Training Log Archive: macey

Event: NSW Long Distance Championships - SL12
 

NSW long. Pretty warm Newcastle day. Really went out and attacked this course today. Was off to a flying start and hit all the first few controls well. Went straight on the long leg and kept a reasonable pace up the whole way but blew it a bit by losing maybe 90 secs at the end trying to find the ditch. That was my only real error for the day though. Began to tire throught the hills of 11,12,13 and was deseperate for a drink, although I had to wait until 16 for that. Had a drink and gel there but was too late, I never really improved from there and the last quarter of the course was desperately slow as I just tried to hold out to the finish. Wasn't in the best state when i finished but a few cups of water sorted that out. Ended up 2nd again behind shep, but by 6 and a half minutes this time. Will be interested to see splits to see how much time I dropped towards the end. Next weeks long is 2km further than today's so it's looking like a struggle too.

edit: looking at the splits i was matching shep at least until control 11 and then began to leak time after that, especially leading up and just after #16 when i was desperate for water and a gel. so fairly happy with that pace but a pity i couldn't keep it up, probably a result of not that many longer runs this year.

C • Routes 7

HARD 1 - Splits

Event: NSW Middle Championships - SL11
 

NSW middle champs, 2nd place. a lot of recent orienteering i've done has been the day after parkrun, so was interested to see how i felt going into the race with fresh legs. was a huge difference, really was able to push on the tracks and felt like i moved through the bush well. Nav however wasn't fantastic, no major errors but i overran #2, was too far south at #8 and could have gone much straighter to #12. probably 30 secs each in those 3 errors but ah well. was still happy with the result, just under a minute behind shep isn't too bad.

not feeling too tired now so looking forward to tomorrows long :)

C • results 3

H1/2 - Splits

easy jog to get the legs moving

Big day of uni = no training. But I'd planned my training this week accordingly

Long run with rob from uni out to Glendale via brush creek and then back over the hills in elemore vale/wallsend. Felt like I was moving well

jog over to stockade hill park for some hill intervals. did 2 longer ones (~1:15) then 4 shorter ones (~19) and 5 medium length ones (~48) with a jog back down for recovery on each one. then jog home afterwards

ints at the oval in the rain. 400m on a 2 min cycle. was off to a flying start, but ran out of energy pretty quickly. hadn't eaten enough for the day. so only did 6 and half.