Training Log Archive: markg

Warm up/down and floats.

Did a 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1 interval session by myself after arriving home from Toowoomba and putting Ewan to bed. Thought I might be able to do laps of Yeronga Park but the northern part was badly lit and so ended up shuttling back and forth from one end of School Rd to the other. Boring but it was okay as a once off. Felt pretty good today, no illnesses or niggles bothering me which is rare lately. This session felt short compared to the 3x2km from the last Cyclones ints I did so I pushed the speed during the last three.

I was still not feeling 100% but decided to do the midweek event at the Old Rifle Range. Not a bad little map, reminds me of Bruce Ridge but with less termite mounds and more undergrowth. It would be really fast if it was drier and the grass and shrubbery had grown less.

My plan was to run steady and practise good flow and route planning. Did quite well most of the course but still a three annoying errors to try and stamp out. The first was a poor route choice exacerbated by a control in an area where the map didn't resemble reality that much, the second was a bingo control - a root mound in some green on a featureless hill side - which I missed by 20m running on compass off an attack point that wasn't entirely convincing, the third was a little bit of brain fade. Wasted a little time picking a route choice at number 12 too. Disappointing again ... how long is it going to take before I get it right?

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Sinus infection and busy today though the antibiotics are kicking in and I'm feeling better than yesterday. Hopefully I'll be alright for some lunchtime orienteering and/or smashfest tomorrow.

The remnants from last week's cold seem to have entreched themselves in my sinus and it's starting to get sore. A trip to doctor for some antibiotics might be needed.