Training Log Archive: Bomb

Aus relay. running second as it was well established that I had neither the legs or brains to do anything else. I went out in 8th, but with quite a few runners not far in front. plan was just to not be an idiot, but I managed run to a wrong control before 1. reminded myself sternly about plan and was mostly good from then on (nearly ran from 7 to 9, but realised after about 50m, so no harm done). I was going pretty well to the spectator, but then copped a massive cramp in my left calf and could barely walk for a while. tried to push through and it eased enough to jog at the end. very frustrating as I'd caught both Marina and Olivia but the both passed me again on the way into the finish. Krystal made short work of their third leg runners, so we finished a respectable second behind the ACT.

Aus long. fail. totally exhausted to start with, and managed to make a really dumb mistake on the way to #3 (although I did hear later that there was some debate among the organisers as to whether to mention the presence of the massive extra tracks and they decided not to bother - I think it was the wrong call), and did a ~10min detour up a hill before eventually sitting down, eating a gel and figuring out where the f**k I'd ended up. considered quitting the course, but convinced myself to keep going but save the legs for the relay. just jogged around after that. the rest was good navigationally, and the course was ok except for the 2.5km of dead running on the long leg.

Coaches race at the schools relay. Ran the first part of the senior girls course, with Bridget... who cheated at the start and stayed ahead the whole way. fun area. Bridget and I both managed to lose a fair bit of time in the rocks. oops. hope the drone got some good footage of us running around like idiots.
managed to run the whole hill!

Ran the schools senior boys course. Great area and good course, but feeling pretty tired and brain dead after coaching all morning. Still managed to beat Riley by 10mins.

Aus middle. great area, good course, and had a mostly good run. just a couple of wobbles in the circles (a bit more line breaking would have helped, but there comes a point when there's no circle left). probably lost about 2 mins all up. ended up running a fair bit with the kiwis which was fun, including running through the tunnel after telling the team to definitely not do it.
So unfit - running felt like hell.

Event: Australian Orienteering Carnival 2017
 

Aus sprint. very hot and dry. usual low expectations - main aim was to not run out of legs too early (made it half way round before things started getting too shabby). course was good for the area, but nothing too technical.