Training Log Archive: brycec

there are some areas that arent feeling right... I am blaming the shitty bed in this room

Could and should have gone harder it was all flat around the harbour... lots of people getting in the way though!

Weirdly my left shoulder was hurting :(

Also wondering how my ankle/foot soreness will pull up - have been considering a dr visit for it :( < hence totally cool idea going for run teehee.

Ankle/Foot quite sore from weekends tumble - hoping it comes around soon.

In other news - now I ma in Sydney all the light pole events are actually somewhere I could make if I was in Perth - AWESOME - more troll plz :P

C • Light pole 13

So unfit - heart rate was sitting 95-100 in car and walking to start 140 like wtf... in fairness uphill but still thats terrible!

Bad start - hit the first river bed going for 1 and got confused quickly corrected and chuckled. Promptly went onto number 2 and failed to see the green and messed it up briefly too - what a muppet!

3-4-5-6 all went reasonably well (from memory) however the leg to 7 I drifted north and misjudged my distance - didn't really pay attention to the map and hit somewhere in between 7 and 8 - saw ricky glide past as well as well everyone else - which was annoying - went back but was completely baffled so went to find 8 - found 8 and returned to 7 from there. would have lost a good 10 minutes here I think and also annoyingly I remember seeing the rocky spur and thinking I should check that on the map - wish I had would have been a dead giveaway!

Leg 8 was obviously pretty straight forward, and then nailed 9 - 10 even though they were slow because I had tried to run 8 when I should have just gone normal pace. Back to 11 - which was 7 from a different angle - I managed to slip (my new shoes don't have great grip!) and fell over and slide my ankle straight into a rock crevice and rolled it same time - was very painful and I limped my way into 11.

over to 12 slow and steady as it was a concerning leg but hit it pretty nicely. Then to 13 - climb was a bit annoying but hit it smack on. Back to 14 which is 11 and 7 - avoided the rocks and swung a bit east to go around faster which I did but got to the base and thought - where the hell am I - was just a bit short and got that sorted out pretty quick smart.

15-16 was very smooth, 17 was a tad tricky but got it within a reasonable time - then made a muppet of 18 as I saw a control and ran to it was the one at the end of the road instead of 18! balh, 18 was an easy find from there and a semi fast finish.

Aiming for sub 1 hr - didn't quite get there but - had I not messed up the nav would have got it.

Average pace vs last year though was much better so I will claim that - and the new shoes do feel more springing and I was tending to get places sooner so will have to adjust my distance guesses.

Anyway off to sydney for a month now so see if I can improve whilst away... cause that will totally happen! :P

C • Don't forget! 2

H1 - Splits

So first time doing anything for quite a number of weeks! - was quite slow :( oh well fitness require eh.

Leg 1 was fine went via the bush when the faster guys ran around and ended up arriving not far behind them.

Leg 2 - getting back to path was a tad tricky but once there went along nicely until and appropriate attack point - attacked into the burnt out area and hit the deck very quickly - might have been old fence or #blame the new shoes not having grip. either way went down hard and somthing sliced my right hand ring finger nicely and soon the whole finger was a nice bright red :(
Went off on wrong angle and lost time getting myself sorted. Eventually got to point hand and arm throbbing.

Leg 3 - I enjoyed this leg - was slow as I was being a princess but found it nicely.

Leg 4 - No problems probably slower than it could/should have been

Leg 5 - still concerning myself with throbbing hand and dripping blood, but kinda got back into game here, but definitely taking easy option on route. I came out exactly where I wanted too - funny thing is I stood about the point for ages confirming I was where I wanted to be!

Leg 6 - Blah uphill - distracted by another point but nothing too bad - just yuk uphill.

Leg 7 - nice and easy and straight to point - got some water to get rid of blood taste #thankgod!

Leg 8 - opted for the second track then to highpoint and thought I would see it from there. went to plan until that point - but I couldn't see point so just went until I hit fairway - got really confused ran around like a headless chook, then came back to area - eventually me and one other spot the hidden control with just the box above the ground - not soo keen on the placement of this!!!!

Leg 9 - Silly mistake ran past thick bush and saw control to my right and just went for it - completely put aside - got to t-junction or distance... er was silly and realised when i was on my way in to the wrong control. Otherwise got it easy.

Leg 10 - Was where I expected.

Leg 11 - Same - starting to feel tired and I hadnt been working hard compared to how I have felt in past :( so unfit.

Leg 12 / 13 very straight forward.

Leg 14 - completely ran past it scratched head, grazed on the lush pastures then realised my mistake.

Leg 15 - hesitated a lot but got it

Finish - tbh was over it felt great being out there - but wasn't a fluid session for me, whereas normally I am slow but feel flogged and having had a good run - today didn't happen - new shoes slipped around a lot so going to have to heel lock the laces and stacking it early and having arm/hand trobb the whole way massively took me out of the mental space.

I feel I could have comfortably trimmed 10 minutes off it if I went and ran it again. :(

Oh well - was a beautiful day at least!

Pootled around the campus taking photos of the control sites with Paul.

Managed to ride down a few stairs was fun... my bike desperately needs a clean/lube/service it sounds horrible!

Carrying the control marker with the cut on my finger was a pain in the ass!