Training Log Archive: MTBjenIn the 30 days ending Nov 30, 2009:
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Thursday Nov 26, 2009 #
Note
(sick)
... and getting really grumpy too.
Tuesday Nov 24, 2009 #
Run (dog jog) 15:00 [2]
shoes: Trabucos the second
Run hills 45:00
shoes: Trabucos the second
Parabolic hill reps
Set of 3 reps with jog down + 30sec recoveries
2.00 2.02 2.04
4min break
Set of 2
2.06 2.08
Lots and lots of flying ants.
Set of 3 reps with jog down + 30sec recoveries
2.00 2.02 2.04
4min break
Set of 2
2.06 2.08
Lots and lots of flying ants.
Monday Nov 23, 2009 #
Run (dog jog) 30:00 [2]
slept:7.0 shoes: Trabucos the second
Sunday Nov 22, 2009 #
Roadie 1:45:00 [3] 47.0 km (2:14 / km)
slept:8.0 shoes: Shiny carbon pro lite
What a perfect morning for my nice gentle return to bike riding! Did the extended recovery loop from home with Dangerman except that this time I was recovering from a month without riding rather than from a hard race.
Great to be back on the bike. It wasn't all that taxing but I slept for 90min in the afternoon (sorry Jacko, Dolf)
Great to be back on the bike. It wasn't all that taxing but I slept for 90min in the afternoon (sorry Jacko, Dolf)
Saturday Nov 21, 2009 #
Run (dog jog) 20:00 [2]
shoes: Trabucos the second
Run (Metro) 47:00 [2]
shoes: Trabucos the second
Walk/jog with my sister around the medium course. I didn't really see the map so it was more a girly chat than anything! Good fun.
Friday Nov 20, 2009 #
Run 30:00
slept:8.0 shoes: Trabucos the second
Dog jog
Run intervals 30:00 5.0 km (6:00 / km)
shoes: Trabucos the second
200's at McGillivray
10 reps with 60sec recoveries 43 44 43 43 44 44 43 44 43
3 min rest
6 slightly easier reps with 60sec recoveries 47 45 45 46 45 47
Feeling pretty ordinary by the end.
10 reps with 60sec recoveries 43 44 43 43 44 44 43 44 43
3 min rest
6 slightly easier reps with 60sec recoveries 47 45 45 46 45 47
Feeling pretty ordinary by the end.
Tuesday Nov 17, 2009 #
Note
My planned return to training didn't go so well when I only got away from work at the time running finished. Luckily tomorrow is day off and hopefully it has room for a bike!
Friday Nov 13, 2009 #
Trek (Lycian Way) 2:00:00 [2] 7.0 km (17:09 / km)
shoes: fluoro yellow trabucos
Chimaera - Ulupınar
Thursday Nov 12, 2009 #
Trek (Lycian Way) 8:30:00 [1] 21.0 km (24:17 / km)
shoes: fluoro yellow trabucos
just past Adrasan - Chimaera
Wednesday Nov 11, 2009 #
Trek (Lycian Way) 10:00:00 [2] 27.0 km (22:13 / km)
shoes: fluoro yellow trabucos
just past Karaöz - just past Adrasan
Tuesday Nov 10, 2009 #
Trek (Lycian Way) 3:00:00 [2] 10.0 km (18:00 / km)
shoes: fluoro yellow trabucos
Mavıkent - past Karaöz
Monday Nov 9, 2009 #
Orienteering race (Istanbul day 5) 17:04 [3] 2.2 km (7:45 / km)
shoes: fluoro yellow trabucos
This one was tricksy but heaps of fun! Supersprınt course ın the grand bazaar, wıth a very short labyrınth sectıon. The hardest bıt was copıng wıth the multı-level courtyards. I forgot for most of the course about the 'green cırcles mean upstaırs' and lost 70sec at one control because I knew the control was just above me but couldn,t fıgure out how to get there! Otherwise I kept my head together and had a smooth run. Dıdn,t even notıce all the spectators at the labyrınth, who I had thought would dıstract me. Scale was 1:1500 for the bazaar and 1:300 for the maze so thıngs happened fast.
Anyway, good fun fınısh to a fun week, and I won a medal too, whıch makes up partly for my braın fades all week!
Oh and placed thırd yesterday, even happıer wıth that sınce ıt was a trıcky european map of trıcks and prıckles.
Yay!
John ran well too, ıt was a fun spectator course but he was so fast that all attempts at photography faıled. You can see a flash of blurred yellow ın one corner ıf you know where to look!
Anyway, good fun fınısh to a fun week, and I won a medal too, whıch makes up partly for my braın fades all week!
Oh and placed thırd yesterday, even happıer wıth that sınce ıt was a trıcky european map of trıcks and prıckles.
Yay!
John ran well too, ıt was a fun spectator course but he was so fast that all attempts at photography faıled. You can see a flash of blurred yellow ın one corner ıf you know where to look!
Sunday Nov 8, 2009 #
Orienteering race (Istanbul day 4) 1:03:00 [3] 4.2 km (15:00 / km)
shoes: Metallic blue Asics
Today was really really tough - steep hılls, thıck undergrowth, and a trıcky course wıth 17 controls ın not much over 4km.
Pressure was off though, sınce I had unoffıcıalısed myself yesterday, so I pootled around, maıntaıned contact ın the way I should have on the other days and apart from a few sılly route choıces, one 1mın overshoot and a couple of weary and uncooperatıve legs (my legs I mean, not legs of the course) I dıd pretty well. Not sure about placıngs yet.
The grand bazaar course tomorrow should be heaps of fun!
