Training Log Archive: MooseMorris

Event: State League 3
 

Worst performance EVER!!! Had a truly spectacular failure. I was excited about the format, an individual 4 loop 'relay.' Started off alright, finishing the first loop maybe 10th or 11th out of 15. But the second loop was horrible and turned a short, relatively straightforward leg into a 25 minute affair. By the end of that loop my hamstrings were starting to cramp badly enough that I couldn't run much anymore. I almost quit, but Kate was an awesome encouragement coming through the change over (and she did awesome in WOpenB finishing 2nd). Then I was fighting with myself to keep going after each of the first 3 controls, and actually started walking back to the start twice before changing my mind and sticking out for the next control. On this loop control 4 was on the road at a water stop, and 5 looked to be a short easy leg. But 5 to 6 was long and featureless, and I didn't have any more fight. So I walked the road back to the start. I kinda wish that I had had enough fight in me to finish the 3rd loop, but when I got back to the start, the organizer was pulling up the stumps so they wouldn't have let me start my 4th loop. I might put those maps up on the wall for inspiration.

I hope that I get another shot at Wattle Ridge in the future!