Training Log Archive: Brooner

Easy round Sydney park and surrounds.

Event: Sydney Summer Series #16 - Leichhardt
 

Leaving it late to run over to the event, mainly due to the heat. Was going to turn back at any hints of calf pain, but thankfully none.

Not a great route, didn't have much time to plan, so was running out of time and had to skip a couple. Good to get out though and run pain free until slight tightening on the hills towards the end, so I backed off a little in the last ten minutes.

Pretty weary jog home via Broadway.

Splits - Splits

Event: Sprint Series #2 - UWS Parrramatta
 

Over to Rydalmere, epping road, lane cove road then Victoria. Hot.

Always struggle to get legs moving after a longish cycle and this was no different, jogging and strides but calf a bit twingy and generally feeling sluggish.

Wasn't particularly happy with many aspects of this race, both personally and with the map, course setting, control descriptions & control hanging. But alas.



1,2,3,4 fine but struggling to get up to speed and a bit hesitant in in figuring out what was going on with the map and whether the green was crossable (a flower bed is not, typically, impassable vegetation, and has a different meaning to forbidden to cross), particularly an issue through carparks on the way to 4 where I also wasted some time wondering why the control on the bridge end wasn't actually on the bridge.

Then as others did before me, and I was warned about, did 5-9 rather than 6, yes looks stupid when the map is correctly orientated, but running to 5 and planning ahead you have your map the other way up, and 9 looks like the classic dog leg out of control sprint route. A bent rather than cut line 9-10 would easily have avoided this. Gave up after that and a few more occasions of either hunt the control (both on feature and in relation to descriptions) or why is there a lock in the way of the SI unit led to frustration, compounded by #14 being in the wrong place (c'mon, urban controls are typically TD1!) - I actually thought it had been taken in early as I'd started last. To really show how crap I was I then punched 19 instead of 16 and spent a while hunting for 20 too for good measure.

So, not a great evening out. Which is a shame, as there is the possibility of a good map and a decent course in there somewhere.

Weary legs and poor cycle route signposting meant this was rather slow going home.

Fast over to Strathfield park then a more leisurely bike hash.

Cycle home

Event: SLWC V
 

Hornsby to Gordon, great to get out on the Sydney trails again after a few weeks off. Felt it too, last few km were a bit of a struggle although there were a few spells where the pace was being pushed along nicely. Calf was fine until about 6km then niggly until towards the end where it was getting more painful so I bailed on the climb to Gordon. Was carrying a pretty heavy bag too, which probably didn't help matters.

Another new pair of shoes being tested, they feel less clunky than the Salomons and comfortable enough to do some high millage in if needs be.