Training Log Archive: rachael

sitting in the sun and jumping in the lake :)

no relay for me :(

ran around all morning helping the girls team out then cheering for the boys. exciting at the top.

short along the lake and back

warm up before and warm down after along the shady road with alex again.

World Champs middle distance final. 19th
Another "if only" race :( Binned two minutes at number 1 where I stopped short. Slightly high and the first reentrant split in two so I thought I was already in the second one. After that I ran a really good middle section but lost 30s on the last control in the woods. Pleased to have run a good race in the middle but so annoyed about the mistake at no1. It showed that a top 10 is possible and I should be pleased with my first woc top 20, but it's hard to be happy when I've thrown away such a good chance.

flat along the lake the other way and back as far as the beach to go swimming.

yup, along the lake + strides.
there with adam and lee and back on my own

felt rubbish all day. insides gone a bit mad after yesterday. did a lot of sleeping...

morning run by the lake including a few strides. hungry by the time I got back!

World champs long final. 29th
Beast.
Started off ok but then made a big mistake on 4 (much higher than I thought I was) and another mistake on 5 (flustered after 4 and didn't concentrate enough). Got the right route on the long leg but really felt the heat (and altitude?). In the middle I wasn't sure if I would make it round the course. It's hard to tell in retrospect if this was partly mental from making the mistakes or just that it was a tough course. Definitely something to learn about drinking lots of water earlyThe middle section was all pretty easy technically and I executed it fine apart from feeling like I was crawling. Then we had two difficult controls near the end which went fine. It was a shame that we had less technical stuff than the boys course.
Overall I wasn't satisfied with the race at all. I am annoyed at not keeping my discipline in the first loop and also annoyed that I didn't cope well with the tough conditions. A good race to complete but far from what I wanted to achieve.

warm up +drills & strides around the field and warm down with alex (very very slowly) on the shady road after

nobody to take me up the hill so along the lake again with 6 strides in the park

along the lake and strides in the park. such a beautiful run :)