Training Log Archive: kazza

'NSW Junior Squad Xmas Camp'
Joined in the beep test with the girls and stopped with the seniors at 8-1.
Kids did great after a full day of hard work.

Shadowed two juniors in the two map memory courses. They did well. Lots of walking and discussion of route choice.

Thought I'd go for an easy run while Josh did his hills. Not sure it was the right decision. Felt terrible today - heavy legs, no zip or guts; just very slow and tired. Plodded along for half an hour with a couple of stops. Maybe my age is just taking it's toll; maybe I'm just dead tired at the end of the term; maybe the hills yesterday took it out of me; or maybe it's just the fact I've done so few training runs this term. Apart from StreetO's I think I could count my training runs on one hand for the last 10 weeks. Anyway, I'm sure I'm better off having run than having done nothing. Five days of running in a row at Xmas 5days should be good for me.

Dragged myself from snoozing on the lounge to go to streetO - just so tired at the moment. Two days to go. Very hot and quite a hilly area but enjoyed running immensely. Disappointing to have missed out a three pointer which I would have had time to get; the scale was obviously out, so we could cover much more of the map than anticipated. Pleased with my efforts running up the hills. Alex M said there was a laneway between 1G and 2E, which would have been great to notice, plus Nicole went via another unmapped vacant block from 1Q to 2G. Bugger.
My route: 1S 1T 2J 1R 3F 2H 1Q 2G 1N 2F 3E 1P 3D 1L 1K 3C 2C 2D 1G 1F 1E 1D 1C 3A 2B 2A 1A 1B
Rough distance est.

C • unmapped vacant block 2

Pretty fast game, but didn't work so hard or see a lot of the action out on the wing for the majority of the game. Really wanted to run, but the young ones dominated in the middle tonight. Still good fun, despite the unsportsmanlike behaviour displayed by the opposition.

StreetO at Bateau Bay. Another great event. Started at 10:40, so the heat was certainly a factor today. Was pleased with my route choice, and scored 500. Disappointingly ran past a 10 pointer without realising, and also, should have gone to another 30 pointer without adding much distance in the last 5 mins. Didn't notice it, but I finished 4 mins early. I was pretty exhausted. Very rough distance estimate.