Training Log Archive: Sanders

struggled round bilbys, head cold still dragging me down
devil was flying

sick, felt yuck

whistle set of 4 x 4mins (90sec) then 2 x 3mins (no idea). Still really sniffly with a cold, felt OK but not 100%. Good fun as always.

too much other fun stuff happening today. also feeling sick with a bit of a cold and freezing weather so glad to be doing other things.

Red 2 at Ratall Creek
Brrrrr, very chilly at the start and appreciated long warm up on the track while waiting for the organisers to put in the SI start unit :)
Had a good run to numbers 1 and 2, with careful nav and nice open terrain. Went into the wrong gully at no. 3 but had predicted I might, so quickly moved on to the correct one. Rest of the course was OK but a bit wobbly and slow in parts, especially going over fences. Annoyed with route choice on the long leg because I had to detour a long way to find a good fence crossing point, and then changed my route choice from there. But otherwise a good run in a fun area. Felt quite crook crossing the finish line though, seem to have caught the cold that everybody else has.

rest day, lots of other fun stuff happening

Ran round bits of black mountain at lunchtime - yucky weather - only thing that kept me going was that I plan a rest day tomorrow!
Have enjoyed all the running this week but legs getting a bit tired.

small group at the oval tonight which made it more fun, great weather for running, hardly a breeze for once. did med set of 6 x 800m with about 200m recovery. young jack thought I was vanessa haverd ha ha

lunchtime jog

medium set of 5 x 1km (200m easy) after an interesting set of active drills led by sarah

bludgy jog round the suburbs and beside the lake. VERY difficult to get out of bed this morning though. nice to start the day with a run, it always puts me in a good mood for the rest of the day.

Long run with Devil and GrantM round the flat track, up Ainslie through the heavy traffic (large number of dogwalkers this morning) then down the back and round campbell park and through the saddle. Great run, guys, thanks for that. Legs stiff and hardly moving though. Probably they are turning into flippers given the amount of yummy seafood I've eaten in the past 10 days.

saw a man limping round the sweets aisle in the supermarket looking like he'd run the mara today, I gave him a mental "thumbs-up"

It's like snowboarding but on sand. Time spent searching for sand dunes far exceeded actual boarding time but it was great fun once we got going. I could barely manage to stand up on the board and finished every run on my bottom. Devil was flying down the dunes, even the mega-dune which had a hefty bulldozer at the bottom.

Day 3 of Easter. Started out 2 mins behind the leader and couldn't catch her, even though I had a fairly good run, just slow and steady through some of them. Missed one right at the end but relocated very quickly, happy with the day and the whole event. Body felt a bit battered and bruised by the end, so glad to have some days off running now!

Day 2 of Easter. My best run of the carnival. Accidentally ran right past number 3 (an earth wall in a watercourse) so very disappointed seeing as I could have spiked it easily. (Overheard the next day that another girl did the same as me and reckoned the control was "hidden" behind a log). No problems with the rest, and am especially proud of my best leg where I dodged the big hill by running round it and had heaps of energy for the last few hilly controls. Ended up first on the day, woo hoo. But still behind Suzie Kluth (same course), I can't catch her at all.

Day 1 of Easter, W21A, a bit wobbly to most of the controls, especially the open area, but enjoyed running round the hillsides in the middle section. Big stuff up at number 4 where I exited the control in the wrong direction, and also a major blunder right at the end where I ended up in the wrong gully and it took me a while to figure out where I was. But still happy with successfully finishing day 1.

Prologue at Easter, heaps of fun, finished without any mispunches or major stuff-ups, very happy with it.

run on the mtn after work, took it pretty easy after a busy day, brain feels very full