Training Log Archive: Bomb

Qld middle champs at Toohey forest. I was interested to see what they did with such a well used area, and I think the course was really good.
I started out a bit sloppy and took a while to get into the flow. turns out I blew a minute on 2 just by wobbling around and overshooting a bit. got my act together through the next section, but then dropped too low and lost another minute on 13. somehow lost a minute on 14 too - I went out to the track but wendy said the straight route was white rather than green, so it could have been route choice. be interested to know which way krystal went.
part of the course was ok, but too many slip ups.

C • https://www.strava.com/activities/306011381 2

long run from my place, with clare, mat and katelyn. nice morning out - a bit warmer than it has been.

So it seems the heart rate strap for my garmin 405 has died... or at least it won't connect to my garmin and hasn't done for a couple of weeks (I clearly pay a lot of attention to the download data). A new battery didn't help, and playing with settings on the watch was a fail. A new hrm strap seems to be about $70. The watch itself seems to be functioning as well as it ever has, but I've always been a bit skeptical about how much life it will have in it.
Is it worth getting a new strap, or should I just wait till the whole thing dies and get a new gps too?

C • I think I might have a spar... 6

Cold night out... even cold enough for winter training gear (brissy style - t-shirt instead of singlet).
time trial felt pretty good, but I might have gone out a bit hard and struggled at the end. took a sneaky look at my watch towards the end and thought I might have a chance to get under 28... but didn't quite make it.
lungs a bit burny at the end. canberra is going to be a bit of a shock next week.

10 x 400m at smt. Took it a bit easier tonight to try to avoid pissing my knee off any more, and nets were out on the goal posts which made the corners a fair bit wider.
the first 2/3 went pretty well, but it got pretty tough on the last few.
90, 89, 88, 88, 88, 89, 90, 91, 96, 93.

knee was a bit clicky afterwards, but felt less puffy.

new shoes tonight. turns out the old pair are pretty wrecked.

hot yoga.