Training Log Archive: LeonIn the 7 days ending Oct 24, 2015:
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Saturday Oct 24, 2015 #
Running 17:00 [3] 2.5 mi (6:48 / mi) +30m 6:33 / mi
Plan B - Gateshead parkrun, too risky arriving Newcastle at 0845
Plan C - Newcastle parkrun then
Stupidly took a left turn instead of right after the football ground, so entered Town Moor a good 800m from the start at bang on 9am...
Running race 18:24 [5] 3.1 mi (5:56 / mi) +20m 5:49 / mi
...legged it across the moor, thought I'd made it as they were busy moving the cows out of the way, but as I took my jacket to dump it at the side of the path, off they went, so I turned and set off, still in hat and trousers.
Instantly stopped by the masses going through a gate.
Gently worked my way through at tempo pace, would have liked top 10 but at least got past the front buggy and the front dog.
One on hand, a good one to miss the start of as wouldn't have won, and most weeks, wouldn't come first here, high standard.
On the other hand, was saving this one for when I was in good nick to give it a good crack.
Never mind.
Running 9:50 [3] 1.3 mi (7:34 / mi)
Running 18:45 [3] 2.5 mi (7:30 / mi) +10m 7:25 / mi
Urban Orienteering 17:30 [4] 2.0 mi (8:45 / mi)
Not really going flat out but just concentrating on navigating and having fun.
Slow and faffy 7-8-9 due to undergrowth, otherwise fine, and certainly good fun.
Great area.
Urban Orienteering 15:25 [3] 2.0 mi (7:42 / mi)
Got into this one a bit more pace wise as a bit more straightforward, except for #8 where map didn't seem right in relation to #2.
And got a bit ahead of myself to #12 and had to recalibrate.
Running 12:00 [4] 1.8 mi (6:40 / mi)
Running 8:30 [3] 1.0 mi (8:30 / mi) +20m 8:00 / mi
Urban Orienteering race 39:10 [4] 4.7 mi (8:20 / mi) +50m 8:04 / mi
Obv legs a little jaded, pushed hard in places but a lot of stopping and starting.
A few issues with the map, the many steps to #4 (I think) non-existant on map, and the white between #15 and #16 (?) was not passable in the two places I tried to do so.
Also some kind of indication of the grave stones would have been good.
Overshot #9 by a fair way, and a few others hits and misses but it was a good course overall and although more off road than expected and I would normally cope with, I felt the mix was right.
Running warm up/down 5:00 [2] 0.6 mi (8:20 / mi)
Friday Oct 23, 2015 #
Note
(rest day)
Thursday Oct 22, 2015 #
Running 31:20 [3] 4.0 mi (7:50 / mi)
Running 52:30 [3] 7.0 mi (7:30 / mi) +90m 7:13 / mi
Tired to begin with but did OK up the long drag to Rawdon.
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015 #
Running 30:30 [3] 4.1 mi (7:26 / mi) +30m 7:16 / mi
Urban Orienteering race 1:15:20 [4] 10.4 mi (7:15 / mi) +100m 7:02 / mi
Quite rusty to begin with, struggled with scale and not helped by running up massive hill.
Got going nicely after about 25 mins until about an hour, but getting back from Summerseat required going both uphill and off road and this slowed me significantly not helped by unmapped paths.
In hindsight would have been far better to cover the easy points north of the start at the start then attacked the hill.
Tuesday Oct 20, 2015 #
Running 50:00 [3] 6.2 mi (8:04 / mi) +20m 7:59 / mi
Nice and traffic free for the most part. Enjoyable.
With heavy bag
Monday Oct 19, 2015 #
Running 30:30 [3] 4.1 mi (7:26 / mi)
Running 49:20 [3] 7.6 mi (6:29 / mi) +90m 6:16 / mi
Let the others get on with their thing and ran controlled and sensibly at 6.30s which will do me nicely at this stage.
Sunday Oct 18, 2015 #
Running long 1:49:26 [3] 12.75 mi (8:35 / mi) +600m 7:29 / mi
First hour was fine, but we (or rather Matt chose to) encountered some rough stuff on the way back which was less pleasant. (for me)