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Training Log Archive: Lizzie

In the 30 days ending Jun 30, 2022:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
Orienteering	15	10:46:58	62.17	(10:24)	100.06	(6:28)	966
Running - trails	7	3:25:32	22.46	(9:09)	36.15	(5:41)	416
Football	2	2:03:47	8.59	(14:25)	13.82	(8:57)	42
Running	5	1:53:29	11.68		18.8		91
Total	26	18:09:46	104.9		168.82		1515

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Thursday Jun 30, 2022 #

10 AM

Orienteering 15:00 [4] 3.3 km (4:33 / km)
shoes: Asics 2022

I tried, but knew before I started that the body just wasn't going to accept it. Gutted.

Running warm up/down 7:00 [2]

C • Gutted 1

Wednesday Jun 29, 2022 #

4 PM

Running - trails 22:24 [2] 3.94 km (5:41 / km) +52m 5:20 / km
ahr:143 max:158 shoes: NB 2022

Truncated team jog out the back of the house. They went too fast for me.

Tuesday Jun 28, 2022 #

10 AM

Orienteering race 13:30 [4] 2.7 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Asics 2022

Made the call to run the KO qualifier and just see how the body feels. No expectation to qualify, but hoping it sets me up for running on Thursday. After spending all of the last week mappiing the KO area from my isolation cell, it was pretty cool to know exactly where the quarantine was, and what the terrain between there and the finish looked like.
That was probably the highlight of today actually, I'm unashamedly proud of how accurate the map I made turned out to be. Obviously the organisers had opened some new passages, but most of them I had marked as options.

The run itself; didn't take long for my lungs to max out, and on the longer running leggs I found my legs just had no juice or speed. That said, on review of the course I actually lost a fair whack of time just through my route choices. Guess the brain was distracted assessing my physical condition and not focussed 100% on the nav.
Missed out on qualifying by a distance, but happy to get through the run and not feel too terrible

Running warm up/down 15:00 [1] 2.5 km (6:00 / km)
shoes: Asics 2022

Token warm up and a warm down catch up with Tove

Monday Jun 27, 2022 #

1 PM

Orienteering 19:31 [1] 3.47 km (5:37 / km) +32m 5:22 / km
ahr:108 max:145 shoes: Asics 2022

Token sprint training. Ran 3 x 0.8 km at about 5min/km and survived. Watch broke off it's strap and is irreparable. Bugger. On the plus side, I got half a day catch up with Dad, I got out of the house and into the wild of Denmark, and I managed to dodge the torrential rain when running.

Sunday Jun 26, 2022 #

1 PM

Running - trails 25:51 [1] 3.34 km (7:44 / km) +69m 7:01 / km
ahr:122 max:156 shoes: NB 2022

Went for 1min jog - 1min walk "intervals" in the wood out the back of our house. Even managed some 90s jogs at the end. It's a start.

Friday Jun 24, 2022 #

Note
(sick) (rest day)

Thursday Jun 23, 2022 #

Note
(sick)

Hit a nice mental low this morning.

C • sending hugs 2

Wednesday Jun 22, 2022 #

Note
(sick)

Tuesday Jun 21, 2022 #

Note
(sick)

Well. Shit.

C • :( 12

Monday Jun 20, 2022 #

Note
(rest day)

Sunday Jun 19, 2022 #

9 AM

Running - trails 36:20 [2] 6.42 km (5:39 / km) +47m 5:27 / km
ahr:142 max:153 shoes: NB 2022

HSK BBA. To the nearest lake from the accomm. Lovely chill jog. Accidentally squashed many snails :/

Saturday Jun 18, 2022 #

2 PM

Orienteering 53:23 [5] 8.69 km (6:09 / km) +149m 5:40 / km
ahr:170 max:185 shoes: VJ IROCK 2021

Venla 2nd leg ❤

Running warm up/down 15:28 [2] 2.86 km (5:24 / km) +9m 5:19 / km
ahr:143 max:168 shoes: VJ IROCK 2021

3 PM

Running warm up/down 13:37 [2] 2.18 km (6:14 / km) +3m 6:12 / km
ahr:135 max:154 shoes: VJ IROCK 2021

Friday Jun 17, 2022 #

11 AM

Orienteering 57:30 [3] 7.2 km (7:59 / km) +119m 7:22 / km
ahr:155 max:173 shoes: VJ IROCK 2021

Jukola training with HSK and many other teams. Had a nice swim in an old quarry after. Dunno what TRC would make of the swimming water quality, but it felt damn nice anyweay!

