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Monday Aug 3, 2015 #
1 PM
Running 7:49 0.93 km (8:25 / km) +14m 7:50 / km
ahr:133 max:159 shoes: Integrators 5000
Warm up jog. Feeling a bit meh.
Orienteering 1:29:10 8.28 km (10:46 / km) +246m 9:23 / km
ahr:175 max:188 shoes: Integrators 5000
Well this was not an improvement.
This area was dominated by a Cambus O' May style hillside, and I coped about as well with it today as I did the last time I went to Cambus O' May and ventured out of the fun stuff. Found it really difficult to make plans and so just drifted towards controls, no confidence and no strong direction. A fortuitous error where I popped up at the control thinking I still had 200m or so to go, many stupid errors where I was a boulder or cliff away from the one I should have been on, and then three mega stupid errors (numbers 10, 15 and 17) as I got tired towards the end. Finally, I crunched my ankle on the way down to 10 and though it didn't hurt much at the time, it hurts a lot now.
This was not how I envisaged myself orienteering this week! Might go play for a short time in Roseisle tomorrow and see if I can get my head in gear.
This area was dominated by a Cambus O' May style hillside, and I coped about as well with it today as I did the last time I went to Cambus O' May and ventured out of the fun stuff. Found it really difficult to make plans and so just drifted towards controls, no confidence and no strong direction. A fortuitous error where I popped up at the control thinking I still had 200m or so to go, many stupid errors where I was a boulder or cliff away from the one I should have been on, and then three mega stupid errors (numbers 10, 15 and 17) as I got tired towards the end. Finally, I crunched my ankle on the way down to 10 and though it didn't hurt much at the time, it hurts a lot now.
This was not how I envisaged myself orienteering this week! Might go play for a short time in Roseisle tomorrow and see if I can get my head in gear.
Sunday Aug 2, 2015 #
10 AM
Running 6:26 1.04 km (6:12 / km) +4m 6:05 / km
ahr:142 max:158 shoes: Integrators 5000
Jog to the start. Feeling quite scared about this whole thing.
Orienteering 1:24:45 10.34 km (8:12 / km) +95m 7:50 / km
ahr:183 max:191 shoes: Integrators 5000
Plenty of room for improvement here! First - mega heart rate! Second, I headless chickened the first 5 or so controls, which was very unsatisfying as the woods were beautiful. Then got it together and was mostly okay, except for the first control in the shooting range bit. Very tired by the plantation forest bit, and struggled across the open ground at the end, with a banana to 26. Overall, happy to be just over 10 mins per km, and plenty of room for getting under later on in the week. Except the climb is getting worse and worse as the week progresses!
Friday Jul 31, 2015 #
Event: WOC 2015 & Scottish 6 days
6 AM
Running 5:15 0.8 km (6:34 / km) +3m 6:27 / km
ahr:136 max:150 shoes: Integrators 5000
Jog to the start with Ed.
Orienteering 41:42 4.32 km (9:39 / km) +44m 9:11 / km
ahr:185 max:191 shoes: Integrators 5000
The girls Classic race. I am happy to say I can still orienteer but my legs felt atrocious, no power in them at all. Need more sleep!
Thursday Jul 30, 2015 #
10 AM
Running 18:14 2.41 km (7:34 / km) +10m 7:24 / km
ahr:155 max:180 shoes: Integrators 5000
Very very short very very tired jaunt around a bit of Inshriach on one of the Lagganlia courses. It was a bit abortive because there was a man doing a scary amount of logging around numbers 1-4. I was exhausted so that was probably for the best.
Wednesday Jul 29, 2015 #
Note
Actually slept for about 90 minutes on the plane having had the most pleasant overnight flight yet, and made it through yesterday till 7pm without napping. Even managed a very short run and lots of strolling with CJ. Now however I am wide awake at 4 because I can't stop going through today's plans in my head. Fancy a run but forgot to ask CJ how I would get back into her house after such a thing happening! So soon I can lug my bag across London to left luggage at King's Cross, go sit in the embassy for an undetermined amount of time, then fill what's left of the day with Natalie before the train to Edinburgh! Yey! Then lagganlia tomorrow with the Ed Meister!
Note
I am in Scotland! And Kirsten just brought my attention to BBC radio Scotland who are doing an 'orienteering anthems' phone in! Amazing!
Tuesday Jul 28, 2015 #
11 AM
Running 20:01 3.43 km (5:51 / km) +24m 5:39 / km
ahr:149 max:168 shoes: Shiny red Sauconys
Quick very tired jaunt from CJ's to try to wake me up. It kind of worked for another hour or so. Lovely day with tasty food and lots of strolling round parks.