Training Log Archive: LOST_Richard

Event: WA Middle Distance Championships, Malmalling
 

State Middle Distance Champs and Malmalling

Nice course with a good few twists and turns and enough to cause a few errors. Lost time at #2 too far south (followed Michelle Whitfield out of #1) #8 where it was vauge and realised i was too far North and not far enough down the hill, very hard to see much in the Blackboy forest, #10 overshoot and to the next boulder and had to double back, #11 did a 180 out of 10 and started running SOuth instead of North until worked it out, Small mistake on #12 looking in the worng bit of rock.

About 3 mins down on Rob West in 2nd and way off Simmo in 1st

MH2 - Splits

Run up to Sticky Beaks play ground with Cath

Run at the Inverness Golf course in Denver, hard work on the rises and needed to stop a few times to get some air in.

Not sure if the week at altitude training will help for the champs on the weekend?

Went to the Baseball Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres, a long 4 fours for 10 runs, 7 of which were scored in one innings which did lighten up the middle of the game.

20/20 has got to be a go, would not be hard to convert the baseball ground into a cricket pitch. One problem is the crowd would not like having to give the ball back every time someone hits a six!

C • Baseball 1

Drove our to just East of Vail, about 110miles each way and walked up a trail to Pitkin Lake

As the guide says pretty steep to start but then more gentle climb but continuous with quite few short sharp pitches. Lots of good glacial features, moraines, drumlins, hanging valleys the lot!

No critters bigger than a Chipmunks & Squirrels despite the trail head sign warning of Mountain Lion, Wolves and Bears. Did see a very nice blue bird which I am sure was a Blue Jay

30 minutes quicker down than up, one guy ran past me on the way down and I was tempted but was most of the way down by then so just kept walking.

Found a nice coffee shop on the way back that was not Starbucks and was quite funky - they do exist

Up log here

C • The "Earth View" in AP looks good 1

Down GPS Log here