Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Event: Victorian State Series #10
 

Kept expecting to warm up but never really did - lacked energy and zip for most of the course, and concentration also not quite what it could have been. Only one significant error (1.5 mins at 4). A bit of lower back tightness at times. Probably at my best on the tough climbs in the last couple of legs.

Bruce wasn't in yet when I left, but Toph did 71 and Jim 81. If I was going to have an ordinary run in September this was the place to have it, but still a bit disappointing.

C • Results 4

A very unusual event in recent months - a Saturday morning training run from home (albeit a bit earlier than usual because I was heading off to check sites for an event I'm controlling in a couple of weeks at Tarrengower). Flowed nicely once I warmed up, and hip best it's been for a while.

Unusual for me to do a long run in the afternoon, but with a conference finishing at lunchtime (to say nothing of a conference dinner the previous night, although I didn't manage to live up to the efforts of some of my colleagues), I thought I'd give the 5.15 alarm a miss for a week and take advantage of an unusual free (late) Thursday afternoon for a jaunt through the Canberra suburbs.

I think I over-indulged a bit on the offer of someone else's excess potato wedges at lunch because my inside didn't feel comfortable for most of the first half, but a decent run on a nice night, often threatening to turn into something special but never quite did. Had an intimate encounter with some asphalt at halfway after failing to notice a sprinkler head whilst in daydream mode, but didn't take much skin off and felt a bit better after that for no obvious reason.

Tightened up a bit in the legs afterwards - maybe my usual walk to the station after a Thursday morning run (usually quite a fast walk because I'm normally leaving it to the last minute) has more warm-down benefits than I realised?

C • Changing greenhouse policy settings? 1

Taking advantage of being in Canberra to spend some time in the terrain (apart from the bits on tracks necessary to get around the Caswell Drive roadworks). Not a bad run, handling the hills reasonably strongly and flowing OK through the forest.

C • weather balloons 10

Started out as a pretty nondescript effort after a long day, and the hills around the back of the Botanic Gardens were a bit of a grind, but started to flow pretty well in the last 10 minutes. Steady rain throughout.

Joined the DS hills session, and got a bit of a shock - my usual fartlek session has a couple of short sharp hills in it but nothing of this level of intensity. Travelling OK (80 seconds each time) for the first 3 reps, but went badly lactic on the 4th and was running on empty for the last 4. Shows this sort of workout requires some practice.

An unsurprisingly lacklustre effort after a hard weekend. Didn't have a lot of energy, especially for the hils later on.