Training Log Archive: hamlet

Event: QOC Cunningham Falls
 

I think my navigation was pretty good, looking at my Routegadget my bearings were almost all on point, and the times they weren't I fixed it fairly well. I only made a few mistakes. It was jsut frustrating that even when I had a bearing I wasn't able to run because of all the fallen logs and all the rocks on the ground- I tried to run, but it felt impossible and i didn't want to injure myself when I'm finally getting into my training.

#2: I saw some rocks on the ground and thought it was the stony ground above the control, it wasn't- I caught that when I got to one of those depressions under the pit the control was in, so I corrected myself. Didn't lose much, probably around a minute

#8: I zoned out a lot, so at one moment I was coming onto the ride and the next thing I know I'm a few hundred meters down the ride and I'm hoping I didn't pass the control. I left the trail a bit earlier because I thought I saw a pit off the side of the ride, but when I was coming back onto the ride I luckily found that pit that was right next to the ride, so I was able to relocate. I probably lost around one minute on this mistake, just considering the navigation.

#9: I took a bearing and I felt like I wasn't going down enough, and I really wasn't. I eventually found some boulders I was pretty sure were way above the control, so I took a bearing from them to the control and I found it no problem. I don't really think I lost any time because I caught it in time, maybe just a bit because of the extra distance.

#11: I wasn't sure where I hit the trail on the spur at, I thought I was further down it then I was, so I went down to the ride and realized I was early. Probably lost around 30 seconds, that's all it really took for me to relocate to the part of the ride I wanted to be on.

#14: I didn't want to go down the hill in the rocks or the green, so I tried to go early, but I didn't want to end up too low so I went over to the spur 4 was on, but it was super rocky so I thought i had to be in the rocky ground section of the downhill, but apparently not- eventually I got it. I probably lost around 1-2 minutes here.

#15: I should've gone with my gut- the first route I saw was to drop down to the ride, follow it to the bend, and then contour over to the control. But, I then noticed that there was a ride leading through the dark green, so that I could hit the trail and then take the ditch down to get the control. It was a much safer and easier attack, so I thought I was a genius for finding that route and catching myself. Yeah, I forgot that rides can get pretty overgrown. It sucked, but once I was out of the green the route was definitely very nice.

Overall I'm pretty glad,the last time I ran here 2 years ago, I ran red and that took me around 2:45:00, and my goal was to get under 2 hours this time. I didn't, but I still wasn't out there as long as I was last time, and looking at some of my bearings and contouring (especially 2-3 and 9-10), I'm pretty proud.

I did control pickup, and probably did around 2-3 km. I forgot to measure it because my dad made me really angry and I just wanted to get away from him so I left in a bit of a rush, even forgetting to take a bag-

Blue - Splits

Starting a Violette's lock (23), going north

We finished the first half in one hour... the way back took us 2. That's partially because we put Oliver in my backpack for ~3km so he doesn't get overexerted. We also got a geocache on the way back.

wooooo I'm very sore, no biking today because I wanna be able to run after school.

100m, 200m, 300m, 400m, 500m, 600m, 500m, 400m, 300m, 200m, 100m intervals at ~5min/km pace with 90 sec of rest

I started out a little faster, but as soon as I did the first 400m interval it sorted itself out. The 500 and 600m intervals were brutal, I really wanted to just go back down to the 400m after the first 500m, but I'm glad I pushed myself.

Switching off between pushng up the hill with more focus on cardio and more focus on power. On the last hill I realized it was best to focus on cardio for the first half, and for the second half where it was a bit steeper, focusing on power was more effective.

5x the hill on Washington Ave

my legs are definitely fatigued from yesterday's run

Doing pro-agility, lunges, and 10x 20m sprints. soooo fun- ouch

1. started out on a 10b, was fun, very technical and not super physical
2. climbed a 10c, got to the overhang and failed to clip (mock leading) so I fell, had to climb up the overhang again and had Lucka catch my fall on lead (she's trying to get her certification), and then I tried to finish the climb but I only made it over the overhang a third time before giving up.
3. tried an 11b, got like halfway-ish up, nope nope nope. was on a wall that I always struggle on, and most of it's overhanging
4. tried another 11b, and i finished it, but after halfway I was climbing in the sense that I grabbed the next hold, and fell. I grabbed the next hold, and fell. It's like I had a timer on my grip strength that after 5 seconds it gave out. But I got to the top because every time I saw exactly what I needed to do, and I knew I could do it, and unless I'm completely stumped or I know I physically can't do it, I'm not giving up.
5. Finished myself off on a 10d, just got halfway up. The first half had more sloper holds and was more focused on mantling. The spot where I gave out was where the climb transitioned into crimps, and after everything I climbed before that was a big nope.

Bench, pullups (machine assist), trying some hip thrusts, ankle balance on bosu ball

I'm considering not doing wrestling. I want to focus mostly on running and orienteering, but I know it's always felt impossible to improve whether I've had a training plan or not. I don't know

cadence: 169
Long run as a celebration that I might have finally figured out what I wanna do next year. It feels so relieving to have and idea and somewhat of a plan.

I was focusing a lot on breathing and trying to get my cadence up. Also halfway through I had a bit of a bathroom break

Some dynamic warmups, agility ladder, and then 6x 100m run + 10 pushups