Training Log Archive: david

Very sluggish this evening. Cut it short for two reasons. One, my legs were stuffed, and two, it was getting dark.

Nice run after a busy day preventing medication misadventure. Drug company sponserd breakfast tomorrow, so hopefully they will put on a good spread (or at least some reasonable coffee).

Up around Nerrina and White Swan. Thankfully the wind had died down in the evening, so it wasn't too bad.

Spent most of the time trying to avoid the headwind. Did better than I thought I would, given the lack of shelter along most of the roads around here.

Vic Classic Dist Champs. Probably one of the most enjoyable races of the year. Fantastic course-setting, and an area I haven't run on before. Stuffed up the first control, but calmed down a bit after that. Really struggled up the hills to 3, and went a long way round to 5. Started running much more freely after that, and caught Matt at 8, but couldn't drop him. He got in front again after a very poor route choice to 13. Had to work hard again to catch up.

Got caught by Jim and Bryan at 19, but started to struggle around 24. Stayed in contact through to 27, but then they started working hard to grind me into the ground, and the succeeded. Just wasn't able to run fast enough on the tracks, and they slowly slipped away. Was pretty wrecked by then, and slowed down a lot in the last 2km, but was pretty happy with the day. Probably the best I have run for quite a while.

Event: Victorian Championships
 

Vic middle distance champs. Wasn't too enthused at the course for the first 3 controls. Made a few mistakes in the middle, and got caught by Blair. Must have been feeling very flat, as I wasn't able to keep up with him.

Not a great race, but probably better than most of the ones I ran in QLD.

Bit of a tough day today. Had a massive amount of discharges today (11 from one of my wards, and 6 from my surgical ward), which kept me out of trouble up until a clinical pharmacists meeting at 2pm, which of course was a whole lot of arguing over things that don't really matter or affect patient care in any way. When I finally did escape up to the ward in the afternoon, I spent most of the time eating chips with the interns, so a run probably would not have gone without some serious stomach issues. Went for a ride instead, which was quite refreshing after a very busy day.

Hopefully I will be able to remember how to run for the weekend/

Starting to get pretty tired after working the last 9 days. Thankfully only 2 more to go. Just went up around some of the single track behind Little Bendigo school.

C • SMS 2

Amother nice ride.

Very nice ride after the day at work. Didn't have to do too much dispensing, but there were a couple of absolutely shite discharges to do, and a couple of patients being written up for exotic drugs that we don't stock and cost thousands of dollars, or have a limited supply of, but not enough to get through the weekend. Hopefully I wont get a call asking for them again at 2am in the morning.

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Pretty short run after work. Got home pretty late, but it was nice to get out after a pretty average start to the week. Only 6 more days of work to go before I get 3 days off.

Short run around Black Hill, with the on-call phone bouncing around in my back pocket. Didn't get called during the run, but got a call about 30 minutes later. Hope this is not a sign of things to come, as the start of the week was nice and quiet.

Deceided to mix it up a bit and take the mountain bike out for a spin. Managed not to stack it, and only came close once. It was making a few funny sounds that need to be fixed.

Dusted off the roadie for an early afternoon ride in the sun. Went up past White Swan, and out to Mt Rowan. Lovely and green out, which made a nice change from the tinderbox of Maryborough.