Training Log Archive: MooseMorris

Pretty good run! I had two or three minor mistakes and one major mistake (which cost me 2 minutes). #1 got me as I saw a control which I knew wasn't mine, but I still checked it.

Then had a complete mental stuff-up on #8. Plan was to catch the track and follow it north. Follow it to the junction then continue north to minor track. For some reason, I just took off to the right and just kept going. When I found the minor track, I went right when I should have gone left (again I have no idea what I was thinking). Finally realized that I was running east and going downhill when I should be doing the opposite. Ended up costing me about 2 minutes.

Cleaned things up after that, but took a bit of a circuitous route to #13 trying to avoid the green. Then didn't read the embankment to the north of #15.

Other than that I did run just off my bearing to the water coures then follow it to the control, but this was intended (on a few I did end up much wider of the control than I intended). I think I'm starting to notice that Dennis loves putting controls on water features. This made bearing-off a good strategy.

Course Hard Long - Splits

1.7K Warm-up
2.6K 3xProgressive 800m
3K TT (11:10--Went out at about 3:40 per K pace hoping that I could increase my speed as I went and run sub 10:30, but just didn't have it. Maybe it was still having sore legs from Monday and also not eating before hand.)
800m Cool-down

Nice run even with the wind

C • But.. 2

200m Long run pace
400m Tempo pace
200m Target 3K pace
90 sec rest

Went a little easy today as I was going to do this again on Thursday. My watch always says that 7.5 laps on the blue track is 3.12-3.15 even though I run on the inside lane quite close to the line.