My Opera2007 in Review.
Thursday, January 3, 2008 5:12:23 PM
End of year report!
My second full year on Attackpoint and a whole year of recording all the distances I've completed under Trail Running, Orienteering, Mountain Biking, Bike/Trail Run/Bike, Road Ride, Rogaining X Country Skiing and Adventure Racing. All the disciplines I've determined to be beneficial to fitness and aerobic performance.
As a subset of these main disciplines, but much harder/impossible to measure distance would be Cycling Rollers, Ultimate Frisbee and Miscellaneous Orienteering. The Strength and Stretching and RMRDs aid in keeping me injury free while all the rest is the icing on the cake.
Meeting Goals from last year
I had mixed results in meeting my goals from last year.
First was to up my trail running which I was able to accomplish resoundingly! Last year I was at 93 hours, this year at 121 hours at an annual pace of 9:09/mile, a gain of 30% in training time (check my math on this one...)
Next was to double the amount of Orienteering training from 30 hours to 60. Not so successfull with this one even though my number of Orienteering sessions increased from 24 to 38 and my hours were up to 39, making up only 15% of my total training, including Miscellaneous Orienteering. I don't have per km times to compare but last year Orienteering was only 10% of my training total (incld. Misc O).
My other Orienteering goals were just as mixed. I ran fairly well at the team trials. Not so well in the US Middle, and Individual Championships. Very well at the US Night O Champs! Kept my accuracy at/over 90% which I'm quite proud of. Didn't add to my World Ranking Points, putting me at 1438 in the World and 33 in the US. I did have a lot of fun though...!
Goals for '08
Continue to build on my Trail Running but also bring my annual pace time to below 9:00/mile, 8:30/mile would be awesome. Also a bit more consistency in my running training from week to week and month to month. '07 was a bit all over the place.
In Orienteering, similar goals to last year. Race well at the Team Trials with the ultimate goal of being compeditive for a spot on the World Championship team. Race well at all the A and Championship meets I'm able to travel to. Increase my World and US ranking. Up my Orienteering training to at least 20% combined. Keep my accuracy at/above 90%. Above all have fun while taking this seriously.
I'm also participating in the US Teams' Coaching program and will do my best to keep up with the assignments and training schedules provided by the coach, Tom Hollowell. Thanks to him for taking on this position! As part of this my goal will be to do a full race analysis for all Orienteering races using the race analysis tool available here on Attackpoint (Thanks Ken!!!) I currently do a basic analysis on the map itself but to add this additional, separate analysis will reveal trends in my Orienteering and help me determine where in my technical and physical skills I need improvement. This will also enable me to do a big-race by race analysis at the end of '08.
Overall '07 was a bit of a rollercoaster so for '08 I'd like to be a bit more consistent and focused, and stay as injury free as possible. Secret goals to be revealed forthwith...
My second full year on Attackpoint and a whole year of recording all the distances I've completed under Trail Running, Orienteering, Mountain Biking, Bike/Trail Run/Bike, Road Ride, Rogaining X Country Skiing and Adventure Racing. All the disciplines I've determined to be beneficial to fitness and aerobic performance.
As a subset of these main disciplines, but much harder/impossible to measure distance would be Cycling Rollers, Ultimate Frisbee and Miscellaneous Orienteering. The Strength and Stretching and RMRDs aid in keeping me injury free while all the rest is the icing on the cake.
Meeting Goals from last year
I had mixed results in meeting my goals from last year.
First was to up my trail running which I was able to accomplish resoundingly! Last year I was at 93 hours, this year at 121 hours at an annual pace of 9:09/mile, a gain of 30% in training time (check my math on this one...)
Next was to double the amount of Orienteering training from 30 hours to 60. Not so successfull with this one even though my number of Orienteering sessions increased from 24 to 38 and my hours were up to 39, making up only 15% of my total training, including Miscellaneous Orienteering. I don't have per km times to compare but last year Orienteering was only 10% of my training total (incld. Misc O).
My other Orienteering goals were just as mixed. I ran fairly well at the team trials. Not so well in the US Middle, and Individual Championships. Very well at the US Night O Champs! Kept my accuracy at/over 90% which I'm quite proud of. Didn't add to my World Ranking Points, putting me at 1438 in the World and 33 in the US. I did have a lot of fun though...!
Goals for '08
Continue to build on my Trail Running but also bring my annual pace time to below 9:00/mile, 8:30/mile would be awesome. Also a bit more consistency in my running training from week to week and month to month. '07 was a bit all over the place.
In Orienteering, similar goals to last year. Race well at the Team Trials with the ultimate goal of being compeditive for a spot on the World Championship team. Race well at all the A and Championship meets I'm able to travel to. Increase my World and US ranking. Up my Orienteering training to at least 20% combined. Keep my accuracy at/above 90%. Above all have fun while taking this seriously.
I'm also participating in the US Teams' Coaching program and will do my best to keep up with the assignments and training schedules provided by the coach, Tom Hollowell. Thanks to him for taking on this position! As part of this my goal will be to do a full race analysis for all Orienteering races using the race analysis tool available here on Attackpoint (Thanks Ken!!!) I currently do a basic analysis on the map itself but to add this additional, separate analysis will reveal trends in my Orienteering and help me determine where in my technical and physical skills I need improvement. This will also enable me to do a big-race by race analysis at the end of '08.
Overall '07 was a bit of a rollercoaster so for '08 I'd like to be a bit more consistent and focused, and stay as injury free as possible. Secret goals to be revealed forthwith...
