Training Log Archive: sjreeveIn the 7 days ending Apr 10, 2012:
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Tuesday Apr 10, 2012 #
Running (North Belfast loop ) 1:20:33 [3] 18.17 km (4:26 / km) +160m 4:15 / km
shoes: Asics 2160 A/W11
Monday Apr 9, 2012 #
Note
(rest day)
Sunday Apr 8, 2012 #
Orienteering warm up/down (Craig a Barns) 25:26 [2] 2.2 km (11:34 / km) +195m 8:01 / km
Orienteering race (Craig a Barns) 3:24:31 [3] **** 18.91 km (10:49 / km) +664m 9:12 / km
spiked:18/29c
i should run on a 1:15000 map more often as the first four controls were not great at all, but at least i didn't break the new thumb compass.
I was kinda getting into the challenge but then completely failed to plan for 9 and got distracted by other runners. this long leg then took too much out of me, too soon. i'd taken my only gel and was a bit battered & bruised.
13 & 18 also really brought down the black clouds, i came out of 12 wrong and then 18 really messed with my head and i eventually came up to the track to relocate again.
i didn't mind the long leg to 20 but i wasn't moving fast at all, i should've even had some water or annother gel by this point because the flow had gone by 23 & 24. i thought i'd planned a good route to 25 but the execution wasn't there at all. i spent too long being aimless for almost 30mins until i decided to call it a day punching the last few controls in embarassment at my failure.
bizzarely i did enjoy the course, the physical and mental workout.
mp 25 26
Hiking warm up/down (Loch Ore Loop) 50:00 [1] 5.1 km (9:48 / km) +15m 9:40 / km
Saturday Apr 7, 2012 #
Orienteering warm up/down (Dunalastair) 24:22 [2] 2.77 km (8:48 / km) +42m 8:11 / km
Orienteering race (Dunalastair) 1:21:25 [3] **** 8.54 km (9:32 / km) +247m 8:20 / km
spiked:15/20c
the wheels came off this very early. had trouble getting into the map and matching up the vegetation so was slow into 1.
then i took a fall, smashed my compass into the heel of my hand, making a mess of blood and compass oil and plastic & skin. cleaned the wound (blood&oil doesn't taste too good) and ran around a bit, now without a functioning compass so controls 2 & 3 were a disaster.
4, 5, & 6 were ok considering but 7 went wrong and i had to ask someone which direction was north.
8, 9 & 10 were a bit dodgy, i only increased the pace on the obvious or taped sections.
11 got me as i thought i'd taken the southern crossing point and even then, coming out of the control i was disorientated and again had to check with someone where north was so lost time on the easy 12.
i was glad of the waterstop but didn't plan 13 properly at all and eventually came back to the track to relocate.
the rest of the course flowed ok but i wasn't moving at any pace.
got patched&cleaned up in first aid took out a bit more plastic and some thorns out of my hand and even some of my hand out of the broken compass!
reckon i lost at least 30mins on this by not having a compass but happy to have got around albeit the slowest time for the course.
Friday Apr 6, 2012 #
Orienteering warm up/down (Livingston) 21:40 [2] 2.99 km (7:15 / km) +47m 6:43 / km
Orienteering race (Livingston) 22:55 [4] *** 4.63 km (4:57 / km) +11m 4:53 / km
spiked:23/26c
didn't run at this as fast as i could have. was concerned about the underfoot conditions (same for everyone i know but i felt like i wasn't racing it).
nearly 3 mins of mistakes as well as i royally messed up on 1, 10, 21 & 25. equally i crossed what i saw to be a gap in a hedge with crossable fence en route to 5 which would (looking back at the routegadget map) technically be a dsq i think.
anyway, i got around but wasn't prepared for a sprint map (has been too long since i was on one - of any scale!) or the conditions.
Thursday Apr 5, 2012 #
Running (To Gym) 8:27 [3] 2.15 km (3:56 / km) +5m 3:53 / km
shoes: Asics 2160 A/W11
Gym warm up/down (Spin Bike) 10:00 [2] 7.7 km (1:18 / km)
Core (GymSession Dynamic&Static) 15:00 [2]
Gym (Spin Class) 40:00 [4] 20.0 km (2:00 / km)
Running warm up/down (From Gym) 11:01 [2] 2.2 km (5:00 / km) +40m 4:35 / km
shoes: Asics 2160 A/W11
Wednesday Apr 4, 2012 #
Running (around town) 26:34 [2] 5.5 km (4:50 / km) +50m 4:37 / km
shoes: Asics 2160 A/W11