Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

First foray into the terrain since the Victorian Championships, on the rock (and sometimes long grass) of Banalasta. Didn't feel as hopelessly out of touch physically as I did yesterday, but still well below par for pace, and strength in the hillier parts. A few wobbles, nothing more than 15 seconds or so. No knee issues in the rougher ground, which is encouraging. I'll be better for a week in the terrain here, but am not expecting any miracles in the results yet (although I was a bit further up the list today than I was expecting) - I'm someone who needs to be working hard all the time, otherwise I quickly revert to my natural level (as indicated by coming halfway down the field in the year 7 school cross-country).

Saw quite a bit of Brodie Nankervis today after seeing him between 6 and 7 (I think I'd gone through him and then he'd caught back up). He was faster than me but making more mistakes (not the first time I've had cause to say that of a junior), but I liked that he was prepared to make his own decisions, some of which worked and some of which didn't. We finished pretty close to each other. Josh went through us late in the course; in better form I would have expected to have been somewhere near his 56.

Very wet underfoot in the gullies. We're not used to that in Australia (the Swedes would have felt at home).

Line training on a contour-only map of Banalasta. Navigated reasonably well with only one point of awkwardness, but startng to run out of steam on the hills towards the end.

As mentioned yesterday, I'm running with odd shoes this week after a packing mishap, but it didn't seem to cause me any issues today.