Training Log Archive: Hammer

HammerFIT with AG! before traveling to Edinburgh

Jog with AG! up Ben Macdui (2nd highest mtn in GBR) and then over to the cliff line and up Cairngorm Mtn. Had a few anxiety attacks near the cliffs and the scree slope on Cairngorm. Decided to finish at the Ptarmigan restaurant and take tram down the mtn to save the knees. Very windy (and cold) but lots of fun. Hot tub afterwards at hotel was awesome.

Wind gusts were 45 mph!!! and wind chill was +1C on mtn top. Two poor guys were fixing instruments on the met station at the top of Cairngorm. Nasty conditions for that. Fortunately it didn't rain.


Swedish orienteering propaganda!

C • OK 2

Hike up Cairngorm mountain. tested the knee with 5 minutes of running. Well at least I thought it was 5 minutes but AG! called it 5 steps. Got back in time to see the end of the WOC Long! Incredible nav and running skills on display. It looked really really physically tough. Orienteering is a tough sport.

Jogged (and walked) most of today's race (skipped the trashy woods section). Both knees are a wee bit sore but tolerable in the open forest. Very enjoyable orienteering. Would have been extra fun to run at speed. Now a day to rest so I can attempt a trek to Ben Macdui with AG!.

S6D - Day 4 Darnaway - C37 - Splits

Darnaway. Day#3 of Scottish 6-day. Plan was to walk and then jog on trails and look after the knee. Forest was wide open and so I started to jog in the forest and well jogged more than I planned. Knee still feeling OK a few hours afterwards. Terrain was very similar to southern Ontario. Call it a cross between west end of DV with Palgrave. Fun course. Pleased with run. Only one ~20s error when I ran from CP4 to 7 before correcting. Despite a near perfect run my slow pace was only good enough for 112th out of 170 participants in my category (not that I care). :-)

C • improvement 4

S6D - Day 3 Darnaway - C37 - Splits

A week after my Edinburgh city orienteering wipeout and my knee is good to walk on but i pulled the plug on an attempt to jog on the local football pitch after just 50m. Core instead. Still hope to jog one of the 6-day races.

C • Heal fast! 9

Day#8: Back to Tobermory 10. 3 out of 5

Event: WOC 2015 & Scottish 6 days
 

Not sure this link will work in Canada but check out the BBC Scotland phone in show (replay) from Wednesday night with the theme "Orienteering" in the lead up to the World Champs starting Friday evening in Inverness area.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b063dxjg

Speaking of WOC. AdventureGirl! will race in the sprint. First start is 1800 for the qualifier (1pm Hamilton time). Etoile and I just dropped her off with the Canadian Team Leader (Meghan).

[EDIT]: Emma starts at 18:12 (13:12 eastern).

Day#6: ...and keeping with the Islay single malts I can't buy at LCBO. Finlaggan Old Reserve. https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/finlaggan-ol...

C • It worked! 2

C • Go, AG!!!!! 4

C • AP level of Difficulty 1