Training Log Archive: Eliot

Event: 2019 Sydney Metropolitan Turkey Trot
 

2nd place, turkey trot.
Got a fantastic, relaxed start to control 1. Just got into a nice rhythm pushing to the front at times. Exiting control 5 was the first mistake of the day, didn't see any tapes and went into a big circle to go under the bridge for the compulsory crossing.

That seemed to bring a group of 6? Together on the way to 6 , I was very relaxed still and thought this will just be a nice group run then it opened up within seconds trying to get to the next underpass to the map change control. All of a sudden the group was spread out, I was in second giving chase to Fergus. I was holding pace but not gaining, different routes to 10 I thought my indecisiveness cost me 20-30 seconds, on the way to 11 I caught a glimpse of Fergus again.

Mistake at 12, possibly 30 seconds took maybe 100m gap out to 250+

Kept pushing and Fergus made a mistake towards 15 and I was starting to make good ground on him for once. Tried a different creek crossing exiting 15 as a last resort to try and get in front but it didn't work and just put myself into some thickish green.

All up good solid run

C • Excellent 1

Zwift.

Zwift

aborted run, planned to go for 60mins, turned around early and went into trot mode.
dont have my running partner for the last 2 days due to GC.

grabbing the water felt great today, the back end of the stroke needs work

zwift

extensive warm up followed by some speed work.

wednesday night group session.

stairs.