Training Log Archive: AdventureGirl!

Was going to run one of the public sprint races today but I had an awful sleep last night and my lower leg is bugging me just a bit so I decided to take it easy. May jog a little bit later on.

Happy Canada day!

C • Happy 1

Event: WOC 2017
 

+ dynamics and drills

WOC Sprint Q
Going into this race I was surprisingly really calm. I didn't feel nervous, just excited.

Start to 1- went really well, immediately in the zone.
1-2 - what should have been a mainly flat leg turned into one with a really steep climb because I missed a small trail and dropped too low into the large depression. Tried to really hammer up the hill to make up time. 2-3 I had the CP on the hill top and could basically see it from 2
3-4 zigzag-y running because there were really steep banks around the road that looked awful to run up, but attacked the control well.
4-5 didn't really read my control description and lost time going to the wrong bush on this one. Totally overshot.
5-6 nailed it
6-7 was so focused on reading the last 2/3 of the leg that I didn't get the exit quite right. I added distance but heading immediately to the road where it would have been better to cut through the parking lot. Even though I was running quite hard down the road, it was still probably not the best route. The ending of this leg was fine, but just slow up the hill. This is where Julia Gross caught up to me. I tried to use her to push me but that girl's got wheels.
7-8 great attack
8-9 debatable routechoice. Went left and low adding more climb than if I had gone right. Hesitated a little attacking the control because there was some weird woodsy stuff.
9-10 easy peasy
10-11 probably took the long way around the building, Julia some time on me here
11-12 another bad route, should have gone right, but I zigzagged on the left route. The entrance to this wasn't as good as taking the other route. I tried to push hard here.
The rest was clean!

So, overall I lost time to routechoice, and to not reading the whole leg. I focus to much on reading the exit, and then the ending of the leg, when I should be looking at the entire leg as a whole. Lesson learned!

Definitely still not at my best physical shape, but that's acceptable.

Sprint model

Walked around Tartu where we could to scope out the sprint

Sprint training in Tartu with Damian and Raphael. Focus was to apply all the rules of sprint - like planning ahead and reading the whole leg. I had no issues besides being tricked by my control description (gotta practice, I'm getting lazy). Amafter analyzing the routes I think I picked pretty solid ones apart from one or two that were longer.
Legs felt tired.

Run with some dynamics

Relay stimulation craziness!
Mass start with forking. Nailed 1 and probably didn't have a solid enough plan to 2. I was with Tyra and we went too far left. Eventually realized and got to 2 just behind Julia and Izzy. Was with them from 2-6 but then I made a mega mistake on 7 and 8. Was pretty tired by then so I slowly made it back to the end.

Fun end to the training week! Lots learned and tons of fun! Now onto WOC!

C • rest day 5