Training Log Archive: TheInvisibleLog

Slackness decreed. Gotta taper a la PeelFront.

Can I log all the time spent on start draws as training time?
It would make my total time more than respectable.

C • Log 6

Ran Jools course on Mt Alexander. Son 'Big Ev' described part of the course as 'sorting out the men from the rice puddings'. On leg 7 I confirmed my status as 'rice pudding'. After a clean and strong run through to 6, when I caught a confused pack and led them into the control, I then sped up to get away. That rarely pays a reward and this time was no exception. I blew 6 minutes and then spent the rest of the course trying to catch the pack. Pulled them all in except Obewan. Saw him occasionally in the distance.
Great day and we had 70 people running on the courses (including pairs). There was a strong Melbourne turnout. Something good is happening in the Bendigo orienteering scene this year.
Full evidence of my rice-pudding status can be found here under the Bendigo Rocks 2 event.
http://www.bendigo-orienteers.com.au/gadget/cgi-bi...
Mind you, if you check the event I set last week (Rocks 1) you can see i have heaps of company! You might also perceive how lucky we are in Bendigo to have local events on terrain like this.

C • map/course copies? 11

Got the timing of todays cool change just wrong. I was targeting sub 19 minutes for this run, and was 3 seconds over target. This can be attributed to the change arriving in the last 400 metre so fthe run, thus meaning I faced a strong headwind. Should have left the desk 5 minutes earlier. I'm sure I can blame that on whever sent an email just ebfore that.

I have to talk about the weather. I think Blair would have loved this run. Drove a few k out to the bush. It was blue skies and sunny when I started off with a warm gusty north wind. Half way through the run an ominous dark black mass was approaching from the west. As I finished the run, the cloud bank passed across and the sun disappeared. It was like someone threw a switch on the lighting. The sudden cool breeze was just at the right time. Drove back via the supermarket (Tamar Valley Yoghurt for lunch) and the rain started. Looking back to the east there was a clear divide in the sky between dark cloud and blue sky still visible. The straight line stretched from horizon to horizon. Five minuites later I was back at work and I was in blue skies again. Looking east I could see the blue skies before the front.
Slow run because of a sore achilles. My physio says running won't worsen the condition, just stop when it hurts too much. It didn't reach that threshold so I kept going.

Could do with some sleep. Up late last night doing the start draw for the Oz Long Champs. As we were setting up the start slot structure, the emails for late entries were arriving. At one stage I was googling to work out what class a few people would probably run in as THEY HADN'T TOLD US. Finishing the seeding and split starts tomorrow. Won't be interested in many changes after that.

A very pleasant day for a run. Blue skies and light winds. Maybe thats why I enjoyed raunning 15 seconds per k faster than usual.

Lovely running conditions, with a light breeze and intermittent sunshine and misty rain. Too cool to stop running, but not wet enough to penetrate the outer shell. The Whirakee are now past the peak and it was the poorest peak I have seen in my time in Bendigo. Maybe the dry has finally caught up.