Training Log Archive: nic.

State League at Wallaroo. Think i started off pretty alright, really enjoyed the start! Stuffed a little at the end of number 14, i went to a control lower than mine in the watercourse. 17 and 18 were the bad ones though. Drifted on my compass to 17 and then didnt make myself sure where i crossed the watercourse before the control, so ended up going up the spur really really slowly not sure how far up the control was. Then i think i left 17 in too much of a hurry and ended up missing seeing a minor watercourse junction and way way waaaaaay overrunning 18. Lost about 5 mins on a tiny leg :| Finished off ok after that which i guess is a plus.

Unfortunately calves got really bad around 9-10, mightve done my ankle tape too tight or i didnt warm up enough or i started off too hard, not too sure but it hasn't been that bad in a while! :( Feet went numb at around half an hour so at least it wasn't painful for the rest, just pretty uncomfortable...

Control collection, which was really just streamer trail collection

SL4 Hard 4 - Splits

10ish warm up, bit slack on the warm down oops!

Middle Distance at Pelaw Main. Super fun course from Macey! Felt a bit stop start because there were just so many controls, relatively happy with how i went with my exit direction at least. Lost a bit of time on number 13, it was on a boulder and i overcorrected and ran to what was the only other boulder on the map instead. Legs felt pretty fatigued pretty early!

SL3 - Hard 3b - Splits

Jock left the controls out from the juniors training this morning at Abernethy so i went out after work and did the course. It was about 28mins and then i did a bit extra of surges and collected some controls. Navigation was just ok, i made a few errors with my compass and in the circle again. Calves felt much better today though.

10min to the first start, 5ish back to the car after, and then a bit to the start of the second session.

Joined in on the juniors training for the day. First was a course out at Astleys Tower. It was pretty warm and I got a bit thirsty and finished pretty slowly. Legs were feeling a bit fatigued and my calves were pretty sore. Navigation was alright, i just made a few errors in the circles of some of the short legs through the watercourses. Worried i'm being a bit too safe on the longer legs though, i'll have to work on my confidence a bit more i think!

Then a really fun little course at Southams Road, kind of like a bush sprint! Feeling alot better after this one, i stopped a little early on the first one but had much better control flow and felt like i was moving heaps better. Good fun!

Run in Newcastle, top morning for it! From the mazda place along the foreshore and out the breakwall, back along the beach and then a little extra bit along the breakwall to meet mum and make sure my legs could still move enough on a hard surface. They could - just.

Bit of everything

16min warm up

16min mona at walka. Unfortunately was no where near as good as when i did it before easter! Didn't feel very flash in the stomach, and the filthy smell of the lake probably wasn't helping. But my legs were feeling a bit fatigued and not very speedy at all...

About a 12 min warm down with a bit of technique jogging in there too.

Run at Sugarloaf with Malin and Josh too for the first section. Felt a bit off in the belly and weak in the legs before we started but i got in to it pretty good. Had to hold my cheeks on the downhills to prevent a bit of jarring in my mouth but it's feeling pretty good today, no where near as much beating going on as yesterday! Feels really good and such a relief to have done a proper run again :)