Training Log Archive: LeonIn the 7 days ending Nov 21, 2015:
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Saturday Nov 21, 2015 #
Running warm up/down 8:00 [3] 0.9 mi (8:53 / mi)
Running 17:45 [5] 3.1 mi (5:44 / mi)
Strong headwind from the north first mile or so up to the coastguard station on flat grass, turned onto the concrete prom back to the start, wind behind, flying, until the sand started to build up in a couple of places, reduced me to a walk.
All your standard coastal parkrun to this point...
...but on reaching the start area, onto the beach and follow a line of the Gormley statues for 600m until the one with a hi-viz on, superb!
180 degree turn and belt it for home, into a gale, really tough, and the last 30m was unrunnable sand again, but great fun!
Running 29:50 [3] 3.6 mi (8:17 / mi)
Orienteering race 44:23 [2] 4.1 mi (10:50 / mi) +30m 10:35 / mi
Enjoyed this, havent really orienteered in sand dunes before, but did OK.
Except #2 which took me 10 mins to find.
Did a full loop of it twice ( I was first off as well), written control description said west side of thicket, clearly the sea side, which I passed twice, but control was tucked away east side. Planners pictoral control description said east side, so something has gone wrong somewhere. Also tried to relocate off finish which was parallel, but this had been set up too far north.
Just the fine navigation letting me down after that, got there or thereabouts and was slow from there.
Running warm up/down 6:30 [3] 0.9 mi (7:13 / mi)
Friday Nov 20, 2015 #
Running 29:00 [3] 4.2 mi (6:54 / mi) +20m 6:48 / mi
Felt great for the 2nd time this week
Thursday Nov 19, 2015 #
Running 30:10 [3] 4.2 mi (7:11 / mi) +20m 7:05 / mi
Started very slow, ended fairly fast
Running 1:18:00 [3] 10.2 mi (7:39 / mi) +70m 7:29 / mi
Felt weak between 3 and 5, but battled on.
Pace picked up but path got muddier, after passing pub on bridge at 9 miles at what I thought was Mytholmroyd, decided to do the final mile as out and back, which in one sense was lucky as at bang on half a mile the towpath was flooded.
Headed back and got phone from bag to discover I was in Luddenden Foot with Mytholmroyd still just under 2 miles away.
Went for a pint and got a bus to Halifax.
Probably would have carried on to 12mi had I known.
Hebden Bridge looks a possible 15 from Brighouse then - but one for daylight.
Wednesday Nov 18, 2015 #
Running 31:40 [3] 4.0 mi (7:55 / mi) +20m 7:48 / mi
Got it done.
Running 29:30 [3] 3.75 mi (7:52 / mi)
Urban Orienteering 18:30 [3] 2.3 mi (8:03 / mi)
Much like the last one here, just took it steady and enjoyed it.
Went slightly too long way round to #5 and distracted by others and got confused at #8
Good fun
Running 9:45 [3] 1.3 mi (7:30 / mi)
Orienteering 22:10 [3] 2.6 mi (8:32 / mi) +20m 8:20 / mi
All fine, except the higher level #10 completely got me, was convinced it had been removed, not convinced by control description to be honest but there we are.
Running 8:00 [3] 1.2 mi (6:40 / mi)
Tuesday Nov 17, 2015 #
Running 33:45 [3] 4.9 mi (6:53 / mi) +20m 6:48 / mi
One of those runs that felt effortless, cruising along.
Running 1:17:30 [3] 10.0 mi (7:45 / mi) +80m 7:34 / mi
Somehow mustered the enthusiasm for a run with my heavy bag round Harrogate, despite the wind and rain.
Some great roads to run on, to be fair. First half was slow but second half wasn't too bad.
Nice pint in the Harrogate Tap afterwards
Monday Nov 16, 2015 #
Running 44:10 [3] 6.3 mi (7:01 / mi) +60m 6:49 / mi
Sunday Nov 15, 2015 #
Running long 1:30:30 [3] 12.7 mi (7:08 / mi) +50m 7:02 / mi
Horrendous conditions on leaving home, but eased off after half an hour.
Running 29:00 [1] 3.0 mi (9:40 / mi)