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Saturday Nov 10, 2007 #
Event: Oxford City Race 2007
Orienteering race 48:22 [5] 9.9 km (4:53 / km)
ahr:182 max:191 shoes: Mizuno Trail Bargain
Oxford City Race.
First O race since Dubbo, pretty damn fun - over a hundred people, one of the biggest fields I've run in. At first glance the map looked pretty shite, just lots of out of bounds areas and main roads with a bit of yellow here and there - boy was I wrong.
First 2/3rds of the course was long route choice to tire you out followed by shorter legs to test you through the corridors and alleyways of the colleges - boy did I come unstuck there.
Notable legs.
#1: Started stright lining it through a park, till I realised I was heading for the centre of a 500m long uncrossable fence. 10-20secs maybe.
#2: Ran straight to #3. 1 minute
#3-#15: Settled down and pretty clean. Had a bit of a train behind me.
#16: Start of the tricky stuff. Pretty happy to find an entrance that was just an open door.
#18: Ran right past a turn off, did see it but you had to cross through an automatic sliding door. At least 1.5 mins.
#20: 20 second leg. Took me almost 4 minutes. Ran right past the control twice. Made even worse by doing it in front of the only person I know who lives in Oxford.
Although I finished well down and made a number of mistakes. Considering that race was off 1.5 weeks of training, I'm not gonna complain - I was actually surprised that whenever I checked the Garmin I was doing between 4-4:30min/km.
OK, I'll complain a little. Probably the only downer with the event was some of the control placement. Half the controls were not hung and were just sitting on the ground and were pretty easy to miss (especially when you run as fast as me), I know for sure if 20 had been higher I wouldn't have run past it so many times. Whatever, get over it.
First O race since Dubbo, pretty damn fun - over a hundred people, one of the biggest fields I've run in. At first glance the map looked pretty shite, just lots of out of bounds areas and main roads with a bit of yellow here and there - boy was I wrong.
First 2/3rds of the course was long route choice to tire you out followed by shorter legs to test you through the corridors and alleyways of the colleges - boy did I come unstuck there.
Notable legs.
#1: Started stright lining it through a park, till I realised I was heading for the centre of a 500m long uncrossable fence. 10-20secs maybe.
#2: Ran straight to #3. 1 minute
#3-#15: Settled down and pretty clean. Had a bit of a train behind me.
#16: Start of the tricky stuff. Pretty happy to find an entrance that was just an open door.
#18: Ran right past a turn off, did see it but you had to cross through an automatic sliding door. At least 1.5 mins.
#20: 20 second leg. Took me almost 4 minutes. Ran right past the control twice. Made even worse by doing it in front of the only person I know who lives in Oxford.
Although I finished well down and made a number of mistakes. Considering that race was off 1.5 weeks of training, I'm not gonna complain - I was actually surprised that whenever I checked the Garmin I was doing between 4-4:30min/km.
OK, I'll complain a little. Probably the only downer with the event was some of the control placement. Half the controls were not hung and were just sitting on the ground and were pretty easy to miss (especially when you run as fast as me), I know for sure if 20 had been higher I wouldn't have run past it so many times. Whatever, get over it.
Friday Nov 9, 2007 #
Running 39:00 [3] 8.2 km (4:45 / km)
ahr:164 max:193 shoes: White Asics
Quick stint to stretch the legs before heading up to Oxford tomorrow. Tried out Barnes Common - similar to Putney Heath, but lots more roads cutting through it making it a bit stop/start.
Still, I'm gonna have to take these day runs when I can get 'em, Autumn colours are still awesome and with my first interview on Monday, I don't know how many more chances I'll get to see the sun for the next 5 months.
Dunno why everyone goes on about the weather in London, it's only rained twice since I got here - and most mornings I've been waking up to bright blue skies. Touch wood.
Still, I'm gonna have to take these day runs when I can get 'em, Autumn colours are still awesome and with my first interview on Monday, I don't know how many more chances I'll get to see the sun for the next 5 months.
Dunno why everyone goes on about the weather in London, it's only rained twice since I got here - and most mornings I've been waking up to bright blue skies. Touch wood.
Wednesday Nov 7, 2007 #
Running 1:00:00 [3] 11.5 km (5:13 / km)
ahr:160 max:182 shoes: White Asics
Finally met up with Seb for a run. Headed out to Richmond Park and did a loop through there. Saw heaps of massive deers - there was a notice on the gate about mating season and to stay away, but they didn't seem that fussed when we ran past.
Standard to form, Seb chased a squirrel that was in our path and then laughed at how quickly it ran away... some things don't change.
Standard to form, Seb chased a squirrel that was in our path and then laughed at how quickly it ran away... some things don't change.
Monday Nov 5, 2007 #
Running 38:30 [3] 7.4 km (5:12 / km)
ahr:159 max:181 shoes: White Asics
Another run up to Wimbledon Common. I've only explored the top third of the park and I'm doind a different loop every time. Found a nice undulating track that runs behind a graveyard that then led up to some big manmade lake and then the back end of a golf course. Will have to go for a longer run to fully explore the area.
Added 5x1 min surges in the middle to start getting the legs used to a bit more speed. Starting to feel a bit more normal running again - the average heart rate seems to be dropping with each run, thought it'd take a little longer to get back into it so I'm pretty happy with the progress so far.
Added 5x1 min surges in the middle to start getting the legs used to a bit more speed. Starting to feel a bit more normal running again - the average heart rate seems to be dropping with each run, thought it'd take a little longer to get back into it so I'm pretty happy with the progress so far.