Training Log Archive: ColmM

Not overly in the mileage mood, so cut back a bit early.
This week will probably be a semi-down week.

Event: Leinster Orienteering Championships, Carrick Mountain
 

Leinster Champs - 2nd

Solid enough, but a bit scrappy in spots, and a little weaker at the end than I would have liked.

Started a bit slow, evident in the splits, but seemed a bit more respectable in my head, in reality maybe a bit too slow.
Fine through the first few, and felt I was climbing alright, however 2mins down to conor at 4.
Bad route to 7, mainly got stuck in the green and didn't find that ride. Although expected it to be a bit worse.
Solid enough to 8 & 9.
Dropped a lot on 10, a bit scrappy, quite wide, but can't fully justify a minute - not sure.
Silly route & a little scrappy physically to 11 - bad decision going straight affected a little by seeing James faffing on the road while I went to 9, and I wanted to avoid that, but the marsh was a bit brutal.

Fine through most of the next controls, small misses on 12, 16, 19, tried to push on a bit, and shows a little in splits, lacked a little oomph.
Still had the endurance for the end, but just not quite strong enough.
Don't think it was a big thing.

Generally, good race, happy enough.

Long-ish warm down with Rois, then Conor.

1 - Splits

Got out for a short one. Went for the bare minimum, and did a little extra.
Adding some to my map.

Laps over the viewing hills round the track - half with Davy

Intervarsity outdoor 10km - 6th

Jaysus, this was grueling.

One lad went from the gun. Felt really slow early on, so I went off on my own for a bit, then got reeled in, then started to suffer in the middle.
Lads went by me ~2km, gave me a little pull. Then by myself & battled with myself mentally (and a little physically) for a long time.

Was clock-watching the whole way for the last few km, mental mathsing, and did my best to try go sub-35 with a big finish - successful but only barely.

Another off the goals list ✔️

Watch the commentators rightly give me abuse here. Race starts 35:20ish, abuse starts probably about a kilometre in, maybe earlier.

Laps:
79, 81, 82, 83, 82,
81, 80, 81, 84, 84,
85, 86, 85, 85, 85,
86, 87, 86, 84, 85,
87, 86, 85, 83, 74.

kms:
3:22, 3:27, 3:21, 3:29, 3:35 (17:15)
3:33, 3:37, 3:33, 3:39, 3:19 (17:42)

Garmin got 10.73km - lol.

C • Quack quack quack 3

Long warm down in the park to get a bit.
Did part with David Scanlon. Good to chat again.

Jelly legs.

short & sweet

Lap of cmapus with Cillín, with a few relay for life laps thrown in here & there.

lap of campus, with 5 * 200ish on the remnants of the track.
dark enough that seeing the trails was a minor struggle, but lovely temperature.