Training Log Archive: TheInvisibleLog

I have a vague memory of endorphin enhanced long runs. This was not one of them. I can't remember running this slow in a decade. Sore back, heavy legs. I was relieved when it finally dragged to a premature conclusion. The only interest in the run was a new set of Romanian tunes on the iPod and the smoking forest left from yesterdays controlled burn. It was quite eerie running through it, reminding me of my run the day after the Black Saturday fire. There were no felled powerlines or gutted houses this time. It is a timely reminder. Must get out now and mow down the grass and continue preparation for the fire season.

That weight was this morning. I took water on the run and regular cold ginger beer breaks during the mowing. Despite these precautions, my weight bottomed out at 77.2, a loss of just over 3 kg in 6 hours. I am trying to lose weight, but i think that is just a bit too much for one day.

Conjugal run. The Mt Buffalo symptoms persisted. I spent most of the run trying to catch spouse.

5.4k straight line. 7.25 min/k
The club 'relays' on Myers Creek took place in quite warm conditions. I'm not sure why we bother with calling this event a relay anymore. Its just a mass start with the teams drawn at random afterwards. We had less than 20 runners, and no-one is interested in hanging around for a full relay format.
I ran without a compass and made one error that cost 30 seconds. GI brought a water pack to the event but forgot to take it. There was no water on the (shortened) course so in the last third I fell away rapidly. Strangely, I actually made up ground on everyone else at that stage because they fell away even more severely! A speed of 7.25 was surprisingly fast given the temperature. Thankfully the remaining events on the calendar are twilight ones.

Still smarting.

After success on Bon Accord I aimed to shave a couple of minutes of my last Buffalo ascent. That was a little optimistic. My legs were never in it, and I ended up adding ten minutes to the previous time. My brain was out as well, as I headed the wrong way when faced with one of the few navigation decisions on the course. Jools beat me by two minutes! I haven't felt this bad on a run in quite a while. At least I accepted the risk of being beaten by a woman, unlike some others I am not allowed to name until Big Ev shovels some dirt.

C • almost 3 minutes 6

Joined the 4 Peaks extravaganza on day 3. This was my secret weapon.... fresh legs for the tough ascent of Bon Accord spur. I was aiming to match my time in 2006. I expected this would be tough, so pushed myself, and was surprised to cut 4 minutes from the previous time. I think I took it too hard though....