Training Log Archive: robw

Plod around aranda hill. Havent felt much worse than this running and was barely above walking pace at stages - prob would have been better not to have bothered.

Mt Tennant 25k mtn race, 1.53.08
This race was a bit of a form tester between bogong and 6ft. Hoping to find out recovery was on track and form ok.
Started solidly on the first 2k uphill then we headed out for 6k undulating along bushfolds flat, davo, Martin fryer and Dave hosking were right on my tail through this section and I knew I was in for a real race and a tough day.
Once we started the climb Dave h took the lead and my aim was to hang as close as possible for as long as possible and make up any loss in the downhill.
At the top I was 20 sec behind with Martin about the same after me and davo had dropped off by min or two.
I pushed pretty hard on the down and gradually caught dave by the turn back out to bushfold. It was a real shock to have to run uphill again but I got into a good rythm here and at the turnaround saw I had a bit of a gap.
From here to the finish was just a matter of keeping pushing, I felt like I was struggling here but my time for this section was the same (roughly) as on the way out which was good.
The last 2k drop to the finish didn't feel too bad knowing I finally had a bit of a buffer. Very happy with the run esp how I handled the downhill.
Coffee after at a bite to eat which amazingly wasn't even too crowded.

C • top notch 1

morning cook run

Pushed max and Mira into childcare in the teeming rain, the bike path was massively flooded in lots of places. Once I had dropped them off and dripped a few liters of water through childcare I ran back home through black mtn and aranda hill.

Entered the bushfolds 25k today.

Lunchtime gossan hill intervals. Thought it would be cooler at lunch than after work but it turned out to be the hottest part of the day, 34deg. Was hoping to be a bit quicker than sat despite the extra heat. First two felt good and were 8 and 7 secs faster than the first two on sat but started to really feel the heat on the 3rd and was really cooked on the last esp on the hill. 3.30, 3.30, 3.28, 3.33 all on 5 min.

Last night i had ambitions to do some sort of harder session but this morning it was all i could do to get out for a plod round and up mt painter. Spent a lot of the rest of the day at dickson pool.

Lunchtime run round the lake with eric, we thought the lake might have been a bit shaded and cooler with a breeze off the water but there was no breeze to speak of and not much shade over the bike path either.