Training Log Archive: heyU

am: Run for Gold fun run @ Burswood. Fairly ordinary effort today. Just didn't really feel like I was able to race properly. Faded badly in the second half.
Started conservatively because I wanted to run an even-paced race if I could (hah!). There were no km markers until 4k so I had no idea how fast I was going at first. I was in a group of five, taking turns in the lead, and I thought the pace isn't that fast - I should be able to stay with them. Managed to keep up until just after 6k when master's athletics man and a big guy with long white socks got a break going over the causeway. By this stage my legs had gone to jelly and I was struggling to stay in touch. The other two in the group went past me as well and the last 3km was starting to look like a damn long way.
With about 1km to go I heard footsteps and really heavy breathing coming up fast behind me. I thought maybe it's someone like Jim Langford, so I turned to see who it was as they came up to my shoulder and got a nasty surprise to see it was woman. Right. That's it. No matter how crap I felt I wasn't going to let a woman get past me, so I surged despite the fact that my legs were shot. She replied with a counter surge after about 200m and came up to my shoulder again. I was forced to go almost all out in the final 250m. I knew that if I could be just 1 step in front of her at the final turn, which is almost a hairpin, she would have to run wide and would be at a big disavantage in a final sprint. I hammered it as hard as I could and got to the turn first. Didn't have much of sprint left and I thought it would be close. It wasn't. She was nearly 5 secs behind. Phew! Now why couldn't I run a bit more like that for all of the last 4k?
Finished well ahead of Jim Langford

C • 30.21 2

am: About 2k before the race and a couple of run throughs. About 2k afterwards, running the course (sort of) in reverse and then back back to the car.

am: Recovery run in Kings Pk. Both ankles were a little sore before I started and then the right ankle started to hurt at about the 2k mark. It settled down after a few hundred metres, but it's not a good sign. Both ankles are pretty fragile at the moment.

md: At SportsMed Subi

am: Easy loop through Shenton and around Kings Pk along with what was supposed to be 1k at race pace one Hale oval. I was thinking low 3:40s. Ran 3:50 and felt like a slug. Left ankle was worringly sore.

am: THrough Shenton and around Kings Pk. Was supposed to be the standard 10k loop, but I had to make a few detours. Felt slightly ordinary and the left ankle started to hurt in the last km.

pm: At SportsMed Subi

am: Supposed easy run. In the rain in Kings Pk.

pm: Core and postural stuff

Massage in morning. No real problems despite not having a massage for months. Must be doing something right.

pm: All the usual shit. At SportsMed Subi.

am: Recovery run in Kings Pk. Managed to dodge most of the rain.

pm: Turning the pedals