Training Log Archive: Orig4miIn the 7 days ending Jan 27, 2013:
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Sunday Jan 27, 2013 #
Orienteering 57:06 [4] **** 7.6 km (7:31 / km) +200m 6:38 / km
shoes: VJ Falcon
Fabulous conditions on a very pleasant day.
Area pretty runnable everywhere
Generally felt that I had done well, though the results relative to others imply that I wasn't quite as good as I might expect (a couple of minutes off my normal pace?). Quite a rush to get the run in and back to the car in time for a 91min split on start times
Saturday Jan 26, 2013 #
Orienteering race 36:43 [5] *** 4.5 km (8:10 / km)
shoes: VJ Falcon
Deceptively short distance - advertised as 4.5km, but included several legs straight across lakes - requiring quite a divergence off the straingth line.
Made a few non-optimum route choices, but tried to put the emphasis on keeping up the pace.
Very icy underfoot in places where the spikes gave magnificant grip, but lots of mud too where the spikes offered little help.
Friday Jan 25, 2013 #
Cycling 8:00 [3] 1.6 mi (5:00 / mi)
(rest day) shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Felt milder this morning (+2C?). Expect to see more of the lying snow disappear during the day.
Thursday Jan 24, 2013 #
Cycling 8:00 [3] 1.6 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
A little bit of new snow overnight made everything look white again and put a layer of soft ice/slush on the sideroads. Took it carefully and had no problems.
Temp: just below freezing point.
Note
Cycling 8:00 [3] 1.6 mi (5:00 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Wednesday Jan 23, 2013 #
Cycling 8:00 [3] 1.4 mi (5:43 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Via main roads (not cycle underpass etc).
Road conditions on side roads with moderate traffic rapidly improving - no real problems with snow. Temp prob about +1C.
Swimming 41:07 [4] 2.0 km (20:34 / km)
Cycling 13:00 [4] 3.0 km (4:20 / km)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Main road due to snow and ice on cycle paths. Fairly good - lucky: missed having to stop at most of the lights!
Tuesday Jan 22, 2013 #
Cycling 10:00 [3] 1.6 mi (6:15 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Late start due to not being able to get on with normal morning routine.
Cycling 14:00 [3] 2.8 mi (5:00 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Stuck to main roads in view of sidestreets and cycle paths being ice-bound.
Travelled in the middle of a snowstorm of rather sleety snow!
Badminton 48:00 [3]
shoes: Nike
Three reasonable games of doubles with a few minutes between each whilst everyone changes partners.
Cycling 14:00 [3] 2.2 mi (6:22 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
In view of the rapidly melting snow: took the direct route.
First bit through underpass and cycle route was a bit tricky, but otherwise not too bad.
Monday Jan 21, 2013 #
Swimming 41:50 [4] 2.0 km (20:55 / km)
Felt it across my chest, stomach and arms - possibly due to hauling children around on a sledge for an hour or so the previous day (and the sledging the day befor that)!
No problem with space in the pool (lane to myself).
Snowy weather & travelling conditions must've deterred many of the regulars.
Cycling 10:00 [3] 1.4 mi (7:09 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Temp about freezing - didn't feel quite as cold as most recent days.
A matter of nerves for the first 500m. Snow on the road making cycling tricky.
Obviously more an exrecise in balancing skills and bike handling technique than speed today.
Cycling 15:00 [4] 3.0 mi (5:00 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Kept to the main roads all the way (which meant being stuck in the line of traffic in places). Cycle paths covered in snow and ice didn't look appealling.
No problem finding a space in the main cycle shed!
Cycling 10:00 [3] 1.7 mi (5:53 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Another icy cycle home. Kept to the main roads and went via HR crossing (route now fully open) to minimise the distance to be travelled along our ice rink road.
Note
Had to chip the ice of the pavements, but drive was relatively straight forward.