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Tuesday Apr 14, 2009 #
Running 1:00:00 [3]
Steady running round Arthur's Seat, which was covered in egg shells. Trying out my new Walsh's. The grip is amazing, but the fit is just shit. Never gonig to wear them again. I could feel that a few more runs in them would be another stress fracture. I might cut the sole off and stick it onto my salamon's.
Monday Apr 13, 2009 #
Orienteering race 22:46 [5] 4.3 km (5:18 / km) +95m 4:46 / km
JK Relay, what a race!
It was always gonna be a two horse race. With short, fast and easy courses it was important not to lose contact with the front of the race or, more to the point, SYO. The first leg was heavily stacked, as usual, but it was pretty obvious that a lot of those teams would fade away in the later legs. Doug did the job and brought us back in the pack, right within pouncing distance of SYO. Hector pounced and closed the gap right down to sniffing distance. I set of about 5-10s behind Craney. I ran pretty hard out of the field and when we got on the track Craney seemed to speed a lot; the race was on. We had the same course, which was a bit of a shame for the relay, but fun for us to race round. Craney had a small 5s wobble at 2 and I was right on him. Climbing back up the hill from 4 and on the track to 5 I started to feel the pace and knew Craney had the legs on me. Told myself to stop being a pussy and man up. I stayed just behind him thorugh the next few controls. Lost sight through the thick green to the spectator. The gap was about 15s at the spectator, which was big enough to not be in contact getting a tow. Still saw flashes of him round the last loop, but just thought about getting it clean, even if I slowed down I wouldn't be more than a minute back which would have given Scot a shout at the gold. Turned out Craney only pulled another 15s on the last loop. Not too bad, I was feeling fooked. Probably wasn't the prettiest sight on the run-in, but the job was done. We got our destroyer off with SYO in his sights, he bridged the gap pretty soon and then it was game over. A really good days racing with the SYO boys. Would have been nice if the courses were a bit longer, technical, and we didn't have exactly the same gaffels on the middle two legs...
It was always gonna be a two horse race. With short, fast and easy courses it was important not to lose contact with the front of the race or, more to the point, SYO. The first leg was heavily stacked, as usual, but it was pretty obvious that a lot of those teams would fade away in the later legs. Doug did the job and brought us back in the pack, right within pouncing distance of SYO. Hector pounced and closed the gap right down to sniffing distance. I set of about 5-10s behind Craney. I ran pretty hard out of the field and when we got on the track Craney seemed to speed a lot; the race was on. We had the same course, which was a bit of a shame for the relay, but fun for us to race round. Craney had a small 5s wobble at 2 and I was right on him. Climbing back up the hill from 4 and on the track to 5 I started to feel the pace and knew Craney had the legs on me. Told myself to stop being a pussy and man up. I stayed just behind him thorugh the next few controls. Lost sight through the thick green to the spectator. The gap was about 15s at the spectator, which was big enough to not be in contact getting a tow. Still saw flashes of him round the last loop, but just thought about getting it clean, even if I slowed down I wouldn't be more than a minute back which would have given Scot a shout at the gold. Turned out Craney only pulled another 15s on the last loop. Not too bad, I was feeling fooked. Probably wasn't the prettiest sight on the run-in, but the job was done. We got our destroyer off with SYO in his sights, he bridged the gap pretty soon and then it was game over. A really good days racing with the SYO boys. Would have been nice if the courses were a bit longer, technical, and we didn't have exactly the same gaffels on the middle two legs...
Planned Running 30:00 [3]
Warming up / down
Sunday Apr 12, 2009 #
Jogging 30:00 [3]
Some last minute training JK training, probably a bit too late. Went for a wee jog on the moors out the back of the cottage, pretty nice. Legs felt fine.
Friday Apr 10, 2009 #
Event: JK 2009
Running 25:00 [3]
Cruising round the meadows, feeling alright.
Wednesday Apr 8, 2009 #
Running 1:00:00 [3]
Steady running around Arthur's Seat, nothing to shout about.
Got back from a two week field-trip to Cyprus at 2am this morning. A small price to pay for a trip like that. It would be hard to pick a highlight, but being on the Dance floor with the Regius Professor of Geology has to be one of them.
I've got on the MSci Geology course for next year, so won't be leaving Edinburgh just yet. Having a meeting next week about a possible PhD too.
Exams start in 3 weeks.
Got back from a two week field-trip to Cyprus at 2am this morning. A small price to pay for a trip like that. It would be hard to pick a highlight, but being on the Dance floor with the Regius Professor of Geology has to be one of them.
I've got on the MSci Geology course for next year, so won't be leaving Edinburgh just yet. Having a meeting next week about a possible PhD too.
Exams start in 3 weeks.
C • MSc 1