Sunday May 4 |
 | Orienteering race (Umuna Badge) 2:10:00 [3]*** 14.5 km (8:58 / km) | |
| max:164 spiked:19/21c (injured) shoes: Asics Trabuco |
| Beautiful evening camping out and a nice relaxed morning but nonetheless didn't get off to a positive start and then on the way to 1 I blocked my forefoot up on a rock and my shin still tried to keep going forward. Ouch, something funny about the front of my ankle after that. Fortunately (!) I rolled my ankle 12 controls later and surprisingly once the intial discomfort wore off I realised I had full function back and I was able to push the last 5 or 6 kilometres a bit more strongly. Phil Dufty, who had probably repassed me while I was lying on the grass stretching on leg 7, managed to be slower than my by less than a minute so I was happy to have a fellow value-for-money entrant on the course. While I was lying stretching further on in leg 7 poor Lois West got all a-fluster as she thought I was Rachel giving birth. Admittedly I've got a similar physique to pregnant Rachel, so maybe she wasn't just totally worried about Rachel out there in the forest a week before due date!
Being a farmland/granite map the poor kangaroos were all over the place today, 100s of them going in all directions. Just before the map change one came bounding down the hill towards me. I was standing dead still looking at the map and it kept coming straight at me. I decided not to move in case it freaked and it bounded by close enough that I could have stuck a foot out and tripped it over! Scary-fun. |
Saturday May 3 |
| Road Bike (Commute) 1:16:00 [2] 28 km (2:43 / km) | |
| shoes: Bike, Kestrel |
| Felt awful. And sluggish. Magic weather though. |
| Road Bike (Commute) 24:06 [3] 11 km (2:11 / km) | |
| shoes: Bike, Kestrel |
| Had a mocha chill about 130, then 2 toasted cheese sandwiches at 2pm, then got on the bike to come home as I was swallowing the last bit. Rode much better than this morning, even with the light headwind. Probably as I was going From work! Somewhat saddle sore but it seem to go. I'm beginning to side with Craig. |
Friday May 2 |
| Core Stability/Stretching (Beach session) 40:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Barefoot |
| Nice night, deserted beach, floodlights on. Half-arsed effort from me. Got there late as course I was attending during day ran late. |
Wednesday Apr 30 |
| Running long 1:06:21 [3] 11.76 km (5:39 / km) +442m 4:45 / km | |
| ahr:132 max:156 shoes: Brooks Beast |
| Got to the car park 5mins early, waited till 3mins late and me on me lonesome headed off for me run. First 15mins was awful as I fought to warm-up and get far enough away to stop the thoughts of bailing winning out. Amphitheatre, Zamia to grass farm, Cott Golf course northern boundary to WC Hwy, then home along Challenger and up Oceanic. Finally began to feel better along Challenger and was running under 5min ks for about 3km before hitting a small contour and slowing again. |
Tuesday Apr 29 |
| Running warm up/down 20:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Asics Orient |
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| Running race (Golf Course Hcp) 19:53 [5] 5 km (3:59 / km) vdot: 50.1 | |
| shoes: Asics Orient |
| A personal Worst! 5s slower than a time in winter 2006. Still breathed hard and had a bit of lactic acid but I think a bit tender from the weekend still and I subconsciously backed off to protect stiffness. Was fantastic to have Ian Dorant in sight all the way to Durston where I caught him 60s. He lifted and stayed with me up the long sandhill but then lost 80s in the last km! Pop. MTBjen still showing me up badly by training as if she hasn't been doing even more racing than I have. Sigh. |