Training Log Archive: Anvil

Event: Salomon Dontgetlost.ca Giant's Rib Raid
 

Woke up this morning feeling good, stoked to have kicked the bug just in time.
Not so. Hit my max HR 4 minutes into the race and it stayed that way for the next 2 and a quarter hours. Had to plead with the team to sit me out the dog bones to get a break. The front 2 teams were likely uncatchable, so we gave turbo some orienteering training and made him get 4 out of the 6 controls in that section.
Half hour resting and refueling in the sun helped me a lot and finished off the it off. Fun day out, but disappointed and frustrated to be the weak link in the team. Sorry boys.
Thanks to the small team who put it all together, hopefully the teams that were still unaccounted for when we left made it back.

C • GRR 3

Escarpment cruise with the T-Dog.
Feeling normal today, but not firing at all during the run. Trails were super dry - felt nice and fast, hopefully will be the same tomorrow.

25 out and back along Foreshore trail at low intensity + 10 running sister loops with the Thursday Fusion group.
Felt 95% today, but RHR was still pretty high (50-60 vs 35-40). Low intensity felt OK, nothing painful - but the hills felt tough. Hopefully another good nights sleep and I'll be back to normal.

Crap sleep, woke up feeling out of it and exhausted. Never really improved throughout the day - at one point I didn't think I could muster the energy to fill my car with all the stuff required for ARK, let alone put out all the flags and stuff.
However, fuelled on coffee, coke, chocolate and muffins I was able to get out and get everything done, get through 2 hours of ARK and most surprisingly, not forget anything vital. Good session tonight - I like enthusiastic kids.

C • The kids had a great time. ... 8

TNT. Wasn't sure if I would do this, but I walked into Westdale at lunch and felt a lot better, so just decided to head out and cruise round.
17th fairway ints, so started slow and short but felt pretty good, so with each int I got a little faster and added some length.
Got better and better with each one, felt my sinuses clearing and equalizing at one point. Still not 100%, but feel a lot better for having done it.

Got out of the wind - it was a really nice evening. Clear, fresh and cool but not cold. Very similar to a Tassie Spring day (just 10 degrees colder and occasional snow instead of showers)

Dammit, thought I'd dodged the latest bout. Hopefully just a head cold.

C • Get healthy dude. I expect ... 4

I had lofty plans for today, but kept finding other things to do that stopped me from getting out the door. On the plus side I have a super clean room, bathroom and brand spanking new separate office (AM) / CounterStrike HQ (PM)
Fortunately, dontgetlost.ca's April training appeared in my inbox during the afternoon which provided enough motivation to get out the door. Joined a few of the controls together to make decent legs for doing some compass practice.
Some went well, some very bad. When the forest was fast and open I was impressively accurate, but I sucked hard on any sections with even an wisp of green - I would focus too much on trying to move quickly through the crap and stopped looking at both the map and compass.
Fun to get out - forest was much drier and much pricklier than expected, regretted not going with full leg cover.

C • Nice map eh! 6