Training Log Archive: grillaIn the 31 days ending Oct 31, 2018:
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Tuesday Oct 30, 2018 #
6 AM
Run 27:11 [3] 4.01 km (6:47 / km) +71m 6:14 / km
shoes: New Balance
Another any run is better than no run run. Quite enjoyed myself touring the single tracks on foot. A nice change.
Sunday Oct 28, 2018 #
1 PM
MTB 1:15:56 [3] 16.06 km (12.7 kph) +243m
shoes: Sidi MTB
Met Nat who was commuting over to Mitchell, lovely out on Bruce Ridge. A bit nervous at times and not sufficiently so at others especially when I was getting tired closer to home. Stacked it on Happy Wanderer which I'd made a detour to ride along, but relatively uninjured. Watch was stopped from red bridge to part way through Bruce Ridge, probably about 3km.
Bad mother award. Aoife actually asked to come, but I said it would be too far. In hindsight we could have done a bit and come back. I was probably in shock that she’d made the suggestion and did not process it well!
Bad mother award. Aoife actually asked to come, but I said it would be too far. In hindsight we could have done a bit and come back. I was probably in shock that she’d made the suggestion and did not process it well!
Orienteering 44:52 [3] 3.78 km (11:52 / km) +100m 10:29 / km
shoes: La sportiva
Aoife wanted to do Orange 2 from Wednesday. Another beautiful day at the Pinnacle. We had one blurry map printed from fb and my map with the other course drawn over. She refused to take a compass which is not good at her skill level. Lost interest part way around... then we diverted for a view fin the top of the hill - worth it! Not convinced she benefitted from the excursion, but good to spend some time out together :)
Saturday Oct 27, 2018 #
7 AM
Run 35:00 [3] 5.0 km (7:00 / km) +42m 6:43 / km
shoes: New Balance
Forgot to restart watch after toilet stop. Pretty tough work and feeling creaky Most of the way. Good to get it done early.
Friday Oct 26, 2018 #
Swim 5 [3] 0.01 km (8:20 / km)
First swim of the season. Not as bracing as expected. Quite nice really. Needed to clear my head after reading an annoying report from work.
Wednesday Oct 24, 2018 #
5 PM
Orienteering 37:29 [3] 5.01 km (7:29 / km) +136m 6:36 / km
shoes: VJ Irock 2
Nice afternoon oitat the Pinnacle. Forgot my compass (did not even think of it until the start). Concentrated quie well onreading map so no major problems, apart from
Getting up hills!
Getting up hills!
Sunday Oct 21, 2018 #
11 AM
Run race 1:00:18 [3] 9.86 km (6:07 / km) +259m 5:24 / km
shoes: New Balance
Run with the Wind at Woodlawn Wind Farm.
My second visit to this wind farm and fortunately opposite weather conditions to that time. My previous visit was wet and windy, today was perfect sightseeing conditions and good for solar production :).
Very happy to last the distance, the climbs were tough and gravelly surface not hip friendly. Fortunately the views were spectacular and running past the turbines majestic, with the blades just spinning in a light breeze.
Aoife thought I should have tried harder to get under the 1 hour. I had already decided much earlier that was an impossible mission, but a slightly sooner than expected finish line got me a bit closer than I had calculated.
My second visit to this wind farm and fortunately opposite weather conditions to that time. My previous visit was wet and windy, today was perfect sightseeing conditions and good for solar production :).
Very happy to last the distance, the climbs were tough and gravelly surface not hip friendly. Fortunately the views were spectacular and running past the turbines majestic, with the blades just spinning in a light breeze.
Aoife thought I should have tried harder to get under the 1 hour. I had already decided much earlier that was an impossible mission, but a slightly sooner than expected finish line got me a bit closer than I had calculated.
Saturday Oct 20, 2018 #
7 AM
Run 31:36 [3] 5.09 km (6:12 / km) +111m 5:36 / km
shoes: New Balance
Went back to old shoes, massaged plantar fascia last night, allmuch better! Running a struggle but nice to have completed one!
Thursday Oct 18, 2018 #
Note
Tried running but achillies stiff and back still sore from the weekend. Walked instead, feeling a bit better by the end.
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018 #
5 PM
Orienteering 31:34 [3] 5.05 km (6:15 / km) +31m 6:04 / km
shoes: La sportiva
Made it to #1 if my season pass despite threatening clouds! Tough running tonight - speed was main requisite.
Monday Oct 15, 2018 #
8 AM
Run 40:12 [3] 5.48 km (7:20 / km) +116m 6:38 / km
shoes: La sportiva
With Nat. Started out with a dodgy calf but that was OK after a while. I seemed to pass it on to her though so we walked back the last little bit. Nice and warm out!
Sunday Oct 14, 2018 #
10 AM
MTBO 1:40:54 [3] 16.54 km (9.8 kph) +548m
shoes: Sidi MTB
Shocker of a ride on all fronts, could not ride well, made quite a few route choice mistakes, could not clip in ... all in all, not my finest hour and a bit. Had decided relatively early that my back was not going to survive the hills and was working out whether I'd pull out after 10 or 12 (both took you back past the finish). But part way to 9 my hip got in on the cranky action, I knew I'd come a dumb way and there was an option to turn around and have a relatively gentle climb back to the finish. So that's what I did. Quite happy with the decision, annoyed with myself afterwards, but realistically I was going to be out for 2.5 hours+ and am in no condition to do that justice. Would not have enjoyed the end.
