Training Log Archive: alexwm

Event: British Sprint Championships
 

Final B1

Loved the race and felt quick. Still didn't place as high as I would have liked but it was better overall than the first race. Scrappy towards the end: ran past control 14, 90degree error to 17 and overshot 20.
Sprint is still my favourite event but I need more pace!

Heat 1A

Loved the race! Great start with some good route choices. Sprintervals has been really good practice. Overshot 15 which saw me visiting 16 first and then went the wrong way round the wall to get to 17 before doubling back. Then found out that I could have punched 17 from that side through a whole in the wall without losing time on 18. 2 minutes I lost would have gained me almost 20 places but would still have left me 3.5 minutes off the pace.

As much as I enjoyed it I realised I needed to pick up my pace in the final.

Quali - Course H1A - Splits

Final - Course FB1 - Splits

When I turned up and Chris said he'd done 10 miles I knew I should do atleast half that so I set off with 5 miles in mind. Later I decided to run 10k and set a time; something I haven't done since I was 15. I'm really happy with the time as for more than half of the distance I was taking it at and easy pace and spent the last 1.5km going fast

Right foot went numb for a lap but cleared up completely after slowing to let Brian catch up. Appointment with the doctor is booked.

Short sprintervals session. Definite improvement on last week but got sloppy when I got tired. Hopefully this last minute training will help on Saturday.

Both feet went numb on the third and fourth reps but I'm pretty sure it was because my calves were tight.

5.1km course with 175m climb

3rd leg of The Brothers Grimm with the two Beasants - 7th overall

Started shortly behind Yasha of Durham and stayed with him until control 7 where I made a large mistake and lost 3 minutes. Bad route choice later on saw me getting to 13 before 12 and my left foot went numb again. My pace slowed completely but picked up again after a few controls. Finished 4 minutes behind Durham which is not too bad considering my foot.

Generally pleased with how it went compared to the previous day - much prefer forest orienteering to fell. Hoping I can improve again next weekend!
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Left foot started going numb after 27 minutes. Didn't affect the whole foot but persisted until I finished. It seems the left foot is now affected almost exclusively as opposed to the right when I first had problems.

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