Training Log Archive: hamlet

Event: CANCELLED: QOC Manassas
 

Yeah my pace was atrocious but man I was glad I finished the course. I felt horrible, my sore throat made it feel like I was swallowing knives each time I swallowed and it felt like someone was standing on my chest when I was breathing. I couldn't breathe deep, the whole time I was stuck taking shallow breaths so running anywhere else than downhill in white woods/on a trail was pretty much out of the question. Adding in tiredness from yesterday's going all out and the fact that I don't like longs made it suck, but I don't mind too much. I'm glad this race didn't count towards anything and that I still finished. I'm sorry I wasn't able to push harder, but I'm still proud of myself for finishing. The first 4 controls were pretty chill (at least navigation-wise) and the last 4 were pretty fun because we were back in the middle terrain and there were shorter legs. It took me a lot of convincing around 5-12 to not just lay down on a warm rock and take a nap.

I'm still very happy with the races this weekend. Yeah, the Friday sprint sucked for me personally, and the long felt endless, but Saturday's races were worth it. And hey, I still had a clean long, and I made it under 3 hours, so relatively it was a successful attempt. (even though my time is kinda embarassing but oh well)

just a plank rotation, had to cheat a lil on the last plank. I'm trying to get back in the habit of doing core regularly, and since it doesn't require too much heavy breathing, I figured why not get it done.

Long - Red - Splits