Training Log: BorisGr

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Limping around today. Will take the day off and hope to be able to jog around the Summer Series event tomorrow.

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Running 30:00 [2] 5 km (6:00 / km)
shoes: Fall 2009 VJ Falcons

Warm-up and cool-down with Andy and Peter.

Orienteering race 17:15 [5] *** 3.2 km (5:23 / km)
spiked:12/17c shoes: Fall 2009 VJ Falcons

Sydney Sprint Series #6
Gladesville Hospital - a nice area with a lot of tricky places and uncrossable walls, but a less-than-perfect map not to sprint standards. I started this race very badly, making poor choices to 1 and 2 and then a horrible choice to 3, getting stuck and having to run around a long stretch of green and a cliff. This cost me 1:30! Gradually got better after that, and the end of the race was pretty good technically, but the hamstring that I pulled last Wednesday was clearly re-injured by running hard and caused me lots of pain the whole way. It is really frustrating to keep getting injured like this on top of my existing and never-going-away injury. Ugh.
Even a perfect run wouldn't have put me close to Andy's awesome 14:33.
Map: http://www.dxdeluxe.se/linnekartparmen/show_map.ph...
Results: http://www.nsw.orienteering.asn.au/sprintseries/sp...

Running 1:45:14 [2] 10.36 mi (10:09 / mi)
shoes: Blue Asics 2009

A run on parts of the Great North Walk starting from Pymble with Andy, Ezy, and Glenn. A great run on nice forest trails, with a few exciting river crossings thrown in. The water level was extremely high because of the heavy rains, and we were up to nearly waist-deep a couple of times. Another highlight was a water dragon that was sitting on top of a pipe that was shooting out a tremendous amount of water into the river. Ezy spooked the beast, making it dive head-first down the resulting waterfall.
Very cool run with good company, and a great way to see more of Sydney!

Running 42:57 [2] 7.81 km (5:30 / km)
shoes: Blue Asics 2009

An awesome run with robw along the coast from Bronte beach down to Coogee and back in a total downpour. Parts of the way we were running in ankle-deep water, and the waves crashing against the cliffs below us were spectacular. Just incredible that this amazing scenery is so close to the center of a huge city!
Nice dinner with Rob, Allison, Max, and Mira afterwards, great to catch up.

Running 35:50 [2] 6.51 km (5:30 / km)
shoes: Blue Asics 2009

Morning jog around Blackwattle Bay, past the fish market and over the bridge. Lots more cockatoos, this time I had a camera so got some pictures. They are really cute.

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