Training Log Archive: Bomb

NOL ultralong. wasn't too sure how I'd go with this - hip had been very painful overnight, and had woken me up about 3am. but I figured the terrain wasn't going to be as punishing, and I could always bail. ignored the chaos at the start and plodded off to the first control - made it there first cos the pack went way too far right. they all came back past between 2 and 3 though, and I didn't have much company from then. nav was pretty average - trying to run was taking too much concentration. things weren't any worse after the first loop, so just kept going. at some point on the second loop my left hammy started to tighten a little, but this actually seemed to help take the tightness out of the right hip and I could run more easily. that improved things for a bit, but still couldn't run through the thick stuff on the last loop. made it round ok in the end - probably because I never got to run hard, and overall felt better after the race than before. weird.

warm up was about a 500m test run - but that only told me that I shouldn't do any more.

NOL middle at wyangala. better race than I was expecting. R hip (tfl) was crazy painful - enough that trying to warm up was just making things worse. figured my only plan was to just try to hit everything, and I pretty well did. just little wobbles in the circle. power walked all the hills, but I figured they were steep enough that most people would be walking. hip got tighter through the run and the last loop was a struggle. decent result made it worth it to push through.

token. as much as my hip & feet would allow. copped some monster blisters to add to the fun.

Middle Hard 3 - Splits

R hip no good so did some stretching and trigger point stuff to try and release it. is it progress to go back to the other niggles you had before the injury that derailed the last 3 years?

Occasional hammy twinge but mostly ok. Right hip a bit crusty. Tfl needs some work.