Training Log Archive: Sarah

Event: Gauteng Short Course Brescia House
 

At Brescia. Probably one of the coolest sprint courses I've ever done. There was so much variety and I felt good. The first 2 controls were quite intense in the buildings then we headed down the hill to the river. I managed to plan ahead well and the nav in the park area was relatively easy so no problems there. Felt surprisingly good up the hill then headed into the school for some super intense navigation. It was awesome and I was moving well. I finished 4th. Tania won in 22. Loads of fun!

#18 caused a bit of debate. I went the 'proper' way, back past #2, so didn't cross anything illegal. The top 3 women went through an underpass and across a solid black line. The map was a bit unclear I suppose but I took the rather be safe than disqualified approach. I lost about 30 seconds on it but it didn't cost me a position so no point in causing a fuss.

C • Underpass 1

WOMEN - Splits

Had cricket. We focused on fielding. Practice seemed really long and once again it was hot.

I had a nice, comfortable run. Was feeling a bit dead before the race so the plan was to not look at my watch. I ran at a relaxed pace then managed to picked it up a bit after the hill around 7km. There were loads of people, but cool atmosphere as usual.

Wore my GPS to training. I wanted to see how far I run because it never seems like we do much. I did 3.58km. Structure was similar to Tuesday. We did some fun sprints at the end.

Slow run to Jeppe Girls and then a run around the lower grounds. Got a lift home from Dan.

Tommy designed tonight's circuit. It had a good balance of exercises. Got really itchy from the grass though

Had cricket practice from 14h00 until 16h30. Got to bowl a lot and worked on my batting which is shocking at the moment. It was really hot out there.

Rode up to Bill Stewart. Quads are tired.

Swam in P.E. I did 12*25m after we had done our assessment.

Had about 50 people today. We did a 10 min warm up then stretched. We then jogged around the lower grounds for 15 minutes and did 6* 80m sprints on the fields. Finished off with some squats and lunges.

Warmed up on the bike, then did some core and strength exercises. Had a good stretch too.