Training Log Archive: bartholemeu

Event: 2018 Sydney Metropolitan Turkey Trot
 

Turkey Trot 2018
1st place to first control! thats all that matters. Ended up finishing with Keelan about 30 seconds behind Glenn.
So many big and small errors by all three of us through the race meant we were running around each other the whole way which was heaps of fun.
Made about 5 conscious risky plays out of the group to take slightly inefficient route-choices with the hope of making a gap, but none of them really paid off enough to matter.

Biggest error cost about 6 minutes. I was only 20seconds or so behind Glenn and missed an indistinct track on the right of a long trail stretch. Only realised 1km further along and had to turn around and run back, finding keelan at the junction. Up the next hill, Glenn had made an identical type of mistake at the control itself, losing 6 minutes, so we were all running together again. That mistake might have cost me the win really, with not much real nav after that.

In the last 5k or so made 3 little risky plays out of the group trying to shortcut track bends etc... one costing me 30s (with keelan thankfully pointing me in the direction of the control he'd just punched) and the other maybe a bit more (wasn't sure where i re-met the track)
Felt cooked and was trying to spur on Keelan to push to catch Glenn but he was too far gone.

Love this race

TT Long - Splits

had planned on a run and hike in glenbrook but both oscar and anne lost their shit so had a full rest day. Hamstring still feeling sketchy, but didn't affect a 100m jog to the car.

easy home listening to Science of Ultra on downhill running. Basically downhill smashes your muscles and you should train it if doing ultras.
A really cool concept was that as events get longer, the ratio of fatigue moves away from periphery fatigue (the muscle fibres) and more towards "psychological fatigue" and "central fatigue"...
Central fatigue, being basically the synapses etc to signal the muscle to fire get exhausted, while the muscle fibres themselves still have >75% strength if triggered from an outside source. For me personally, this links directly into cramping, which is caused by these.
Psychological fatigue is also definately something i'm not giving enough credit, and i should do some more reading on.

plank matrix. Then did some easy squats and after 10 or so twinged something in my high L hamstring. doesn't feel good, but could go either way.

Stair Reps at Wendy's secret garden for something different
3x10mins which meant up 7 times. 9:30, 9:30, 9:50

Nice stairs to do it on... theres a steep ramp in the middle to help with downhill running, and i felt less dizzy on these than moo's which should mean able to go longer. a bit less badass tho.

Event: Garingal Local Event (Moonlight Madness)
 

migraine. absolutely nothing out of the ordinary... chia in the morning maybe

easy into work while doing a cryptic crossword lol

went to do hurts 8x1 but loads of construction meant they'd changed their location, so did it solo
did 6x1s and was pretty shattered, but managed to get the distance by splitting the last 2 into 4x500s. A bit soft, but managed to keep the pace by doing that.
Pace was pretty much bang on 3:24, which is sub17 exactly, which is a good sign.

shitty HRM is really pissing me off atm. 2 sessions this week i would have liked to check my HR and couldn't. gonna get a wrist HR watch and ditch these other ones.

bridge matrix on the way back
front side back side front

Easy around balmain, exploring little dead-ends and stairs to the water. very pleasant.
Listening to SoU 67 with Alex Hutchinson
"The magic workout, shoe or superfood is whichever one you’ve been ignoring lately or have never tried". I like this approach, keep trying new things... they'll benefit you even if they aren't the right thing for you.
Most of the episode talked about psychology and that your brain controls your limits, not your body. Very interesting episode which i will listen to again.