Thursday Jun 16, 2022 #

4 PM

Orienteering 1:05:41 [3] 9.08 km (7:14 / km) +145m 6:42 / km
ahr:151 max:178 shoes: VJ IROCK 2021

Training on a map right next to the hsk jukola accomm. Had a dodgy as start but got into it later on. Lovely open bare rock sections, ah how ive missed scandi terrain!

Wednesday Jun 15, 2022 #

5 PM

Orienteering 54:22 [3] 6.92 km (7:52 / km) +107m 7:18 / km
ahr:155 max:175 shoes: VJ IROCK 2021

Jukola training. Had trouble with my compass again today. On inspection, it's very slow to stabilize and has a habit of wandering while on the run. This could explain those terrible starts in the sprints. Have lost confidence in it, so will be switching to ol' silva tomorrow (a silva from back in the days when they made reliable ones).
Other than the compass work, i could read the terrain OK. Damn our NZ forest is clean and fast to get through compared to anything here though! And this is fast finnish forest too!

Tuesday Jun 14, 2022 #

5 PM

Orienteering 1:07:07 [3] 10.07 km (6:40 / km) +88m 6:23 / km
ahr:155 max:180 shoes: VJ IROCK 2021

Joined Paimion Rasti's tuesday evening training. Was set as a relay training, but just took it at a measured pace while I got my head back into things. Got caught out by a thunder storm which did it's best to destroy my map, made me feel just like home :)

Monday Jun 13, 2022 #

5 PM

Running - trails 36:32 [2] 6.61 km (5:32 / km) +42m 5:21 / km
ahr:136 max:153 shoes: NB 2022

Landed in Finland. Easy jog with Eveliina and Jesse from their place north of Helsinki.

Sunday Jun 12, 2022 #

10 AM

Orienteering 45:15 [2] 6.52 km (6:57 / km) +28m 6:48 / km
ahr:138 max:168 shoes: Asics 2022

British Sprint Champs qual.

Another "take it as it comes and don't push more than I feel up to" day. Body was better than yesterday but still something is off. So hard to tell if it's just jetlag or something more. Still negative.

Another mistake out of the triangle today. This time not getting my map oriented properly, getting confused by the gardens, and overshooting my little path. Still not quite sure how I managed it! A fast start in the open moor park, then over to the uni. I had to wait for a bus and the following cars on the un-manned road crossing to the uni, which I was pretty unimpressed about, and on the splits I've lost 10s.
Was happy to get in to the uni as it meant less straight running and hopefully a chance for more flow than speed. Unfortunately the course setting wasn't the best, with multiple dog-legs disguised as routechoice. Got through without any major problems, although lost another 10s on one leg, and slower on subsequent legs after being completely taken out by a teenage guy on one corner. Honestly, I think I need to bulk up so that basic physics doesn't annihilate me in these collisions every time.

Was again disappointed with how far behind I was, but felt a bit better after looking at splits and realising most time loss was due to #1 (my fault), the road crossing, and the collision, plus not being at full speed. I know my training has gone well up to leaving NZ, so just have to trust the form will come back over the next couple of weeks

C • Drop your shoulder 5

2 PM

Orienteering 38:22 [3] 7.62 km (5:02 / km) +54m 4:52 / km
ahr:150 max:193 shoes: NB 2022

British sprint champs final.

A fair bit of faff from the organisers deciding whether us internationals could run the A final or not. Originally we were in the A start list, but then a revised list came out that demoted us to the B/C finals. The boys had a chat to the organisers and managed to get an A final run, but given how I've been feeling I didn't think it was worth arguing and was happy running the B final. Just protecting my ego and confidence a bit ;)

Made another(!) crap start, making a 90deg mistake out of the triangle. But then realised my 90deg mistake had actually taken me the way I wanted to go...two wrongs making a right. Once I had my map facing the right way, things got a lot easier. Had another time loss on #3 where I didn't spot the sneaky gap in the multilevel mapping (almost identical leg and same mistake I made at JK2016, so a bit of prep could have saved that one!). From there I felt smooth, just slow, which was the plan really.

