Training Log Archive: lazydave

Somewhat of a recovery run around Fitzroy Gardens, the G and the Tan.

Was going to do a full lap of Tan at tempo pace but calf pulled up sore after the pace of yesterday's race. Ended up just doing a bit of a push up the Tan hill and a stretch out along the top.

Tan tourist moment - spotting Mottram mid interval heading the other way.

Holiday mode in Melbourne with Mich for next few days so need to train to off set the food and drink consumption!

Easter Day 3, Crusoe, 10th

Started pretty early due to yesterday's DNF. As planned I started my warm up positively and felt good, getting to the start line in good spirits. I drifted a little on the second but was pretty clean through mose of the course. More drift on the 6th but was lucky to catch a track and lost maybe 20/30sec.

The rest of the course was just running as hard as I could which was possible as the area was so fast and open and the course didn't really use the limited mining available to the best.

Really happy with the run, although I was 10th I couldn't really have done much better. The main improvement was purely physically which is what I was expecting and I knew that coming into Easter.

3 top 10s was within my goal. Obviously disappointed with the long but as you can see - lessons were learnt! Next stop WOC trials and then hopefully Bushrangers before a build up to the Aust Champs and aiming for a top 5.

C • Good work Dave, good come b... 7

Day 3 M21E - Splits

A day for learning lessons.

The legs did not feel good on the warm up and I was starting the race with quite a negative attitude. The legs were confirmed on the first few controls (though somehow was equal quickest on 2nd leg). Third was scrappy contouring and sixth was a walk up the hill, I had seen muz and Simon, knowing I had already dropped time was getting cranky. Stuffed 7, couldn't make things fit.

The next few were ok and I joined Victor and Patrik for a few legs. Patrik disappeared and I was concentrating on holding Victor too much and ran with him to the 14th (thinking it was my 12th). Then a quick gel and out with him towards the 15th, stopped after 30 seconds, swore at my self and headed to the 13th (thinking it was my 12th) punched it headed on. First Simon then Muz went past the opposite way. The penny then dropped and I realised I had done things in the wrong order!

I started to go onto my actual 12th but my head was all over the shop and I had no idea where I was. Fumbled and fucked around finally getting there, by now I was having an argument in my head over quitting or keeping on going. I really didn't want to DNF/give up but could only think of my heavy legs and trying to salvage a good result for tomorrow. I thought if the Stingers relied on my result they would be stuffed anyway so it was a personal deciion. I kept bumbling through to 15 deciding to keep going on the way.

I got to 15 then looked at the leg and thought the 'smart' thing to do would be cut losses and go for fresher legs for tomorrow. Of course as the day wore I realised that had I kept going and finished the course in a reasonable fashion I'd still be maybe 20th - so a decent result. On the course all I could see was being of the tal end of the th field.


So the lessons learnt
- read your map, read the controls numbers
- don't focus on others, yes they can be used to your advantage but ALWAYS focus on your own races
- trust in myself that I am running well enough that even with a big error I can salvage something from races (especially long granite races where people can blow out)
- if in doubt, don't be and just keep going
- do not start races negatively. I should be concentrating on my good performances of the past two days , not thinking that those performances had fatigued my fitness
- harden the fuck up

Time to move on to tomorrow's race and the Canberra NOLs

C • Nice! 7

Still stewing over today so went for a therapy jog. Did the trick.

Day 2 M21E - Splits

Day 1 Course 1 - Splits

Event: Easter 2013
 

Easter Prologue, 9th M21E 14th? overall.

Pretty happy, but not ecstatic. Small time losses at 6, 9, 12 then about 30sec at 14 when I allowed myself to get distracted. More lost time at 17 when looking at 18, 11sec compared to Ian. I also had a pants accident near number 12 which I had to clean up, which also cost me about 20 secs.

Rob caught me here and we were a little sloppy for a few controls and went opposite ways to 23 and I got in before him.

Prologue Course 1 - Splits

Leg loosener from the acco after the drive down