Training Log Archive: robw

Finally did some training, flew to cairns in the morning another 3hrs on the plane... great. Anyway when Al went off to a conference dinner i went out for a run to check out the place. I only planned to run for 30min but after going along the waterfront it was so nice i just kept going. I ran up mt whitfield on a walking track and then back through the botanic gdns with croc warning signs everywhere. I was pretty on edge running along the thin tracks between the marshy pools esp since it was getting dark, even troyzee would have been amused at how jumpy i was at the slightest movement in the water.
Met up with troyzee after for some dinner and a beer... top day.

Had a breakfast croissant and coffee at KL airport starbucks, coffee was crap. Spent the rest of the day on the plane to sydney, i was a bit tired by this stage but it was great to meet grant and shannon at the airport and get some turkish pizza and a passiona in newtown.

Travelling the entire day nearly, could have gone for a run if i got up early but i couldnt be stuffed. Got 4 seats in a row from stockers to malaysia, what a dream.

Also i'd just like to say that the food was a credit to the airline.

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No training today, i wanted to go mtb'ing but it was pissing rain all day and i had a thousand things to do before going to australia tomorrow.

Long tempo orienteering Intervals. Approx 60min broken into 4 courses between 2 and 3km each. The forest was really rocky and tough to run through and i really struggled today. I was pretty rough technically today as well, back to the old problem of missing the control in the circle. After training so much continental orienteering through the summer it is easy to forget that you really need to slow down and have a plan coming into each control in this terrain. Got a bit of a fright when i heard gunshots about 100m away and thought the hunting season had started - i realised afterwards there was a firing range about 100m away just off the map, at least it got me moving on the next leg.

14.10, 2.00, 11.59, 2.00, 17.56, 2.00, 18.26

Sprint orienteering intervals with OK Linne. 6 approx 3min intervals that everyone ran in different orders with a 90sec recovery. Felt pretty heavy but was running ok, technically it was pretty easy.

3.26, 3.43, 3.22, 3.03, 3.39, 2.09 all with 90sec recovery.

I was a bit behind for most of the session but came through in the end with the shortest loop last.

Jogging to the clubhouse, to intervals, between the efforts and then home with Boris. It was starting to be dark already when we were coming home and i ran in tights and vest for the first time in ages... winter is coming, time to go to Australia!

Well i wasnt going to run today, instead just take it easy and watch the Vuelta but then i got home and realised it was a rest day - luckily Flying Doctors was on another channel, what a classic!
When i walked down to the shops to get some dinner i couldnt believe how good my legs felt, they were just tingling to go running so when i got back i decided to go for a jog after all. Well it wasnt long after i started running that my legs stopped tingling and started feeling more like lead so it was lucky i had spotted the football i won last week and decided to take that with me on the run. It was pretty fun for a change to run around after the ball and kick a few goals every time i came to a football field - pretty much everywhere round here.