Training Log Archive: FernWerm

This was another fun race, but I was disappointed with my effort. I was a bit hesitant and my legs were tired. There were a lot of hills! Still, I didn't make any major mistakes but I was just generally slow and a bit sloppy in the control circle. My legs were really sore after this event - once again this should have been a warning sign...

Day 1 Course 7 - Splits

Event: 2015 Australian Three Days
 

Event: Public Prologue: Jamestown
 

Sprint around Jamestown for the public prologue. I was feeling better from my cold, but that didn't help my speed! Still, I enjoyed running as fast as I could (which was not very) through the parks, rail yards and school in Jamestown. I mucked up the short leg 8-9 where Andrew got me with his trickiness and I went under the tunnel, got confused and took a bit to work out how to get to the control. I also was in serious oxygen debt by the time we got into the school buildings and although I could see that 2j3-24 was probably a trap I was too tired to check my control description (in hindsight, this level of fatigue should have been a sign to take it easy the next few days).

Really enjoyable sprint, and lovely arena to sit around in and catch up with friends.

Public Prologue Course 1 - Splits

Sick all week, but starting to feel better today. No time for training though as it was pack the car and drive to Burra day!

Event: Mt Crawford Forest (West)
 

So this wasn't the greatest way to warm up to Easter... I thought I'd better do some bush orienteering as I haven't done anything since Nationals in September last year. However, Paddy had his first night ever with a bad cold last night and he DID NOT SLEEP. Poor little dude. Poor Mum and Dad. So, I think I caught a bit of shut-eye somewhere between 3 and 6am, in between getting up to hold Paddy upright and comfort him, but I felt like complete death today. So I thought I'd go out on the 3.5km course. Ha! It was in the thick, prickly green bush full of yakkas, hidden mine shafts you can't see the bottom of and spiders. After bashing my way to 5 controls, all on mine shafts in the yakka, and seeing that the 6th control was on another mine shaft in the yakka I gave up, bailed to the track and jogged back around the perimeter of the map for some actual running exercise, getting my last 2 controls on the way back in.

As the day went on I proceeded to get a sore throat and blocked nose. Yay. Just hope that Paddy and I are recovered in time for Easter!

C • Clarification 3