Training Log Archive: TimGood

Event: Boulder Dash 2007
 

Red Day 1 - Splits

Burke Lake. 1:30pm. Feeling tired at work so went running earlier than usual. Felt even more tired when running and just got slower and slower. No energy at all. After some lunch back at work and still could barely stay awake. Had planned for a late night tonight but think I will just stay long enough to get my boarding passes for flight to Manchester tomorrow then go home and pack.

At Boomerangs. 7:30-9:30. Recent sluggishness could be due to a cold. Have a sore throat today and occasional coughing fits.

Burke Lake 4pm. Feeling very sluggish at the start but better after I was out for awhile. (5:33), 9:59, 8:58, 8:29, 7:55.

At Capitol Squares practice. 7:30 - 10pm. I will be missing the all of our next performances which will be held the weekend of the Boulder Dash.

Relay champs. On the QOC team with Dave Onkst, Nadim, Ted. As the slow old man of the group I got the short orange leg. Dave had some problems with his contacts and finished well off the pace in 12th so there was no pressure on me. I looked ok but actually had a poor run. No one really noticed since I was alone instead of in a pack. Had to walk most of the uphill to 1 and so tired when I got there that 2 was slow as well. Lori Huberman just behind me at 1 but I had dropped her by 3 when I started to feel better. So I proceeded to miss 4. Could not find a 3m boulder coming from a bend in the trail. Eventually did and then was hesitant to 5 and Lori caught back up again. Then she passed me on the uphill and was ahead at the spectator control. Rest of the course was easy field stuff. I was just slow and should have read the clue descriptions so I would be on the correct side of the thickets. Passed Lori back and handed off in 11th but only because a team ahead of us had mispunched. My time was over 10 minutes off the pace of the leaders on the orange legs.

Warm up on the road before the relay. Includes a run to the bathrooms near the park entrance.