...went to chat about the course to Laura and Kirsten afterwards, only to be told we were on different courses...they were running W35. Haha, we've spent so long running against each other, I just assumed! Guess I can rejoin them next year :)

C • B Final? 15

Saturday Jun 11, 2022 #

1 PM

Orienteering 49:08 [3] 8.33 km (5:54 / km) +69m 5:40 / km
ahr:152 max:175 shoes: NB 2022

British Sprint Relay champs.

Hahaha. Nope. Not through the jetlag and travel hangover it turns out.
A debacle of a start, as I ripped my map trying to open it. Subsequently was very careful with the other two bits of tape keeping it closed, and only got it open well past the start triangle, where I was then stuck well back in the pack going down a narrowed walkway. Accelerated once we were out of this, only to loose my footing and faceplant/toboggan down a steep grass slope. Classy. First part of the course was chaos in the accomm area of the uni, with plenty of uncrossable hedges and dead-end controls. Being mid-pack I was colliding with girls both going in and out of every control, which was very irritating and just meant you could get zero flow or map reading done.
The course then opened out into fast flat running, where upon I quickly realised my body was not in fast mode! Really struggled through the course, and brought our team in a couple of minutes down. The others made up the time and brought us back to win, which kind of masked my terrible start.

Disappointing to be so far off the pace, though trying to be realistic given the travel and associated weariness and risk of bugs (felt off this morning, but Rat tests are negative)

Friday Jun 10, 2022 #

3 PM

Orienteering 26:28 [3] 5.57 km (4:45 / km) +14m 4:42 / km
ahr:156 max:177 shoes: NB 2022

Bit of a route choice exercise in south York. Legs feeling ok, lungs feeling ok. Fingers crossed getting through the jetlag.

Thursday Jun 9, 2022 #

6 PM

Running - trails 26:16 [3] 5.04 km (5:13 / km) +65m 4:54 / km
ahr:147 max:168 shoes: NB 2022

Slightly longer lap of the fields with Tommy. legs less wobbly than yesterday but lungs more laboured

Wednesday Jun 8, 2022 #

5 PM

Running - trails 19:52 [3] 3.69 km (5:23 / km) +41m 5:06 / km
ahr:147 max:162 shoes: NB 2022

Finally arrived in UK. Got out in the evening to stretch the legs. Others nicely loop and scooped for me :)

Tuesday Jun 7, 2022 #

Note
(rest day)

Travel day. Ughh. Long haul travel is still terrible.

Monday Jun 6, 2022 #

10 AM

Orienteering 53:23 [3] 7.73 km (6:54 / km) +55m 6:40 / km
ahr:150 max:174 shoes: VJ IROCK 2021

QB middle #2. Python upload.

Sunday Jun 5, 2022 #

1 PM

Football 1:36:48 [3] 11.16 km (8:40 / km) +32m 8:33 / km
ahr:154 max:185

KS cup vs Waterside Karori. Python upload.

Saturday Jun 4, 2022 #

8 AM

Orienteering 26:28 [4] 5.11 km (5:11 / km) +20m 5:05 / km
ahr:160 max:189 shoes: NB 2022

Half asleep sprint. Python upload.

1 PM

Orienteering 1:01:50 [3] 7.75 km (7:59 / km) +86m 7:34 / km
ahr:153 max:186 shoes: VJ IROCK 2021

QB middle WRE. Python upload.

Thursday Jun 2, 2022 #

5 PM

Running - trails 38:17 [3] 7.09 km (5:24 / km) +100m 5:03 / km
ahr:146 max:164 shoes: NB 2022

Another pretraining run. Only one downpour mid run. Will be glad to get away from stormy NP May-June weather! Has been sporadic downpours/thunder storms/hail for the last month it feels.

6 PM

Football 26:59 [2] 2.65 km (10:10 / km) +10m 9:59 / km
ahr:132 max:166

Pretty easy training with drills, set plays and a short match. Last football training ticked off pre-trip!

Wednesday Jun 1, 2022 #

5 PM

Running 1:02:24 [3] 11.25 km (5:33 / km) +79m 5:21 / km
ahr:148 max:170 shoes: NB 2022

Interval wednesday. Last session pre flight! 6x3 today, with a decent head wind in the latter part, and thunder and lightning for the last two. Felt good! But then realised that's probably cos I wasn't going as fast as if Oli was there haha. whoops.

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