Sunday May 20 |
 | Running 56:30 [3] 9.5 km (5:57 / km) | |
| slept:8.5 shoes: Asics Trabuco |
| Very slow early morning run along the bibbulmun towards Northcliffe. Legs very stiff from yesterday's effort. Was going to be 30mins easy but I only really started "running" at about 20mins so kept heading outbound, stopped and stretched and then blobbed back - and was quicker on the way back. |
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| C • down south 3 |
| MTB race (Boorara Circuit) 2:15:00 [5] | |
| shoes: Bike, Merida |
| Entered my first MTB XC race. Entered "Expert" as I figured Elite would be too long and fast for me and Sport was too short for the length of the drive. It was 4.5laps and after the 1/2 a lap to start with I began to worry about making the distance as it was slow and very physical. I got better technically over laps 1-2.5 but then blew-up in a big way with just over a lap to go (6km per lap). Last lap was small ring the whole way and with wobbley legs, couldn't stand up on the pedals at all as the legs buckled. Glad I did it, body needs to be smashed to bits like that every now and then. I was 2nd last, just holding out Boltboi by 1/2 a lap. |
Saturday May 19 |
| Running 2:00:34 [2] 17.8 km (6:46 / km) | |
| slept:9.0 shoes: Asics Trabuco |
| Long morning run with Boltboi and Jen north along the Bibbulmun from the Watermark Kilns. Boltboi turned around after 30mins and we carried on for another 30mins. Beautiful conditions for running - wet forest, fungi everywhere but no rain. Several big hills. Legs and feet got pretty sore by the end and my ankle I rolled just before the Busso Tri still aches every step. First long training run for several months. |
| MTB 1:05:00 [2] | |
| slept:2.0 shoes: Bike, Merida |
| After a 2hr nap I was carefully woken for a practice ride over the course for Sunday. And promptly petrified. It was muddy, slippery, hilly and way beyond my ability to ride confidently. Boltboi and Jen lapped about 30mins a lap and I was about 32mins (of riding time...). Only fell off once, but landed on a branch in the undergrowth instead of on soft mud. Not much fun. I hate being imcommpettint. And it rained. |
Friday May 18 |
| Note | |
| slept:8.5 (rest day) |
| Early meeting at work, then driving down south this afternoon. |
Thursday May 17 |
| Core Stability/Stretching 15:00 [0] | |
| shoes: Barefoot |
| To borrow Acejase's phrasology, "life got in the way of training today". Over my cold, chose to have the morning off, and now resolve to do some exercise this weekend since Friday is going to be a write-off too. |
Wednesday May 16 |
| Note | |
| slept:9.0 (sick) |
| Just a blocked nose and headspins now, should be okay by tomorrow afternoon. |
| Running 30:00 [1] 4 km (7:30 / km) | |
| shoes: Barefoot |
| Very easy jog on the dog beach. Calves felt fine! I know, *next* week I'll start training properly again. |
Tuesday May 15 |
| Note | |
| slept:9.5 (sick) |
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| Running warm up/down (beach) 16:00 [1] | |
| shoes: Barefoot |
| Saz's last training session before JWOC selection trials. I still felt sick but it was too cold to stand around on the beach so I ran with her. |
| Running (beach) 7:00 [5] 3.8 km (1:51 / km) | |
| shoes: Barefoot |
| 2x400
4x200
2x100
Full recovery.
And some drills and run-thrus.
Legs felt fine, nose blocked and runny and pretty head spinny after each rep, but, better than standing around feeling sorry for myself. Lovely crisp chilly still evening. |
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| C • head felt spinny 3 |
Monday May 14 |
| Paddling 46:51 [1] | |
| shoes: Ski, Mako 6 |
| Warm-up, recoveries, back to beach. |
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| C • mako6 4 |
| Paddling 20:00 [4] | |
| shoes: Ski, Mako 6 |
| 5 x 2min efforts, 10 x 1min efforts. On the ocean from Port Beach up to Cott and back. Was chilly to start with and got colder when I fell in when Jen rammed me at the Cott turn-around. What a team-mate. Then instead of helping me back in she sat back and giggled while I clambered on, tried to sit, thenn fell off the other side. Several times. But I did it. Great for the shin I peeled on a rock-surface yesterday. C-c-c-cold for the second set. |