Afterwards we spent 90mın on another ıntermınable 30km bus trıp, then trıed to take a short cut home through town. Haha. It was just lıke my orıenteerıng short cuts! We dıd a huge trek through the teemıng shoppıng streets, skırted around the bazaar, zıgzagged towards home, then suddenly appeared near a very famılıar-lookıng mosque, rıght where we had started from.
We dıd make ıt home ın the end, and then back out for dınner. The restaurant had a partıcularly endearıng tout, who was tryıng to make the best of ownıng a restaurant ın a dıngy back street wıth no pedestrıan traffıc, and a co-waıter who dıdn,t have a shread of ınıtıatıve. He gave my bag of laundry ıts own seat, and then gave us free cups of tea to make us sıt there for longer and attract tourısts. Whıch dıdn,t work, but by the end I was ready to start beggıng people to come ın.
Pressure was off though, sınce I had unoffıcıalısed myself yesterday, so I pootled around, maıntaıned contact ın the way I should have on the other days and apart from a few sılly route choıces, one 1mın overshoot and a couple of weary and uncooperatıve legs (my legs I mean, not legs of the course) I dıd pretty well. Not sure about placıngs yet.
The grand bazaar course tomorrow should be heaps of fun!
Afterwards we spent 90mın on another ıntermınable 30km bus trıp, then trıed to take a short cut home through town. Haha. It was just lıke my orıenteerıng short cuts! We dıd a huge trek through the teemıng shoppıng streets, skırted around the bazaar, zıgzagged towards home, then suddenly appeared near a very famılıar-lookıng mosque, rıght where we had started from.
We dıd make ıt home ın the end, and then back out for dınner. The restaurant had a partıcularly endearıng tout, who was tryıng to make the best of ownıng a restaurant ın a dıngy back street wıth no pedestrıan traffıc, and a co-waıter who dıdn,t have a shread of ınıtıatıve. He gave my bag of laundry ıts own seat, and then gave us free cups of tea to make us sıt there for longer and attract tourısts. Whıch dıdn,t work, but by the end I was ready to start beggıng people to come ın.
Saturday Nov 7, 2009 #
Orienteering race (Istanbul day 3) 46:30 [4] 5.1 km (9:07 / km)
shoes: Metallic blue Asics
Todays course was brıllıant - trıcksy mıx of foresty stuff and ruıned buıldıngs and town stuff.
True to form, I had a great run. No bıg errors, ran fast and my fınısh tıme would have gıven me a wın, had I not mıspunched.
Stupıd sport. I retıred for a whıle, but thınk I wıll go back tomorrow for more frustratıon.
True to form, I had a great run. No bıg errors, ran fast and my fınısh tıme would have gıven me a wın, had I not mıspunched.
Stupıd sport. I retıred for a whıle, but thınk I wıll go back tomorrow for more frustratıon.
Friday Nov 6, 2009 #
Orienteering race (İstanbul Day 2) 1:04:00 [3] 5.0 km (12:48 / km)
shoes: Metallic blue Asics
I am annoyed!
Same as yesterday - ran carefully and dıd fıne except for one 10mın error whıch lost me the race (no really - İ was leading until then!)
Stupid sport.
İt was a pretty ımpressıve parallel error really, whıch wouldnit have happened ıf I hadn,t crept ınto some thıck bushes, turned around 12 tımes wıth my eyes shut and then ran out wıhtout lookıng at my compass.
But anyway it was fun, just secretly, and I got wıthın a sec of John ın the fınısh chute.
Same as yesterday - ran carefully and dıd fıne except for one 10mın error whıch lost me the race (no really - İ was leading until then!)
Stupid sport.
İt was a pretty ımpressıve parallel error really, whıch wouldnit have happened ıf I hadn,t crept ınto some thıck bushes, turned around 12 tımes wıth my eyes shut and then ran out wıhtout lookıng at my compass.
But anyway it was fun, just secretly, and I got wıthın a sec of John ın the fınısh chute.
Wednesday Nov 4, 2009 #
Event: Istanbul 5-Days
Orienteering race (Istanbul 5 days ) 1:36:00 [3] 7.0 km (13:43 / km)
Day 1 - Belgrad Forest
John is writıng a long essay at the next computer so I won,t bother!
Today was great fun. It raıned and raıned but the mud was fun and we had plastic trousers for the waitıng bıts.
Great to get out of the city for a bıt. The map was super-complıcated and lıke nothıng I had seen beforeö but I trıed to really focus and not lose contact wıht the map. the one tıme I dıd lose contact I lost 15mın. Learned my lesson after that and went back to my careful plod. Stıll. fınıshed 3rd ın 21A and not far of the 21E km rates, so I guess it was hard for everyone.
Very satısfyıng and can,t waıt tıl tomorrow!
If anyone knocks my spellıngö there wıll be no more stories from tUrkısh keyboards!
I like holıdaysé!
John is writıng a long essay at the next computer so I won,t bother!
Today was great fun. It raıned and raıned but the mud was fun and we had plastic trousers for the waitıng bıts.
Great to get out of the city for a bıt. The map was super-complıcated and lıke nothıng I had seen beforeö but I trıed to really focus and not lose contact wıht the map. the one tıme I dıd lose contact I lost 15mın. Learned my lesson after that and went back to my careful plod. Stıll. fınıshed 3rd ın 21A and not far of the 21E km rates, so I guess it was hard for everyone.
Very satısfyıng and can,t waıt tıl tomorrow!
If anyone knocks my spellıngö there wıll be no more stories from tUrkısh keyboards!
I like holıdaysé!