Training Log Archive: Sarah

Event: Gauteng Short Course Zoo Lake
 

At Zoo Lake. I wasn't feeling so hot this morning. Breakfast didn't want to go down. It was a runners course and I was slow. Also had a few small mistakes. Almost went from #5 to #9 because of the course layout and almost missed the gap in the fence to #2. Was 7th I think.

WOMEN - Splits

Was an awesome but tough experience. I was racing with Greg and Daniel. They are machines and we took the whole thing pretty seriously. We ran the short run at a crazy pace. Then we did the MTB nav leg. My nav skills were seriously tested as we were cruising but I managed to make few mistakes. I was on tow after 4 or so CP's and from then on we moved much faster. We collected all the OP's and I went into the run feeling okay. We weren't moving very quickly but were going at a consistent pace. I started to die a bit on the way to OP2. On the way to the cave we had a 'we aren't going to make the cut-off if we go for OP3-6 debate'. We ended up going for them and the cut-off was extended so we were okay. We didn't manage to find one of the OP's though and I was a bit dead at that stage so not much help. The marked MTB leg was tough. We were all cramping for the first bit but Daniel and I got to chill while Greg was abseiling so we felt better on the way back. My legs cramped hectically on the swim but I managed not to drown;-). All in all a good race. Quite a few new things to deal with but definitely learned a lot.

One problem I had was trying to get food down. I just didn't feel like eating and I also didn't drink enough. Didn't manage to eat much for the rest of the day. Also got pretty sunburnt

Had Cricket practice. Bowled a lot. I could feel all sorts of niggles towards the end.

Diamond Dash tomorrow...

Usual session. Not a great turn out today.

To Jeppe Girls and home. Got a few niggles so took it nice and easy.

Lisa designed this one. Quite a different format. Lots of running. Did sets of 4, 6, 8, 10 and then a surprise set of 5 at the end. Killer!

Cricket Practice. Played a proper game which was fun.

It was going well until someone's iPhone went missing. My legs felt heavy