Training Log Archive: rachael

what a decision to make: should i or should i not run the woc relay? this morning i was booted out the team and then back in the team again... went for a 10 min jog before breakfast and was feeling ok but not 100%, my pulse was much higher than normal (maybe due to stress as well as illness?) and my throat was still sore despite 2 days of penicillin but at least the threatening white bits had gone...
went out knowing that a perfectly clean run running at 95% was what i had to aim for. and i was really pleased with my performance. i lost 15 s on c7 but apart from that was pretty much clean. i struggled on the hills (unsurpisingly) and felt like i was about to die/collapse at least when i finished, but was really happy to have a good run and to pick up places. unfortunately i was a bit far down after first leg to pick up any more as there was quite a gap in front...
next year i plan to not get ill and to be able to run clean at 100% then maybe we can get on the podium too :)
totally awesome performances by the boys - one of the most exciting orienteering days ever!! woooo!
RPE: 8

in the morning and before the race, slow.

more drug taking and some spectating at the long final, then went and jogged round part of an open course to check out the terrain. interesting to see the difference between teh czech style map and the woc style map. felt ok but not amazing and no hope of running fast... hoping that tomorrow i will feel better...
RPE: 4

sore throat/headache is back so did lots of resting and drug taking. really hoping its not the tonsillitis back again but not looking good.

think i have nailed qualification technique :) a clean steady run apart from one 30s miss so really pleased. caught a ukrainian girl at 5 who then followed me for a few controls. at the one i missed she saw it through the green and went there. when i got there 20s later she was stood by it waiting for me and then proceeded to follow again and overtake me on the run in. the cheek!
RPE: 9

this was one cool orienteering race, although i didn't perfrom very well.

first we had to sit in a school gym for over 2 hours in quarentine, then a white knuckle ride in an army jeep to the start (kinda cool but maybe not before a woc final!) then another hour and a bit til my start time.

i nailed the first control but was a bit high and lost time to 2. was stood still about 5 m from number 5 (the first one in the rocks) trying to work out where the crag was only to realise it was just behind the fallen tree i was next to, doh. lost a minute to the fastest on 6 but was just slow getting through the rocks and obviously didn't have the fastest route. at one point i was on a ledge half way up a cliff which i suspect didn't do much for my split time. despite the small misses i was still doing ok at this point, however then i lost contact on the long contouring leg and picked myself up on the worng platform making a 2 min parallel error. jo allison almost caught me here and then did catch a few controls later. i was clean for the rest of the course but was feeling really heavy legged and tired.
certainly not the performance i was hoping for. to add insult to injury another ukrainian got a tow from amelie this afternoon and finished one place in front of me. dammit.
RPE: 9

throat hurting a bit this morning but hoping its nothing to worry about. packed out bags and headed up to the middle model and tonights hotel...
RPE: 5

training on a middle relevant area. good at the end but took my head a while to wake up and get into it!
RPE: 4

warm up session on the long Q map blown up to 1:10 :) jogged with hel w to first two then started 30s behind and raced 3 then jogged another 2 and back home. nice forest :)
RPE: 6