Training Log Archive: Craig

Sand tracks with Helen and Priscilla. A bit sluggish to begin with but felt quite good once I got moving. Skipped the last loop and pushed the pace a bit to get home by 6:45am. Nice rainbow in front of us heading to the top of the hill the last time but of course that meant I was running towards the rain which hit around Saw Ave and it was freezing. Painfully cold running across Rosalie Park at the end.

Event: FootO - Marginata
 

H1 at Marginata. Thought about doing a shorter course but I saw a young foreign looking guy heading off when I arrived so I thought I better give him some competition.
A bit disappointing that the course didn't make very good use of what can be a great area but it was still a pleasant enough run. Lost about a minute on number 2 where I was a bit left early, corrected ok and was heading straight for it but didn't go far enough before swinging left again and relocating on a rock surface 100m E of the control. A bit shaky going into 10 which was the only difficult control on the course but got it ok and the rest of the course was fine. Had 3 controls on single triangle boulder fields which was a bit odd but found them all fine. Never felt as though I was working very hard aerobically because the legs were a bit heavy and didn't have the strength to push very hard. Beat the Danish import by about 4 minutes.
Was a little worried about the new shoes as they felt a little snug trying them on but they were really comfortable.

H1 - Splits

Steady 10k by the river trying not to let the heart rate go much over 140. Feeling pretty average, not awful but lacking any bounce.

Easy short lap of KP on sand tracks. Didn't feel too bad.

Pushed hard racing Daniel up the hills to the war memorial. Solid steady pace down the hill with Nic.