Training Log Archive: Mark3In the 7 days ending May 13, 2018:
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Sunday May 13, 2018 #
Orienteering - Forest race (Newton Fell) 1:37:26 [4] 9.56 km (10:12 / km) +548m 7:55 / km
ahr:125 max:160 shoes: X-talon 212 (blk/flro) - Nov17
Hardest technical o event I've done for as long as I can remember. What I'd describe as 'proper' orienteering. Didn't actually do that much wrong - but really really really slow because I wanted to stay in contact with the map. Found it very hard, especially 1:7.5k from 1:25k last week!
Terrible result,
https://www.lakeland-orienteering.org.uk/results-a...
Terrible result,
https://www.lakeland-orienteering.org.uk/results-a...
Saturday May 12, 2018 #
Running - Trail race (Cressbrook Crawl) 51:15 [5] 10.79 km (4:45 / km) +353m 4:05 / km
ahr:148 max:163 shoes: X-Talon 225 (July 2017)
12th
Not a very interesting race (it days a lot about the quality of the races up here that I can't remember last time I wrote that), probably wouldn't do it again. Good conditions, though, and some nice elements. Mostly well marked other than in one key place just before the river which probably lost me 30s or so but no places.
Paced it quite well and finished strongly up the road hill at the end. There was that and quite a lot of course along an old railway path which made it a bit dull, plus the other bits were forested or in a valley so no views of anything either.
Felt to be running ok and didn't have the immediate lactic feeling on the climbs so think I might've recovered from last weekend now.
Not a very interesting race (it days a lot about the quality of the races up here that I can't remember last time I wrote that), probably wouldn't do it again. Good conditions, though, and some nice elements. Mostly well marked other than in one key place just before the river which probably lost me 30s or so but no places.
Paced it quite well and finished strongly up the road hill at the end. There was that and quite a lot of course along an old railway path which made it a bit dull, plus the other bits were forested or in a valley so no views of anything either.
Felt to be running ok and didn't have the immediate lactic feeling on the climbs so think I might've recovered from last weekend now.
Friday May 11, 2018 #
Note
(rest day)
Turns out the sort-of-path across private land from the back of my house leads to my own* private cliff. I will have to start hosting climbers...
There are some interesting features that I assume are ex-industrial, like a steeply sloping brick tunnel halfway up the cliff which I assume water came down, and random sets of steps that no longer lead anywhere.
Need to go back wearing o-shoes as it got too steep!
*well technically not, but I think I own the land that is the only reasonably viable way of getting to it, although need to do some more exploring to be sure of that. I certainly doubt anyone will mind/notice me using it!
There are some interesting features that I assume are ex-industrial, like a steeply sloping brick tunnel halfway up the cliff which I assume water came down, and random sets of steps that no longer lead anywhere.
Need to go back wearing o-shoes as it got too steep!
*well technically not, but I think I own the land that is the only reasonably viable way of getting to it, although need to do some more exploring to be sure of that. I certainly doubt anyone will mind/notice me using it!
Thursday May 10, 2018 #
Running - Trail race (Tansley Hill Race) 42:53 [5] 8.92 km (4:48 / km) +293m 4:08 / km
ahr:144 max:160
16th
https://www.racetek-live.co.uk/website/public_resu...
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Another one for the trailrocs.
Tough race, harder than Rainow yesterday. Multiple steps going up, and descents with long grass with ruts hardened in the sun underneath made it a bit treacherous. Otherwise - bit of everything, stream crossings, technical rocky bits, nice trail through forest. More of a trail race than a fell race.
As yesterday, running ok for the flat and down but still feeling it in the legs on any of the climbs.
15th ish I think. The top 2 were about 6 mins ahead of the rest of the field.
https://www.racetek-live.co.uk/website/public_resu...
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Another one for the trailrocs.
Tough race, harder than Rainow yesterday. Multiple steps going up, and descents with long grass with ruts hardened in the sun underneath made it a bit treacherous. Otherwise - bit of everything, stream crossings, technical rocky bits, nice trail through forest. More of a trail race than a fell race.
