45 [3] 4.52 km (7:28 / km)

Pollok Park with Mary.

Monday Oct 23, 2017 #

Cycling 1:00:00 [3] 13.0 km (4:37 / km)

Into the office and to Kings Park and back.

Tuesday Oct 17, 2017 #

Walking 20:00 [3] 2.0 km (10:00 / km)

Walk up to saltire rock

Monday Oct 16, 2017 #

Running 1:00:00 [3] 8.0 km (7:30 / km)

Jog round Fort William

Sunday Oct 15, 2017 #

Orienteering race 1:39:26 [3] 9.95 km (10:00 / km)

SOL6 blue course at Forvie. Total shambles, possibly my worst run this decade. Couldn't make any sense of the contours at all, especially the bold index contours. Missed 1 to the left, 2 was ok but then chaos ensued. Lost 15 mins wandering round in circles looking for 3. Same again at 4, including another visit to 3. Found 5 ok, but binned another 10 mins at 6, including another visit to 3! 45 mins down by no.6...had totally lost interest by now so jogged round the rest (fairly cleanly) and managed to avoid last place. GPS should be entertaining.

Orienteering warm up/down 30:00 [3] 3.0 km (10:00 / km)

Jog to start along the cliffs.

Tuesday Oct 10, 2017 #

Hill walking 4:00:00 [3] 8.0 km (30:00 / km) +721m 20:41 / km

Climbed Mala Mojstrovka in the Slovenian Alps. Quite a tough climb with lots of scrambling over scree, but great views!

Orienteering 32:00 [3] 6.0 km (5:20 / km)

Re-ran course from 5 years ago at Palmanova, on a warm sunny evening.

Saturday Oct 7, 2017 #

Orienteering 20:26 [3] 3.0 km (6:49 / km)

Venice urban training! Re-ran about 1/3 of my course from 5 years ago, when it was flooded. Today a glorious sunny early morning before the tourists arrived. Training has never been so good.

Sunday Oct 1, 2017 #

Orienteering warm up/down 20:00 [3] 2.0 km (10:00 / km)

Brisk walk/jog to the start arriving with 1 minute to spare.

Orienteering race 53:52 [3] 6.11 km (8:49 / km) +185m 7:39 / km

British Middle Champs, Wendover Woods. After previous 'middle' howlers, set off carefully on the first of 26 controls through vague greenery. Good first loop, slightly left to 8 (30s), hesitation to 10, not sure 13 mapped correctly (20s). Cut in too early for 16 (90s lost), but pleased to keep calm on final loop, and a fun finish sprint past Steve! Pleased overall, errors didn't cost me any places. 14th M40.

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