Training Log Archive: billa

Leg was feeling OK so I set a goal of a slow jog for the whole race. Was able to accomplish that except for a couple of short hills in the middle. I think I had the slowest run in the finish shute but I moved up several places in the standings. The race atmosphere was fabulous with the great turnout and DVOA arena. The FC and senior relays were superb fun for all. So happy for Jennie to be involved with the Nat. team.

BrownM - Sprint - Splits

Took a painkiller and actually jogged a bit for the first few controls. Felt much more confident with my prescription glasses too. Maybe the forced exercise from the previous day was helping my leg recover! Anyway, my focus was good for most of the race. The only big mistake was my route choice on the long second-to-last leg where I should have kept to the road.
Sort of jogged in the finish shute. Happy to be back in the middle of the pack.

BrownB Long - Splits

Horrible race except for one thing - I survived. The leg was feeling so bad all week I expected that I would have to bail out back to the finish or stop often. As it turned out, I was able to move OK and without too many distractions from the hip. I don't like taking painkillers when I am competing but Advil kept me going. Never got into any kind of focus and made some really big errors. I also realized that rainy/foggy 2.5 readers are not going to work any more. Futher investiagtion later confirmed that even in dry conditions I need to use my prescription glasses to read the fine detail.

Middle - BrownB - Splits