Training Log Archive: Bomb

Qld champs day 2. Started the morning feeling a bit fragile but managed breakfast and decided my plan for the day was to take the running easy and focus on getting the nav as close to perfect as possible. worked well, and once I got going I felt much better than expected - even managed to take a gel part way round with out disastrous consequences. one mistake on 10 which cost me the race. oh well. really enjoyed the course and the area, but disappointed I couldn't race hard this weekend, and getting sick of all the creative ways my body has let me down recently.

run to start - different direction from the assembly area but same start. funny to listen to all the confused old people.

Qld champs day 1. this was a bad day out - guts started feeling a bit dodgy as I was getting ready and nearly missed my start as I had to take a few extra loo stops. things got unpleasant early on and I had to make an emergency stop. the rest of the way around was a battle to keep running. guts felt terrible and kept threatening to puke (never did - but may have helped) and was overheating.
all that pretty much took the fun out of the orienteering, which was a pity as it was a really nice area. managed to avoid too many big mistakes, but overshot quite a few controls which was a bit stupid. finished 5 mins behind krystal, which was a bit less than I'd expected.

warm up to the start.

felt pretty rotten all afternoon after the race and couldn't eat or drink enough so ended up with a cracker headache. managed dinner at the rsl though - roast of the day for the win.

bailed on training last night (which would have been a ploddy lap of anzac park). quite glad I did cos it turns out that a bit later on police were looking for some guy for a bunch of violent assaults. there were a couple of choppers buzzing around till about midnight and the police were camped out in our street for a while. Not sure whether they got him.

hot yoga. different instructor who was a bit annoying, but the class was good. the crowd tonight was entertainingly bad.

run in anzac park, the first 2/3 with James before he gave up waiting for me (or I went the other way - not sure). all a bit like hard work.