Training Log Archive: shanel

Event: John Forrest NP Tavern
 

Darling Downs to Claremont

Was taking it easyish, with random HR readings. Around Mt Henry I got to followers, maybe I was following someone else for a bit but I can't remember. I was holding mid to low 30's after canning bridge when someone came past fast, so I jumped on which didn't take feel like it took too much effort for a change and I sat comfortably behind him doing just over 40 right through to the narrows, then he headed out towards UWA so I went to the front at a more sane pace for a while till he cranked up again, had a chat going past UWA and follwed him up Princess Rd but he got away on the main Princess Rd climb since it's a bit hard to freeload up a hill.

Claremont to Darling Downs

Once again trying to take it easyish, hooked in behind a speedy type, he had a rest for a while when we caught another pair so when he went to the front I went up as well and took a turn on the front at moderate effort till he cranked up to speed again.

Back to normal after Canning bridge with a couple of followers hanging on till Mt Henry. Maintained effort all the way home, but I think I worked out why I've been switching off along Rowley Rd, I realised there's a section where the road surface is rough and bumpy and bloody hard work to keep up the pace.

Almost 5km in 20:20 average HR 188, Max HR 195.

With Fletch for the first half, didn't look at my GPS at all to try and just go at the pace that felt right. May have gone out a bit past, but I didn't feel like I was putting in too much effort, but given my HR was apparently upto 190 early on, maybe I should take it a bit easier early on.

I dropped off the pace half way round and struggled up Durston, but some how took 6 seconds off my PB.

Might keep an eye on the GPS next time and try to keep the HR a little bit lower for the first half.

C • PB - nice work! 1

Tooms' Golf Course 5k TT - Splits

Driving in I passed the big group of girl rider, only half of whom had lights on, one rider off the front turned out to be Chris.

So Dalto, Wally, Chris and I were joined by Danger.

I sat on the back early on, thought about going to the front after Challanger but we get going on WC Hwy too fast, so I sat on the back a bit longer getting a bit of the yoyo effect of being on the back.

Eventually road up the line onto the front, wasn't there too long before Chris turned the screws and we dropped Danger somewhere, we did a quick loop round to see what happened to him but there was no sign of danger so we continued on.

I was happy to hold on till after the left hander on the port sprint, especially since I got over 50kph before easy off.

We were caught by another (Floreat?) group at the lights and led them half way up to McCabe St, then sat behind/amongst them through to the water tower. We were very loose behind them, felt like they weren't holding a steady pace so we kept opening big gaps.

We went ahead again after the water tower whilst they regrouped. I think they didn't catch us again till Dalkeith. Wally and I couldn't hold on at UWA and I couldn't shut the gap, I was in that nowhere zone where I had enough to move from behind Wally but not enough to do any more than Wally was anyway.

Andre, Ann and Dave for an indeterminate hills session.

We eventually settled on Law walk to DNA reps, 4 of.

Took the slightly shorter route that Andre used last time.

2:16
2:26
2:20
2:17

GPS doesn't seem to register the climb up the DNA tower.

After the 4 reps non of us were keen to do more so we left it at that, so only a short session.

Event: Pile Rd (MTBO)
 

Left my GPS at home, so guessed my distance as more the everyone else, since I took longer than everyone else.

Took it easy to 1. No idea which way I went to 2, oh I think I went some stupid way just about to 13. Reasonably good to 3 except that I headed up the singel track towards 7 before realising what I was doing and going back. Andre went past on the way to 4 then stopped to look at his map, then went past again just before the control. Passed Andre again on the way to 5 after his mapboard broke.

Wasn't sure I'd found the top end of the overgrown track down to 6, so I kept going another half a k before going back to it and passed Wally who was heading for 7, passed Andre again as he headed back up the track.

Straight forward to 7, then turned left off the main road onto the crap track and bashed through to the track into the private property, then stopped and thought about the track going past the private property sign for a while before eventually deciding it was OK to go through.

For some reason I decided that there was no way to get through down the track heading east from 8 towards 9, but then I refolded my map to get see the southern controls and then realised there was a way through.

OK to 9 and 10, somehow got to 11 ahead of Andre, then he took the main road up to 12, whilst I took the track along the southern edge of the OOB, so he get there before me. Behind Andre for a while until I decided he may not now where he was going, so I doubled back to the powerline trackto approach 13 from the west, but didn't see the track, spent some time pondering, kept heading north, then followed a roo track acroos to the track to the east of the control and found it easy from that side with Tim now behind me. Couldn't hold Tim through the single track cause my skillz are rubbish.

Control collection run with Andre - fun run along the trails and through some bush.

Since Andre had managed to fall over in the carpark before we headed off, I followed his example through one of the gravel pits and stacked it whilst I was distracted watching 4wders playing in a mud hole.

Long - Splits