Training Log Archive: fletch

Slept like rubbish. Didn't get out of bed. Equally uninspired after dinner. Planned permanent course changes at Jorgenson and cried about the rain in Manchester instead.

Event: Foot-O Gunapin
 

Couldn't convince the family that it was worth the drive out to Gunapin, but pretty keen to keep getting a regular look at a map, particularly with Sprint Champs next week, so headed up to ECU Joondalup.

Started at Neil Hawkins park for a bit of a warm-up onto the map. First course went pretty well. A couple of little hesitations, the worst one being when I was 3/4 of the way between 14 and 15 and stopped, thinking I had stuffed up my route to 10. There endeth the experiment of 'thumbing' both where I am and my destination.

Had a little walk around to a second start point and headed off on a second course. Not so flash this time. Significant error at #3 - changed my mind on route choice, then ended up getting really disorientated when I mis-interpreted levels. Was still on a legitimate route, but fumbled around figuring out what I had done. Followed it up with an error at #5, not seeing a fence and missing the one little gap into the control. Then decided to skip the controls in the student village and also stopped to help a soccer mum find the pitch for her son's match. Got going OK again after that.

Cool down back to the car and headed home. Nice way to get a run in. Calves a little stiff to start, but no achilles soreness.

Treadmill jog followed by a little loop chasing schools team members around Mindarie.

Good turnout for the session - Mum and Dad, Ken and Carol, tRicky and Tash, Andre, Sten, Mike, Brian A, Wayne, Michelle, Andrew, Ollie, Josh, Cameron and Heike. Pity the session didn't really work out. Apparently the blank map option for testing direction and distance skills is a bit too hard in the dark, especially on a map that appears to be wrong or distorted in parts.

I didn't get much out of it personally after managing to leave both my light and compass at home, making it pretty much impossible once it got dark, even though I had put out the tapes. Pretty hard to collect them all when I couldn't see the map or the features on the ground.

Hanging tapes for O training

Why is it that my achilles is fine for an intervals session and two races, then I have a day off and go for an easy jog and it gets really sore again? Could doing rehab for a few days to get it roght make that much difference? and then have it reversed by about 4 days of not bothering?

Think I'll be back doing the eccentrics just in case.