Training Log Archive: markg

Control 1 from Aus Middle. Description was gully. It's pretty hard to work out what's going on in there but it was on the right of the right angle rockface.

Aus Middle Distance champs at Petticoat Gully. Shocker and well down the results list. Lost heaps of time through to #7, lost my sense of humour, and was contemplating pulling the pin but by this time was running with Dave Brownridge and (from time to time) Henry McNulty so kept plodding along for a while and gradually got my mojo back. Eventually I couldn't keep up the pace and fell off the back of the train.

Notable mistakes at #1 (I thought control features had to be mapped?), #2, #4, #6 and #7. Got my act together until a little mistake at #15, then sloppy through the sequence of short controls (paying too much attention to Henry) including a big one #17. Lost a little bit on #23 and #24.

When I was doing the right things I was fine but I just kept switching off ... sick of being so inconsistent.

Event: 2015 Australian Orienteering Carnival
 

Vic Middle Distance champs at Creswick Diggings. Summary is a terrible start, followed by a good middle section, then legs and brain faded near the end. Lost 20s at #1 being careless (I took the easy track route but didn't pick a good attack point) and hitting the women's 1st control, then misread the contour detail around #2 and ran right past it a couple of times before getting it at the same time as Jase from 2min behind. Took off solidly to #3 but got distracted by a nearby control and lost anoth 20s. Shep came through from 4min on #5 and I more-or-less kept with him but the pace was too high and I popped at #14 (HRM says I did 23min at ave 93% max HR from 2-14 and that's based on a max value I haven't seen in a while). Dropped my pace but was pretty tired and began making some silly little errors and lost another 1.20 across 15, 17 and 19. Disappointing effort but still managed an okay result. 8th Aussie, I think.



PTE 5.0

Sort of an easier Mona session but was focused more on work than running and kept forgetting to start or stop intervals. Gave up after a while. Still did about 9min of efforts.

PTE 3.3

Calves/achilles, feet, glutes, rolling

After a weekend run fail I decided to concede that tapering has started and changed my original plan of a tempo run for a more comfortable run on Mt Ainslie.

PTE 3.7