Training Log Archive: slow-twitch

Urban rogaine, Fitzroy. Again, knee caused no difficulty during the run, only sore before and after (so all I need to do is keep running?) Stuffed the plan up right from the start, going to a different first control than I'd intended, but the re-invented first loop went pretty well and I think if I had managed to stick to plan A it would have cut too much into my 2nd loop allowance and would have ended with a net loss of controls. As it was, finished only one point down on the night's top score, so happy with the optimisation. A few weeks ago I probably would have gone over time on the same route, so also good to know I can find enough kick in the last 5 minutes to even make small diversions for one more control...

C • route 2

Warm up, feeling a bit sore but not so sore to be sensible and not run; and warm down feeling very sore. Calf pain seems to have passed now but knee still troubling.

I knew it was coming, I didn't think it was going to be tonight though. Almost half a minute faster than last week, and -bam- 15 seconds faster than previous best set late November 2013. Went out way too fast but unlike other times managed to some extent to keep the pace up. And managed to still find an extra gear (a particularly noisy one - I felt the need to apologise to the last person I overtook) for the last hundred or so metres.... Maybe will pay for it though - see warm-up/down notes.

C • You are FAST!!! 2

Should not write log entries when I've been a bit low for a few days beforehand. I stand by opinions expressed here previously but on reflection not happy about how I expressed them. Really, it was a nice day and any other week I would have found the disappointments quite trivial I'm sure!

Meant to have a run as well - but somehow never happened

I figure I should follow up the regular Tues 5km/Weds orienteering double with a bit of a recovery run. So joining some of the girls from work who are building up for the 6km round the bridges for a gentle session on the riverbank seems a good way to go. By myself I'd struggle to keep the pace down...

Couldn't get in touch with my usual buddies (because they were busy elsewhere as it turns out) but went along anyway. Seems I'm now a familiar enough looking face that I can turn up looking slightly lost and some of the regulars will say hey come climb with us. So thanks to Bryan and Cam for enabling tonight's efforts. Which were a bit low key but resulted in all-but-success (one cheated foothold to make the final move) on another 15 that I think was a little more technical than the one I made last week, and a bit of a minor breakthrough on a 16 that I've been working on in the last couple of visits.

what a colourful graph this week!