Training Log Archive: devil

Slow run on BR after work. Legs were not really co-operating so will keep on having an easy week

Last bilbys for the year - finally a sunny evening and lots of people there. My legs were stuffed from trying to keep up with miss jones in the TdM so just did 7 of the VW reps (650m) at an easy pace, 2.30 each one.

Usual stuff warm up, stretches, run throughs, betweens, warm down

Event: Tour De Mountain
 

You know it's the end of the year when you get up at 5am for the Tour de Mountain. After the big talking up of this race by acejase last weekend, there was perhaps the biggest ever cockies turnout for this event, grant, miss jones, robw, sanders, grantm, acejase, hoggster, jla, patrick, BigD plus blair from out of town. I'd optimistically put on racing flats, in part because I thought the ground might be soft so it wouldn't be too bad having less cushioning. Started off running behind robw up mt taylor, didn't think I was going that fast on the flat bits, but was climbing quite well, rob got away on the taylor descent and I didn't see him again after that. I could hear someone behind heading back to Athlon drive, turned out to be miss jones who ran behind me for a while then overtook just before farrer hill. I kept with her on the hill, but was getting dropped a bit as we went down to the underpass. Crossed a stile just after jla who said the miss jones was still in catching distance. The next 3 hills followed the same pattern I'd get in front on the climb then miss jones would fly past on the downhill. As we went past vanessa's drinks station for the last time I was about 50m back but was gradually closing the gap on the flat. As we climbed to the underpass under erindale drive I got in front again, then kept pushing as hard as I could from there and managed to hold the lead into the finish.
4 minutes slower than last year, which is perhaps not too surprising given that it's only 2 weeks after kepler. Breakfast with grantm and sanders at a bite to eat afterwards.

Warmup jog beforehand, we were sledged by grant for being a bunch of has-beens