Training Log Archive: sal.

NOY 4 - Hamburger Trail - Hard Medium

Physically and navigationally i felt quite strong today. I was able to run pretty much all of it and able to push myself without fatiguing too bad. I was able to get in under the hour mark which is always a good feeling. I was also able to take compass bearings and have them work for me!

#4 - was a bit too SE so lost about 30sec here.
#4 to #5 - i decided to go to the right of the hill and run past 12, 11 and 10 before hitting the track along Italia Rd. From there i went in where there are two tracks coming off Italia Rd, up the right fork to the bend, cut through the vegetation to the next track and at the fork i took a bearing and went staight in and got it.
#6 - ended up drifting too north and hit the track before going in, so another 30sec lost here.
#7 - i spiked this one but other's seemed to have trouble on it. The people who had trouble that i spoke with, seemed to be focussing on something else at the time whereas i was scanning for the control and saw it from about 30-50m away.
#8 - took a bearing and his just north of the rubbish on the track. From there it was simply run in and look along the rocks until i saw it.
#9 - Hit the track too north, realised and ran along the track for a bit. I then went intot he bush wanting to come at it from the side but ended up too north-west and hit the rocks just above the watercourse fork so lost about a minute here.
Running to #10 is where Steven caught me. He yelled out to stop walking and i yelled back "I have little legs and have to stop to climb over stuff, unlike you".
#10 - pretty much went straight which turned out to be a bad move. Steven and i were keeping pretty even until i hit the rocks above him and i was a lot more tentative. He ran away from me here.

Got to the finish and skipped my way down to Steven who was waiting at the start for me, as i had completed the course in under an hour and so was pretty happy with myself (:

In Glenrock with the Possums people. The number of people coming has dramatically dropped off since daylight savings ended and the cold has set in. There was only 6 of us tonight.
I have worked out that we stop every 10-12min therefore i am going to continue treating this as an interval session each week.
Found i could run half of Easy Way Out tonight. Had Scotty for company from the shitworks road as his knee was troubling him.

First half as GS - managed to get 1 goal but the umpire forgot to add it :(
Second half as WA - the guy i was against had very slippery shoes which were quite annoying. He kept sliding into me and didn't get pulled up for drag...
Ahh well, felt like i worked quite hard.

Planned on getting up and going to Charlestown Pool (heated outdoor pool) but i didn't feel 100% - glands were up, my throat was dry and one nostril was blocked - so rather than get wet and then have a cold head until my hair dried, i decided to give it a miss and recuperate. Also can't really afford any time off work at the moment for illness.
I figure that my race isn't for another 11 months, therefore i need to take the time now to ensure that i don't do anything silly to jeopardise any training possibilities.

C • Your race? 2

Monthly massage. Calves were quite tight - especially since i haven't really done anything since the last massage to warrant it!

Easy spin of the legs watching an episode of House.