Training Log Archive: acejase

Warm up. Really cold for late October and was reluctant to strip down to shorts and a tee.

Majura Vineyards Two peaks. Except Majura Pines was closed for logging so new route involved going over Mt Majura a 2nd time thus making it a 3 peaks run. Started north along the service road to the road up Majura. Didn't feel that great with legs just not right. Headed up Majura at a reasonable clip with a few guys around me. Got to the top ok and headed down the steep rocky firetrail. Didn't want to hammer too hard on this section as in the past have done that and hurt legs too much. Got caught up a little with a few guys but seemed like an ok pace. Got a cheer from NicPC and family at the saddle and tried to stick with blue t shirt in front of me - I had his measure along flat and uphill bits of this long powerlin section but he'd get away from me on downhill. Had a gel at Ainslie Rd crossing hoping that would help my general feeling of tired sore legs. It did maybe a little bit and I was pretty solid up Mt Ainslie having another gel at the top for good measure.
Lost a bit of rhythm off Ainslie and just felt like I couldn't generate any rhythm or speed along back of Ainslie-the-suburb. Up to saddle below Majura and glanced over my shoulder to see a guy coming (turned out to be two guys). Again was solid up the really steep horrible way up Majura passing lots of one peak runners although blue t-shirt was gone following my gel stop at top of Mt Ainslie.
Was looking forward to run back down road from Majura but the downhill just hurt. Had a 500m section where my R knee hurt a lot but it went away. Highlight was hearing a very big plane coming and then getting a birdseye view of the Singapore Airlines direct flight from Singapore coming in to land at Canberra airport. Big plane (Boeing 777) compared with usual Canberra Airport plane.
After a while heard footsteps and sure enough two guys coming behind me at a rapid rate. I lifted pace to try to hold them off and then go with them but didn't have any extra all day and certainly didn't at this stage of the race. Windy along flat road to the Vineyard Rd and glad to finish. Sore glutes, calves and glad to stop fighting - finished 7th. Bottle of wine handed to me as crossed line was good and plenty of muesli bars and drink. Chat to Gareth Prosser when he'd finished and we had coffee at Watson shops which was ok.
Not sure why I felt ordinary - best bet is not eating many carbs in lead up. Have learnt over past few years how helpful carb loading is for me and didn't do any (in fact didn't eat much yesterday at all). Other thing might be a few sore spots from Flex n Stretch which weren't up for hill running. Well organised race as always by John Harding.

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