Training Log Archive: timmeo

Magnet Circuits - Quite cardio/explosive this week

Event: SLOW Headley Heath Level B (SE CSC Qualifier)
 

R Knee - 1 - No pain
L Knee - 1 - No pain
L Heel - 1 - No pain

SLOW CSC Qualifier - Brown - Headley Heath

Felt better running than had the last couple of days. Ed passing me on the long leg was a good reminder to keep the pace up
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Apart from c1 the nav was good - fairly easy compared to last week. Happy with the result considering quite a few others were running in packs.

Mistakes ~2:00 mins
(1)(1:30) - Bit hesitant, couldn't read veg, distracted by another control
(7)(0:30) - Poor exit from c6 and switched of a little mid leg

Pos: 8/70
Winner: S. Krepsta 51mins (+12min +24%)

R Knee - 1 - No pain
L Knee - 1 - No pain
L Heel - 1 - No pain

Saturday Series at Bloom Wood. Took it as training and worked on bearings and ignored other detail. Went pretty well apart from veering to the right a few times. Total distance 5.9km so not too far off line. Didn't feel that great running though.

R Knee - 1 - No pain
L Knee - 1 - No pain
L Heel - 1 - No pain

Felt pretty rubbish today, probably a bit tired still from POM. Also haven't done much stretching since so everything felt a bit tight. Although it felt like I was pushing the splits weren't very fast and so I eased a bit.

R Knee - 1 - No pain
L Knee - 1 - No pain
L Heel - 1 - No pain

POM Overall - M21E

Much better navigationally and fitnesswise compared to last year and had some good runs.

Pos: 35/111 (51 finished all days (2 from the mass start classified head of me))
Winner: O. Blanc-Tranchant 4:02hrs (+1:25hrs +35%)

POM Day 4 - Long Race - M21E - Cidral

Similar to yesterday, a bit stop start and enough 'rest' on the rocky areas to be able to run hard when open. Last 20mins were hard but quite pleased with stamina after 4 races.
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Strange race as I was actually navigating quite well again, even when racing head to head but made 2 big mistakes. Started 5mins ahead of mass start (~50 runners) and was clean thought a flatter open first loop catching a couple of others. The 'pack' started to catch me in the butterflies which went well apart from c10. The other big mistake was in the same area as yesterday in the big rocks. Racing a Spanish guy here and luckily got away and pulled out the minute I needed to stay ahead of him overall.

Mistakes ~12:00 mins
(10)(06:00) Only real howler of the week, contoured staying too high with 2/3 other guys and was way off line.
(23)(06:00) Lost contact near the end of a long leg, downhill slope again wrong re-entrant.

Pos: 54/83
Winner: O. Blanc-Tranchant 84mins (+32min +39%)
Actual Distance 14.81km (7:50min/k)