Training Log Archive: david

Left work a bit early after almost working through my entire lunch. Thought it might have been nice for a run, but left work to find it was blowing a gale and raining. A bit of a token effort really.

Bit of a mixed bag today. Got held up by a massive pack of horseriders comming out of the first control, lost a few seconds on the 3rd, the settled down for the long, boring legs. Lost intrest on the way to number 7, and was a little wayward, and lost more time on the way to 9 trying to follow the track through the green. Lost at least a minute on 14. Been a while since I stuffed up the last control on a course.

Nice easy day at work today for once. As a result, got to run when it was about 10 degrees for a change.

Cold, wet weather and being on call has given me a good excuse not to do much so far this week.

Sun was out today, which made for a lovely run. Wasn't feeling too springy early on, but raced some mountain bikers up Alkera Rd and managed to beat them (but suffered a little bit on the way home after the effort).

Very nice finish along the creek, with the sun shining and the water gurgling away in the creek.

Ballarat local event at Nerina. Good course set by Roch, and good to have a bit of competition today. So much better than last Sunday, but still a few wobbles that need ironing out. Lost at least 2 minutes at the last control, even though I was in the circle for more than 1 minute.

Absolutely hatefull weather today. Chanced a 40 minute window where the rain stopped, and it just drizzled. Headed down along the creek to check out all of the fallen trees, and the large hole that has appeared in the creek flats for no apparent reason. Was a bit tight after 2 days of manual labour laying pavers. Felt colder than Monday, but at least there were no snowflakes.

The less said the better

C • Your right 1

Bendigo local at Ironstone hill. Not thinking today, and as a result I didn't realise there were no tracks on the map until I ran across a large dirt road and wondered why it wasnt on the map. Started to feel a bit crook in the last 2.5km, and the last 900m was a real challenge. Struggled to run in the direction I wanted to go. If only I knew what was awaiting me tomorrow...

Had to head out after no training last night due to adverse weather conditions. Still pretty miserable out, but much less chance of a tree falling on me.

Very cold out, and the track along the creek looks a bit like the Overland Track, but at least I didn't get wet.

One of the nicest runs I have done for a while. Drove down to the lake at Creswick, checked out all of the water going over the spillway and down the creek. Ran into Creswick, then up to the station and through the scary part of town, out to the forests to the west of Creswick and up to the cutting, around the back of the golf course and up to Slatey Creek to look at more running water. Then headed back to the lake.

Felt bitterly cold out tonight, probably because it was.

Quite wet out. Rained/drizzled the whole time. Was getting pretty cold by the end

What an utterly crap day. A little bit of sun when I set out, but then got rained on, got cold, got miserable, and then deceided it wasn't worth the inevitable hypothermia, so came home.