Training Log Archive: slow-twitch

Event: JWOC Trials & SuperSeries Round 1, Part2
 

Quick little jaunt at the Paekakariki end of QE Park. Realised I'd let the week slip by without any running so ought to get out and loosen up the legs a bit. Used the walking tracks through the dunes - nice and undulating without any excessively long up or downhills and got out on the beach for a bit where it was very comfortable to stretch the legs out a bit more. Thankfully not too hot, even though I'd forgotten that weird sea-mist all across Cook Strait means that things are very warm and very still.

Massey Sprint. Physically was more "on" than last friday, think the run earlier today did more good than harm. Let down a bit by brain on a couple of occasions however. Once again was slow on first leg getting the whole map reading idea back on-line, then blew maybe as much as a minute with a parallel error on 2 that took me down into the big carpark. 8-9 got onto a different route than I intended - still not a bad route but definitely slowed down figuring out why I wasn't seeing what I expected to. Not much time lost but plenty of annoyance as this is the area between the old and new ecology department locations so if I had any home advantage on this map this is where it would be! So in theory I could have been close to 19 minutes which I think I'd have been very happy with. Won by Ross in 13:13, Hubmann another 30 seconds or so, then next best were in high 14 mins (don't know yet how late starters went). So while the head is still not yet up to maths, seems whether or not I got my 50% targets depends on whether we count Ross as a kiwi or euro ;-)