Training Log Archive: grillaIn the 31 days ending Jul 31, 2013:
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Sunday Jul 28, 2013 #
Event: Metro League #5
10 AM
Orienteering 45:05 [3] 4.61 km (9:46 / km) +81m 8:59 / km
Metroleague - an OK run in nice-ish forest. I am not strong enough to really run through the thicker scrappy stuff and this showed in my time. No major time losses (poor route to 4 after I met someone on the way who thought that way was blocked so went around, a bit of time on 7, then slow through green on 10 and 11). Beautiful day out!
Sunday Jul 21, 2013 #
Event: Club event, Junior League
11 AM
Orienteering 50:00 [3] 6.08 km (8:13 / km) +132m 7:25 / km
shoes: Saucony Guide 6
A bit of a hard slog today and quite scrappy with the orienteering too. Paula and I ran together so it was good to chat and nice to have someone pushing me along. Feeling very sore and weary, but that is quite nice for a change.
Saturday Jul 20, 2013 #
Event: Double Bay Sprint O
3 PM
Orienteering 31:10 [3] 5.3 km (5:53 / km) +73m 5:30 / km
shoes: Saucony Guide 6
Surprise Sprint event at Double Bay on a beautiful sunny Saturday. WE had planned on catching the ferry across, but time got the better of us... I probably ran a bit harder than I am ready for but it was good fun and hopefully good for my fitness. Really suffering from about half way and had to have quite a few walking breaks. Very happy with my running this week.
Glad I opted for the "medium" 3.6km course!
PS celebrity spotting... Bob Carr and his wife out walking.
Glad I opted for the "medium" 3.6km course!
PS celebrity spotting... Bob Carr and his wife out walking.
Wednesday Jul 17, 2013 #
6 PM
Orienteering 47:33 [3] 7.85 km (6:04 / km) +95m 5:43 / km
shoes: Saucony Guide 6
Wow, got to do a moonlight madness! First for a long time, felt surprisingly good running. Hip sore now but no more than expected especially given running that far on hard ground.
Made a few dodgy route choices, but this gave me some bonus distance :)
Made a few dodgy route choices, but this gave me some bonus distance :)
Sunday Jul 14, 2013 #
Run 30:00 [3] 4.75 km (6:19 / km)
shoes: Saucony Guide 6
South side of river Lane Cove NP. Hip icky near the start but felt better after a bit of walking, hopefully just from sitting badly for too long.
Friday Jul 12, 2013 #
1 AM
Run 1:17:30 [3] 9.65 km (8:02 / km) +268m 7:03 / km
shoes: Saucony Guide 6
Tilbradden-fairy Castle-two Rock- home. Hard on the legs and Eoin got lost coming down too.
Yet another sensational day for Ireland sunshine and warm :) not a drop of water in the bogs though...
Yet another sensational day for Ireland sunshine and warm :) not a drop of water in the bogs though...
Thursday Jul 11, 2013 #
2 AM
Run 1:13:40 [3] 8.23 km (8:57 / km) +401m 7:12 / km
shoes: Saucony Guide 6
Up to Fairy Castle then Two Rock and Three rock and home. Managed to not get lost until the vey last bit, came down west of the normal track.
Wednesday Jul 10, 2013 #
Note
It's officially a heat wave in Ireland. The qualifying criteria was tough-5 days above 25 degrees!
Note
I can't help commenting again on Irish weather forecasts: "heading for an oppressive night with temperatures only dropping to the mid-teens". This was after showing one of those yellow warning triangles next to tomorrow's forecast of >27!!!
We are lucky and really enjoying the sunshine!
We are lucky and really enjoying the sunshine!
Tuesday Jul 9, 2013 #
11 PM
Orienteering 42:58 [3] 5.01 km (8:35 / km)
shoes: VJ Bold
Run through the Curracloe sand dunes, didn't really stop to appreciate Eoin' s mapping, a lot has changed in 25 years- especially the undergrowth. Lots of backtracking out of bramble infested forest, fun all the same and a few nice patches. Relieved there are no snakes in Ireland as it was definitely snake weather and snake country.
Monday Jul 8, 2013 #
Run 30:00 [3] 5.0 km (6:00 / km)
shoes: Saucony Guide 6
Marlay Park , nice to do something finally. Got lost as per usual... Lovely paths to run on though and got the good bits twice.
Looks like a carbon copy of this run: http://www.attackpoint.org/sessiondata.jsp?session...
Ankle sore after twisting it while carrying Aoife leaving a party last night. We both went down like a sack of potatoes!
Looks like a carbon copy of this run: http://www.attackpoint.org/sessiondata.jsp?session...
Ankle sore after twisting it while carrying Aoife leaving a party last night. We both went down like a sack of potatoes!
Swim 1:00 [3]
It was HOT in Dublin so we went to the "beach". The water was freezing, the locals were amusing.
Sunday Jul 7, 2013 #
11 PM
Walk 1:10:40 [1] 2.81 km (25:09 / km) +123m 20:38 / km
Up 3 rock with Aoife and Eoin. Started from Ticknock and went via the deep, dark wood.
Wednesday Jul 3, 2013 #
3 AM
Orienteering 1:36:22 [3] 7.42 km (13:00 / km) +255m 11:05 / km
shoes: VJ Bold
Straight line distance 5.1km. Needless to say I was HOPELESS. The terrain was very tough for me and the map hard to read in places, but I just magnified that with some pretty useless orienteering. Had decided to skip the second last after overshooting and was almost back to the finish when I turned back to get it, not sure why.
Quite cold and wet out there too, on a positive note I did finish before 10pm.
Quite cold and wet out there too, on a positive note I did finish before 10pm.
7 PM
Orienteering 50:27 [3] 4.05 km (12:27 / km) +156m 10:26 / km
shoes: VJ Bold
A bit better today, started well but then lost loads of time wandering off track on a long leg. Took the direct route on the following leg as a result and I did not have the strength or fitness for that so suffered a bit of lack of oxygen to the brain at the end of the leg. After that I was ok - shorter legs and reading the detail - definitely more my thing.
Overall had a great time despite coming last. While I can blame lack of fitness for being slow, I also showed a fair lack of good technique for this stuff... Oh well, I'd better come back soon for some more practice :)
Aoife really enjoyed the experience as well which is quite a turn up!
Overall had a great time despite coming last. While I can blame lack of fitness for being slow, I also showed a fair lack of good technique for this stuff... Oh well, I'd better come back soon for some more practice :)
Aoife really enjoyed the experience as well which is quite a turn up!
Monday Jul 1, 2013 #
3 AM
Orienteering 1:06:41 [3] 6.66 km (10:01 / km) +172m 8:52 / km
shoes: VJ Bold
Quite a bit scrappier today (me and the terrain),still fabulous! Made a few radical route choices again today just to enjoy myself (nothing to lose as I am 2nd last).
Had a panic attack on the way to the start when I noticed my start time printed on the number was about 80 minutes ago... Luckily the number had the wrong times.
Had a panic attack on the way to the start when I noticed my start time printed on the number was about 80 minutes ago... Luckily the number had the wrong times.