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Sunday Oct 28, 2007 #
Orienteering race 5:33:12 [3] *** 26.1 km (12:46 / km) +1300m 10:13 / km
11c
Day 2 of the OMM.
And ran hard. I kept track on the map, but to be honest, SGB did nearly all of the navigating. Was better about drinking water and eating on regular intervals than the day before, which probably helped. It was even sunny and warm out for most of the day- was a bit too hot sometimes!
Most things just went better than Day 1, and we caught the other mixed pair by a few minutes, ending up 1st mixed team, and 14th overall. We also had the fastest last and second-to last splits out of **anybody** on our course- basically, SGB ran really, really hard and I followed. This is why I had an asthma attack at the finish line. I wouldn't have thought I could run that fast after over 5 hours of effort!
And ran hard. I kept track on the map, but to be honest, SGB did nearly all of the navigating. Was better about drinking water and eating on regular intervals than the day before, which probably helped. It was even sunny and warm out for most of the day- was a bit too hot sometimes!
Most things just went better than Day 1, and we caught the other mixed pair by a few minutes, ending up 1st mixed team, and 14th overall. We also had the fastest last and second-to last splits out of **anybody** on our course- basically, SGB ran really, really hard and I followed. This is why I had an asthma attack at the finish line. I wouldn't have thought I could run that fast after over 5 hours of effort!
Saturday Oct 27, 2007 #
Orienteering race 6:04:46 [3] *** 25.6 km (14:15 / km) +1984m 10:16 / km
12c
Day 1 of the OMM. Wowzer. This is a different beast!
We were running really well, until the fog/rain descended and we had major issues finding #10. My ankle started to be very unhappy on the way to #11 which didn't help either... But not bad result-wise and midway camp: 16th overall, 2nd mixed team by 5 minutes.
Legs kept on cramping up anytime I tried to move them for the first half-hour in the tent. Dehydtation? Lack of salts? Just pure exhaustion?
We were running really well, until the fog/rain descended and we had major issues finding #10. My ankle started to be very unhappy on the way to #11 which didn't help either... But not bad result-wise and midway camp: 16th overall, 2nd mixed team by 5 minutes.
Legs kept on cramping up anytime I tried to move them for the first half-hour in the tent. Dehydtation? Lack of salts? Just pure exhaustion?
Wednesday Oct 24, 2007 #
Running warm up/down 6:30 [2]
Warm up over to Port Meadow for Scott's Mini-League Event!
Orienteering 38:00 [3] ***
12c
Scott's Mini-League Course
Good training actually!! I did it without a compass, and without wearing glasses or contacts, so it was tough at times, and had to think about what to use on the map. Never found #2 actually, though I really must have been in the right place, behind a thicket on the other side of the path. Tried pace-counting to number 9, and either the scale was off, or Scott found the wrong depression, as it was only about 50 strides, when judging from last weeks training, the around 200m distance should have been 80 or so.
Actually, the best bit was the terrain running training. It was tough stuff to run through up on the Nature Reserve, good to try to keep going quickly through.
Super psyched for the OMM this weekend. Wahoo!
Good training actually!! I did it without a compass, and without wearing glasses or contacts, so it was tough at times, and had to think about what to use on the map. Never found #2 actually, though I really must have been in the right place, behind a thicket on the other side of the path. Tried pace-counting to number 9, and either the scale was off, or Scott found the wrong depression, as it was only about 50 strides, when judging from last weeks training, the around 200m distance should have been 80 or so.
Actually, the best bit was the terrain running training. It was tough stuff to run through up on the Nature Reserve, good to try to keep going quickly through.
Super psyched for the OMM this weekend. Wahoo!
C • OMM 2
Running warm up/down 8:00 [1]
Post-club lunch at Port Meadow run back to the lab. Slower than the way out for sure!
Tuesday Oct 23, 2007 #
Running warm up/down 29:00 [1]
Warm up, down and stuff between intervals.
Really hate that I have a seminar at 12:30 on Tuesdays, it'd be much more fun to run with the team for this!
Really hate that I have a seminar at 12:30 on Tuesdays, it'd be much more fun to run with the team for this!
Running intervals 21:00 [4]
5 x 1 min with declining rest- 60,45,30,15s
3 min rest
10 min race-pace
3 min rest
6 min race-pace
All was going well, trying to stay focused while doing them alone. Then, during the last interval, I ran *smack* into this little boy, named Will. He was running out from behind a bush, I was cruising doing my interval, and BLAM! I fell, he fell, but I think I was the more damaged, as he was wearing jeans and I scraped my knee all up. His mom was there to take care luckily. Came back to the departement with blood trailing down my leg- "what did you do during lunch break!?!"...
3 min rest
10 min race-pace
3 min rest
6 min race-pace
All was going well, trying to stay focused while doing them alone. Then, during the last interval, I ran *smack* into this little boy, named Will. He was running out from behind a bush, I was cruising doing my interval, and BLAM! I fell, he fell, but I think I was the more damaged, as he was wearing jeans and I scraped my knee all up. His mom was there to take care luckily. Came back to the departement with blood trailing down my leg- "what did you do during lunch break!?!"...
Monday Oct 22, 2007 #
Running 12:00 [2]
Ah! Over to circuits, just barely in time, then presto, home to eat, shower, and get to running meeting!
Strength 45:00 [1]
OUOC circuits- but tough on the legs today, not so much abs, as the grass was cold and wet. Alas, last outdoor cicuits til spring...