Training Log Archive: BillenicusIn the 7 days ending Apr 21, 2019:
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Sunday Apr 21, 2019 #
Orienteering race 1:05:53 [4] 11.0 km (5:59 / km)
shoes: VJ Falcon
JK Long - Cold Ash - 10.29Km
Not so lucky with the calf this time. Sore all the way round and definitely affecting the speed I was running, particularly in terrain or up more significant hills.
Again felt pretty awful due to heat / jetlag, but not as bad as yesterday. So again just went round steadily and made no attempt to actually race. Pretty easy course, particularly at that speed. Lost a few seconds at 17 standing just above the control and not seeing it behind a tree about 5m away. Lost 5s at 24, a bit too far right. Then about 20s at 27 which was just laziness - couldn't force myself to go up the hill into the control when I needed to.
Calf sore again afterwards.
Frustrating not to be able to race properly. Was surprised by the result, but obviously fitness is not too bad at the moment.
Not so lucky with the calf this time. Sore all the way round and definitely affecting the speed I was running, particularly in terrain or up more significant hills.
Again felt pretty awful due to heat / jetlag, but not as bad as yesterday. So again just went round steadily and made no attempt to actually race. Pretty easy course, particularly at that speed. Lost a few seconds at 17 standing just above the control and not seeing it behind a tree about 5m away. Lost 5s at 24, a bit too far right. Then about 20s at 27 which was just laziness - couldn't force myself to go up the hill into the control when I needed to.
Calf sore again afterwards.
Frustrating not to be able to race properly. Was surprised by the result, but obviously fitness is not too bad at the moment.
Saturday Apr 20, 2019 #
Orienteering race 37:15 [4] 6.0 km (6:13 / km)
shoes: VJ Falcon
JK middle distance - Old Windmill Hill - 5.49Km 160m
Spent a lot of time working on the calf beforehand, including taking some mineral supplements as recommended by Colm. Still hurt before I started but amazingly was pretty much OK while running, though quite sore again as soon as I stopped.
Wasn't really prepared to actually be able to run today, and kept expecting to have to stop, but surprisingly managed to pretty much hold it together. But very, very slow. Think it was a combination of the heat and the usual jetlag issues, but I felt worse at the end of this than I can remember feeling at the end of a race for a long time, and I wasn't even making any attempt to race - just plodding round. Lost 20sec at 19 (didn't see the pit as I ran down the spur) but otherwise clean.
The calf injury appears to be a combination of ongoing cramps having lead to one or more tears.
Spent a lot of time working on the calf beforehand, including taking some mineral supplements as recommended by Colm. Still hurt before I started but amazingly was pretty much OK while running, though quite sore again as soon as I stopped.
Wasn't really prepared to actually be able to run today, and kept expecting to have to stop, but surprisingly managed to pretty much hold it together. But very, very slow. Think it was a combination of the heat and the usual jetlag issues, but I felt worse at the end of this than I can remember feeling at the end of a race for a long time, and I wasn't even making any attempt to race - just plodding round. Lost 20sec at 19 (didn't see the pit as I ran down the spur) but otherwise clean.
The calf injury appears to be a combination of ongoing cramps having lead to one or more tears.
Friday Apr 19, 2019 #
Event: JK 2019
Note
Difficult to watch something I wanted to be running, but calf too sore to contemplate risking it - I'd rather be able to run tomorrow's race.
Thursday Apr 18, 2019 #
Note
Calf very sore all day.
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019 #
Orienteering 31:41 [3] 4.0 km (7:55 / km)
shoes: VJ Falcon
SYO evening event - Wheata Woods - Green - 3.4Km
A marginal decision as to whether to run as calf still fairly sore all day. Decided to in the end as I really wanted to get on a map before the weekend. The good news - I didn't notice the calf pain quite as much as expected. The bad news - that's because the rest of my left leg was in agony. It pretty much locked up about 100m after the start and I struggled to even walk for the first 3 controls, even having to sit down and stretch for a bit. It felt a bit like cramp and took in most of the lower leg (except the calf). It gradually eased - managed to start running a little between 3 and 4 and gradually sped up over the rest of the course, but never got to full speed and was in pain the whole time.
Not looking good for the weekend!
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A marginal decision as to whether to run as calf still fairly sore all day. Decided to in the end as I really wanted to get on a map before the weekend. The good news - I didn't notice the calf pain quite as much as expected. The bad news - that's because the rest of my left leg was in agony. It pretty much locked up about 100m after the start and I struggled to even walk for the first 3 controls, even having to sit down and stretch for a bit. It felt a bit like cramp and took in most of the lower leg (except the calf). It gradually eased - managed to start running a little between 3 and 4 and gradually sped up over the rest of the course, but never got to full speed and was in pain the whole time.
Not looking good for the weekend!
http://obasen.orientering.se/winsplits/online/en/d...
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019 #
Running 34:49 [2] 6.0 km (5:48 / km)
shoes: Nike Pegasus 33 Blue
Fairly standard loop from the office - HB - Clough - just beyond Highcliffe - Bingham Park.
Meant to be a test for the ankle, but left calf very sore. Think this is mainly from the flight - it seized up after landing at Heathrow and I wasn't able to rest it. Now feels like it usually does after a bad dose of cramp. Really struggled to run up the hills and was never able to put any effort in. At least in didn't seem to get worse, but might be really struggling to be fit for the weekend.
Ankle felt OK, but think it's swollen a bit more now.
Suspect I would have felt really good without the injuries.
Meant to be a test for the ankle, but left calf very sore. Think this is mainly from the flight - it seized up after landing at Heathrow and I wasn't able to rest it. Now feels like it usually does after a bad dose of cramp. Really struggled to run up the hills and was never able to put any effort in. At least in didn't seem to get worse, but might be really struggling to be fit for the weekend.
Ankle felt OK, but think it's swollen a bit more now.
Suspect I would have felt really good without the injuries.
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