Training Log Archive: fletch

Long day. Had a bit of a bobble in the circle at 3, but it didn't matter, because the control wasn't there anyway - just Tooms and Uncle Jim doing their best impersonation of a control flag. Thanks guys. Saw Glenn chasing me down heading through some early controls. Turns out he could see me for a fair chunk of the course but only caught me at 22 or 23, before fading worse than I did. Relatively clean through to 12, but as I headed into the paddocks, Big Ev came through. Ran the bottom of the hill, then up through the lines of rock slabs, but had picked up the pace a bit, and despite feeling totally in control for most of the leg, I lost it where it mattered most, and was slow and vague until I hit the creek line way to high and had to relocate. First sighting of tRicky for the day, but we went our separate ways again after 15. Knew I was starting to fade, and my race was pretty much over heading up and over the hill to 18 and the map change. Had a little more time loss at 20, then fell over and my hammy cramped as I was leaving the control. Robbie came through just before we hit the paddocks again, and I was stuffed when we hit the next hill. Minor misses in the circle at a couple and general crap tired walking got me to the finish.
There seems to be a major fitness difference in doing long easy runs of the flat compared to classic length orienteering races...

a token 5 minute shuffle afterwards was all I could muster. Most of a proper warm-up. Was running a touch late for the start.

C1 Day 3 - Splits

I would have been stoked with this run a month ago. Hard to keep perspective when the leaderboard is heckling you.
Clean through to 12 where I went to the right rock, but didn't look far enough around it, then ran off and had a look at every other rock in the circle before returning. Don;t know what happened on the way to 14. Must have mis-identified a feature mid-leg, as when I got close I turned right instead of left and confidently ran to the wrong spot. Faffed around for a bit with the map not making sense till I sorted myself out and went and got the control. Really disappointing way to finish, as 15-17 were pretty much all out in open paddock, so stuffed of the last 3 controls that I really had to focus for.
Would have been in the bunch in the lower half of the top ten if not for those errors... (I think - will confirm after checking splits)

Now about 3 minutes out of top 10. Tomorrow is going to be hard.

C1 Day 2 - Splits

Event: Frazzle Rock Easter 2011
 

Started pretty conservatively. Left 7 in the wrong direction and had to stop mid-leg to work out what on earth I was doing. Apparently running slowly and vaguely and not in straight lines costs you time. Lost about 35 sec to about the whole field here and Steve Todkill got on my tail. Caught Graham and Will through 9-10 and picked up the intensity. A little bobble leaving 17 in the wrong direction, but pretty smooth and quick to the end.

Group of 5 Nomads propping up the tail of the field within 7 seconds of each other. I am number 4 :(

Day 1 (Prologue) Long - Splits

Things starting to look up - jogging may have been possible today. I can vacuum the house with only minor discomfort! Will see what the physio says this arvo...

Well, my final week taper plan has gone out the window. I woke up on Monday with a slightly uncomfortable back and thought I must have slept funny. It got progressively worse during the day, and I thought about what may have casued it and all I can come up with was face planting in the finish chute on Sunday. Had a little massage and nurofen which helped a little. Then I slept rather uncomfortably, but htought things were heading in the right direction - till I reached in the morning to turn off my alarm and felt like I had been stabbed in the back.
Have now been to the physio who reckonds there's some inflammation in joints in my back and where a rib sits in there too. Ibuprofen and codeine are doing stuff all. Hurts to move a lot of the time, to breathe deeply, and seizes up worse if I sit still of lie still for too long.
Bugger.
May be investigating emergency pain relief measures after Thursday physio. Any suggestions for non-drowsy total numbing?

C • Non-drowsy numbing 7