As yesterday, running ok for the flat and down but still feeling it in the legs on any of the climbs.
15th ish I think. The top 2 were about 6 mins ahead of the rest of the field.
Wednesday May 9, 2018 #
Running - Trail race (Rainow 5) 37:09 [5] 7.97 km (4:40 / km) +280m 3:58 / km
11th
http://www.macclesfield-harriers.co.uk/images/rain...
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Shoes trailroc 280s; so old they aren't on my list...
Light drizzle on and off but very nice running temperature which made a change after the weekend. Slow on the climbs but actually legs didn't feel anywhere near as bad as might've been expected. Good on the flats and descents.
Came about 13th, won team prize for MaccH :)
http://www.macclesfield-harriers.co.uk/images/rain...
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Shoes trailroc 280s; so old they aren't on my list...
Light drizzle on and off but very nice running temperature which made a change after the weekend. Slow on the climbs but actually legs didn't feel anywhere near as bad as might've been expected. Good on the flats and descents.
Came about 13th, won team prize for MaccH :)
Tuesday May 8, 2018 #
Note
(rest day)
Wanted to do lots of jobs but actually ended up just doing some of the jobs that three days camping generates - therefore in overall job deficit compared to before the weekend. Sigh.
Monday May 7, 2018 #
Running - Trail race (GL3D - Day 3) 6:44:02 [5] 32.36 km (12:29 / km) +2484m 9:01 / km
shoes: X-talon 212 (blk/flro) - Nov17
http://live.sportident.co.uk/home/multistage/multi...
5th out of the total 38 starters. Just maintained my always-top-5-in-a-MM statistic. Only 5 mins off 4th... but literally hours behind 3rd - so not troubling the podium.
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Hard climb to start with and legs wrecked from the off as yesterday, but more used to it now. Good route up to Great Gable although some said Green Gable first was better as it avoided the scree slope. Descent off Great Gable was Ricky and horrible. Then long nice run around KirkFell and up and over Pillar, good contouring round Scoat to Haycock. Rocky trying to get off the top but became good terrain for the first part down to the valley so cut the corner before it came heather.
Oversimplified the forest as was only expecting one river and so a bit confused about where I was, didn't stop for long enough to work it out; actually a good route (although involved getting quite wet) but implemented slowly die to lack of confidence.
Last hard climb up to Starling Dodd and then tricky descent from Great Borne before a soul destroying run to the finish. 10th, although it was close today (only 7 mins behind 6th).slipped to 5th overall.
A really hard three days, made harder by the heat but would have been even more grim in the rain because the rocks would've been so much slower, I'd have been out for twice the time. Only just made the very stringent cut off time today.
Food worked well although need 2:1 shot bloks to energy bars rather than 1:1.
Expedition food - pasta ones good, rice ones not so much.
5th out of the total 38 starters. Just maintained my always-top-5-in-a-MM statistic. Only 5 mins off 4th... but literally hours behind 3rd - so not troubling the podium.
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Hard climb to start with and legs wrecked from the off as yesterday, but more used to it now. Good route up to Great Gable although some said Green Gable first was better as it avoided the scree slope. Descent off Great Gable was Ricky and horrible. Then long nice run around KirkFell and up and over Pillar, good contouring round Scoat to Haycock. Rocky trying to get off the top but became good terrain for the first part down to the valley so cut the corner before it came heather.
Oversimplified the forest as was only expecting one river and so a bit confused about where I was, didn't stop for long enough to work it out; actually a good route (although involved getting quite wet) but implemented slowly die to lack of confidence.
Last hard climb up to Starling Dodd and then tricky descent from Great Borne before a soul destroying run to the finish. 10th, although it was close today (only 7 mins behind 6th).slipped to 5th overall.
A really hard three days, made harder by the heat but would have been even more grim in the rain because the rocks would've been so much slower, I'd have been out for twice the time. Only just made the very stringent cut off time today.
Food worked well although need 2:1 shot bloks to energy bars rather than 1:1.
Expedition food - pasta ones good, rice ones not so much.