Training Log Archive: Shingo

Slap Up Creek - M50 (course 5)
A disappointing race. Steady through the first 3 controls but drifted right on the way to 4 and overshot. Had to relocate off the open area to the south of the control promptly losing 6 minutes! Okay to 8 but was then dragged to the south by some elite women and ended up running two sides of a triangle - another 4 minutes gone. The next time loss was on 13 where I ran across the open to the valley to the west where it took me a couple of minutes to realise what I'd done. Three controls, at least 12 mins lost but still off the pace. Struggled with all the fallen timber. Despite all that it was a great area and luckily no snake sightings for me.

C • dragged to the south by some elite women 2

LONG Course 5 - Splits

Event: Australian Sprint/Long Distance Championships
 

Canberra Grammar School - M50 (Hard 5)
Finished thinking I'd run a good race only to find I hadn't punched the control at the map change. For the non-elites there were two sets of boxes either side of the control and I was so focussed on going to the right set that I forgot to punch. Fun course making the most of a small area. No real mistakes except for the obvious. Would have finished 4th or 5th if I had remembered to punch but had to face the ignominy of having to hang up my slat at the bottom.

C • Slat hanging 1

M50A - Splits

Course 2 - Splits

Home early so easy around Fairylands. A fair number of branches down after this afternoon's winds.

Down to Sydney Park.

Andy's o-interval session in Sydney Park. Rerunning a sprint course from a few years back, made a bit trickier by all the temporary fences around the works. Regrouped at 7 before doing the second half. Good session, didn't do too bad keeping up with the youngsters (it's all relative)!

Back to work, then to Redfern station and finally home from Chatswood Station.

C • Run Tomorrow Night 2