Training Log Archive: Bomb

NOL long, Hill End. Hammy insertion was hurting from before I started warming up, so the run was always going to be about managing that and getting through the distance. Hills were a big struggle. Nav better than yesterday - kept the wobbles small. hammy has mostly been ok running, so need to figure out how to not have it flare up in terrain.

mostly warm up. hammy too sore to let me warm down properly.

NOL/SL2 day 2 Hard 3 - Splits

NOL relay Hill End. First leg... which wasn't a great idea. despite trying to warm up for ages legs and brain were both cold and asleep at the start. dead last out of the start, but hit the first two perfectly and was sitting in 3rd on the way to 3. then completely missed the creek intersection (realised afterwards that the creek coming in from the side goes through a tunnel, so you don't actually have to cross it - you just keep running on the track). anyway, lost 10 mins wandering around in the gully system to the west with Liv before figuring out where the hell we'd ended up. lost a couple more minutes with a dodgy approach to 5 in the erosion. had a gel there and nav was much more consistent after that. legs were pretty good until the drag back over the hill when my hammy started complaining.
overall performance was very ordinary (and not surprising for 2nd run of the year), but most of the course was pretty good. need to keep improving the good stuff and remember how to stay concentrated, even when it should be easy.

NOL relay Womens Relay - Splits

much longer than intended. oops. haven't done a long run since before the first injection. I have a bad habit of forgetting how long various routes take, and went for way more than I should have today. hunger flatted towards the end (hardly surprising), but otherwise felt surprisingly ok. the last 10 mins got pretty tough.

physio pilates

+massage

mine run + coreyard

10 min run and some strength and stretching stuff. back to 20 push ups in a set - only managing 10 a few weeks ago was an embarrassing surprise.

mine and back

feeling pretty cooked after a long day in the sun, so just walked back from the mine to village again.

And then felt ok again. Something like a tempo effort tonight. Calves will probably hate me tmw.

Extra plod at the end

v tired, and sore throat. humpf.

just walked back from the mine to the village today

OY at Leyburn. massive fail. not really with it from the start. had a sit down while I was vague'd out looking for 4 and had my gel to try and get my brain working, but that only lasted a couple of controls. super tired and struggling to run. massive hunger flat. I guess the time in terrain over the last few days has been a bit of a shock to the system. still, nice to be out in the forest.

C • Big days 2

mostly warm up.

route choice exercise with Mark N. I seemed to end up with the crappy option each time, but it definitely made me run a bit harder than if I'd done it on my own.

putting out the rest of the controls before breakfast. tired and very flat. should have had something to eat before heading out.

line exercise on the crazy rocky hill. not great, but trying to rush too much, and make sure some of the young juniors didn't get completely lost.

physio pilates. tweaked my right hammy doing the same lunge things that tweaked my left hammy on tuesday. weirdly predicable I guess.

putting out controls at sandy creek after the worst of the storm. pissing rain. gave up when it got too dark to see the map.

Gap creek mtb. Sweat fest but not crazy hot. Legs made a more convincing contribution than recent outings.

Anzac park run

Arvo coottha loop. Running ok once i got going but guts unhappy.

physio assessment and new pilates program. tweaked left hammy doing new lunge thing.

massage. calves pretty wrecked.

Legs pretty heavy to start with

10 min run, core strength stuff and stretching. forgot my fly net so there was an extra level of torture.

2 days out drilling. its still quite hot out here.

On 4wd tracks around the dam near cloncurry

There and back

Steady out, then some 100/100 over unders on the way back. Pacing rubbish, guts weird, sharp nerve pain at injection site every time i accelerated that only lasted 2 steps.

putting out controls and checking controls before the OY

afternoon loop

physio pilates