Saturday Oct 13, 2018 #
1 PM
MTBO 55:22 [3] 12.34 km (13.4 kph) +208m
shoes: Sidi MTB
Great course on a nice area. 2 route choice errors and 2 execution errors. Back did not like slog up to the last control. Took it nice and cruise and really enjoyed it out there. New pedals super annoying. Most time losses probably related to spending so much time trying to get in. Rode unclipped half the time! SI Air great fun.
Friday Oct 12, 2018 #
Note
Finally everything is feeling normal again. Back has been very annoying and stiff joints for last 2 weeks.
Wednesday Oct 10, 2018 #
6 AM
Run 50:04 [3] 7.18 km (6:58 / km) +107m 6:29 / km
shoes: La sportiva
Both of us have fun runs coming up... nice to complete a run without needing a break :)
Tuesday Oct 9, 2018 #
8 AM
MTB 27:09 [3] 6.85 km (15.1 kph) +108m
shoes: Sidi MTB
To work. Swooped by a magpie. Taking it cruisy. Was dressed for it but Decided not to run this morning as back stiff.
5 PM
MTB 32:26 [3] 6.84 km (12.7 kph) +179m
shoes: Sidi MTB
Home again. Magpies were otherwise occupied so I snuck past. Lots of bugs and moths about at this time. Very cute wallaby en route.
Monday Oct 8, 2018 #
6 AM
Run 39:27 [3] 5.43 km (7:16 / km) +96m 6:40 / km
shoes: La sportiva
Struggled to get my tired creaky self out for this. Felt much better for having done so!
10 AM
Cycling 40:07 [3] 11.29 km (16.9 kph) +82m
To Floriade with Aoife.
1 PM
Cycling 4:18 [3] 1.06 km (14.8 kph) +98m
From Floriade to Museum where Eoin collected us. Too lazy to ride back up the hill home.
Saw some pretty good acrobatics at the flower festival :)
Saw some pretty good acrobatics at the flower festival :)
Sunday Oct 7, 2018 #
10 AM
Orienteering 32:38 [3] 4.15 km (7:52 / km) +114m 6:55 / km
shoes: VJ Irock 2
Topping off my week of dodgy runs! I thought I was doing OK today but got a bit too sure of myself at times and let my concentration slip. 8, 12, 13 and 14 were all significant time losses. 8 I knew I would be 1 gully left (and was). 12 I could not read the map and took a 50/50 choice as to which side of the fall the gully would be. A N/S might have helped here. 13 I was tired and went low rather than over - dumb. 14 I ended up on the wrong set of features. In hindsight that was because I backtracked out of 13 due to some traffic and never recorrected that bad direction. Then piece da resistance - I was so cautious making my way down the steep rocky slope to 15 and 16 I gave away the win. Not that I deserved it Well Done Cathy!
Saturday Oct 6, 2018 #
12 PM
Orienteering 1:00:38 [3] 7.14 km (8:29 / km) +182m 7:32 / km
shoes: VJ Irock 2
We hadn't planned to come to this event but had to come and pick up Aoife so were here. A bonus run and win on a nice enough map but would have liked something else. Not a good day running for me but obviously everyone else had a worse time. One of my worst legs I got the fastest split (how did that happen?!), my other bad leg was due to choosing not to wallow in Clare's wake as she ran away from me on the track, so I chose to bash through green instead. It was worse green than I had been in previously and insanely slow but I managed to navigate through it fairly accurately. Lucky!
Thursday Oct 4, 2018 #
7 AM
Run 36:24 [3] 5.06 km (7:12 / km) +110m 6:29 / km
shoes: La sportiva
Met Nat for a run around Mt Painter. Nice to explore somewhere different with no swimming this morning. Beautiful around the west side of the hill! Feeling tired and sluggish, Nat super strong.
Tuesday Oct 2, 2018 #
9 AM
MTB 32:56 [3] 7.01 km (12.8 kph) +113m
shoes: Sidi MTB
To work, taking it pretty cruise. Good day to be in the office with Mum and Eoin having to deal with blocked drain dramas/stinks/mess!
7 PM
Cycling 33:35 [3] 10.64 km (19.0 kph) +58m
shoes: Sidi MTB
To Nadine's for dinner. Getting dark quickly, yay for daylight saving coming. Slog uphill to her place!
Monday Oct 1, 2018 #
1 PM
Orienteering 19:40 [3] 3.23 km (6:05 / km) +4m 6:03 / km
shoes: VJ Irock 2
An even worse run than yesterday. Thought I was going OK but blew 7 by misreading control number. Ran past, around and back before rechecking my descriptions. From there ran off 90degrees the wrong way so more time lost... Really struggling for motivation for a bit after that but kept going as best I could.
Looking at splits after, it seems I need to do a warm up as I was getting better towards the end. Devastated to be many minutes behind, shows I need to do some faster training some how....
Also, not sure the point of/need for the fake fences. The courses would have been equally as good without, and it must have been a lot of work to plan, map and set up accurately. The school itself presented enough challenge without these. And they are difficult to read. Maybe if they are a necessity, they should just be mapped as per normal impassable. With my hip, tight corners make sprints really risky and these unnecessarily added to that.
VERY long drive home afterwards. 11 hours +. Remind me not to do this again.
Looking at splits after, it seems I need to do a warm up as I was getting better towards the end. Devastated to be many minutes behind, shows I need to do some faster training some how....
Also, not sure the point of/need for the fake fences. The courses would have been equally as good without, and it must have been a lot of work to plan, map and set up accurately. The school itself presented enough challenge without these. And they are difficult to read. Maybe if they are a necessity, they should just be mapped as per normal impassable. With my hip, tight corners make sprints really risky and these unnecessarily added to that.
VERY long drive home afterwards. 11 hours +. Remind me not to do this again.