Training Log Archive: MTBjenIn the 7 days ending Oct 4, 2009:
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Sunday Oct 4, 2009 #
Orienteering (oz champs relay) 1:01:59 [3]
slept:7.0 shoes: fluoro yellow trabucos
2nd leg, with the pressure put on by Cath who ran first and came in very close behind the lead pack.
John says I should focus on positives.
1) I was pretty clean on 12 out of 13 controls.
2) I did not find any pythons or drop bears
3) I managed to tag Rachel before the mass start, just
4) I found all the controls and also the finish.
5) If I had not lost 15min on that one control, we would only have moved up one place (although, if I had been faster and cleaner on the other controls, we would have won!)
I am not disappointed that I was not faster or cleaner on the other controls - I did as well as can be expected with my lack of experience and running speed. I am very annoyed at myself for getting distracted and making that one stupid error. It wasn't a parallel error even, but a 90 degree error, which would have been obvious at any stage if I had looked at my compass. Punter mistake.
John says I should focus on positives.
1) I was pretty clean on 12 out of 13 controls.
2) I did not find any pythons or drop bears
3) I managed to tag Rachel before the mass start, just
4) I found all the controls and also the finish.
5) If I had not lost 15min on that one control, we would only have moved up one place (although, if I had been faster and cleaner on the other controls, we would have won!)
I am not disappointed that I was not faster or cleaner on the other controls - I did as well as can be expected with my lack of experience and running speed. I am very annoyed at myself for getting distracted and making that one stupid error. It wasn't a parallel error even, but a 90 degree error, which would have been obvious at any stage if I had looked at my compass. Punter mistake.
Saturday Oct 3, 2009 #
Orienteering race (Oz champs long) 1:27:32 [3]
slept:12.0 shoes: fluoro yellow trabucos
I won a third place badge in W21A. Even John looked surprised and he is usually very good at pretending to think I am good at orienteering. Those other entrants should be ashamed of themselves.
Spent a very long time circling randomly just outside one control circle, and had a very very lucky and accidental recovery from a poorly executed long leg just afterwards.
Spent a very long time circling randomly just outside one control circle, and had a very very lucky and accidental recovery from a poorly executed long leg just afterwards.
Friday Oct 2, 2009 #
Orienteering race (oz champs sprint) 16:40 [4]
slept:0.0 shoes: fluoro yellow trabucos
Great run, for me - no big brain explosions, I found all the controls and enjoyed running.
I should have gone home after this.
I should have gone home after this.
Thursday Oct 1, 2009 #
Run (dog jog) 20:00 [3]
slept:6.0 shoes: fluoro yellow trabucos
Quick lap with the dog before work, just so that I could log some sort of training for 7 days in a row.
Wednesday Sep 30, 2009 #
Windtrainer intervals 1:12:00
slept:6.0
Single leg intervals
3 x 4min on each leg with 6min recoveries.
Left leg first. I could average 140W on the left and about 125 on the right, but part of that is fatigue from doing the left first - it is a weird feeling having burning quads but not being out of breath. Max HR 135!
3 x 4min on each leg with 6min recoveries.
Left leg first. I could average 140W on the left and about 125 on the right, but part of that is fatigue from doing the left first - it is a weird feeling having burning quads but not being out of breath. Max HR 135!
Tuesday Sep 29, 2009 #
Run 43:55 7.5 km (5:51 / km)
slept:7.0 shoes: Space-age TEVAs
Oh yuck. I didn't want to run and probably shouldn't have. John tried to put me off by bringing the TEVA Hydrons (!) for me to run in. Ew.
Anyway I did the 5k TT in 23.55 which was nowhere near as bad as I expected, so I should stop complaining. It makes the hot shower and couch feel so much better.
Anyway I did the 5k TT in 23.55 which was nowhere near as bad as I expected, so I should stop complaining. It makes the hot shower and couch feel so much better.
Monday Sep 28, 2009 #
Roadie 25:00 [3] 11.0 km (2:16 / km)
slept:8.0 shoes: Shiny carbon pro lite
To parents' place.
Run 48:00 [3] 8.4 km (5:43 / km)
shoes: Brooks trail shoes
Kings Park/UWA/river with Vera. It took me 35 min to warm up but I felt ok after that.
Roadie 55:00 [3]
shoes: Shiny carbon pro lite
Home again. We had planned a longer way home but were both a bit weary - especially me, super lazy too as per normal these days. I couldn't even keep up with supreme athlete John and I was drafting. Legs are a bit tired, can't understand why, after only 3 days of a gentle reintroduction to training...