Training Log Archive: Ben Reynolds

Event: NZ Secondary Schools Orienteering Championships
 

went for a ride with carlos and a few others from westlake cycling team, rode up to long bay from school then did a few laps of albany stadium then i peeled off and rode home. felt good for the ride except on the hills where i was flat as, i wasnt able to keep up with carlos and clarkes accelerations like i normally would. still got a bit of a cold

first run in ages!!!!!!!
ran a bit of a course that mum and dad did the other weekend at an oy.
felt pretty flat but hopefully my legs dont hurt tomorow because they have the last few times ive run. nav was real good except for one control in the green which took me a while. good to be back running! although cycling is still mean!

took a real easy ride round taupaki just to clear my head and recover from weekend, feel sorta sick, got a runny nose and sore throat

started near the front of the bunch to avoid crashes and etc. as soon as neutral start ended attacks started coming thick and fast, whenever we caught a break the next one would go. wasnt used to surges and stuff and dropped at around 10km. it was due to a lack of bunch experience adn i am too weak still. tiem trialed by myself for the rest of the race, finished two mins behind bunch in 24th outa 60. i should have stayed in the bunch and just hurt more. next time in the race i think i shoulda attacked myself at the start and time trialed by myself, i rode far better by myself than i did in the bunch.

rode senior b for north island team time trial. dropped clark on the way out just before the 8km turn around point. i didnt pull big turns on the way out because we had a head wind and saving a bit for the way back. after trun around i did most of the work, legs felt real good and other guys even had to yell ease at me which was very impressive i thought because the other guys are way stronger than me.

intaval session on my bike, did over speeds down hills and few sprints. feeling good for north islands

rode to bayswater with school team, was a pretty easy ride and on the TT practice i dropped everyone i was meant to be riding with so just sat up a little bit..

took it pretty easy in the windtraining session, starting to save a bit of energy for the weekend and taper. windtraining was real boring and took ages! legs felt ok