Training Log Archive: jennycas

Headed south along the coast when we flew into Sydney. Pretty stiff & sore today and so a couple of short walks with Geoff including out to the point at Bundeena, were more than enough. Nice views in lots of places.

Event: SA Middle Distance Champs - Moon Rocks
 

Went out after a couple of hours coordinating the start, and never really got into the map(ping) - which was weird, given that I have no trouble with Paul's mapping on Tanunda Creek. I consistently failed to be able to tell the difference between what was mapped as a normal and a large boulder, but my biggest errors were on 9 (a boulder field below an escarpment of big stuff; even when I triangulated off the nearby trees and watercourse I didn't notice those small rocks were sheltering a control) and 10; an uphill leg looking for a boulder in a line of cliffs - I actually saw the control off to my right but thought that the boulder it was on stuck out too far to be the one which was in the cliffline). Oh well, I guess I frittered away 4-5 min but even without that I just wasn't able to run fast enough to be near the placings. Have never been so exhausted when running as I've been this week and I'm a bit horrified about how unfit I'm going to be for nationals.

Such a springlike afternoon out that I thought I'd procrastinate a little longer on going in to work and finishing off stuff before being away for the next week. Sunburn from this morning (there really were almost no trees) starting to develop nicely :(

2 - Splits

Rather slow and stiff-backed this morning. (Had sort of a hangover after going to the pub for dinner - didn't even drink any alcohol, but the cigarette smoke does that to me anyway).

So completely fatigued this afternoon, and really hot & thirsty by the time I got to the park, but couldn't get a drink at the archery butts because the red flag was flying. Felt better after washing my face in the creek, but think I am going to be rather a wuss about 31 degrees in Penrith next week.

So many mornings I have come up with excuses x, y, z why it's not convenient to go for a ride, when really it's just that I am afraid of falling off again. Nearly turned around at the end of the street, my adductors were so horrible - but stuck it out. Should do this more often!

Unley pool opened for the 'summer' on Sunday and so I went for a swim this morning. It was nice :) and my hammered legs appreciated this.

Attack of the Killer Physio
I'm away next week, and Kath's away the week after, so I managed to get my tight hips, knees and shins in to see another physio, who created a jenniarsus porcupinus.

This time the feeling of fatigue hit after about 7 min. But I made it to Long Gully and after that Tyson said we were going up the steps. Which weren't as bad as I thought they might be. We came back down Jubilee Drive.

This time I hit the wall 10 minutes in - rather a bugger because I had 90 minutes planned. Dragged it out to 40 min by picking up Geoff's car from work since he's away the next couple of nights; highlight of the run was seeing two lifesize fibreglass cows in someone's front garden. Asics has re-branded their 2100 series and gone back to calling the shoes GT-2000, but they've put the toe cushioning into their 3000 series, methinks.

C • cows 2

Put on my running gear, ran for about 5 minutes, decided I was absolutely wrecked from dealing with the hospital accreditation surveyors (have another meeting tomorrow also) and went home to drink cider. That was long enough to break in new shoes, right? The latest model Asics are rather...technicolour. George described my new shoes as having had a unicorn throw up on them; I suggested that the unicorn had just eaten a fairy! They have hot pink laces, too. And this time the free socks were supplied upon delivery. They are purple :)

C • Surveyors 6