Training Log Archive: Bomb

At Lively's Bog. What an epic! Good course, and really enjoyed it, but it was just too much for me today. Didn't feel too bad running (unlike yesterday), but I guess going that fast was never really an option. Didn't feel like I was able to push the pace at all, and kept making little mistakes that cost big time - crossed the swamp too far nth of 1 and had to cross extra green, dropped down to quickly on the second long leg, and had to climb back up, then wobbled all the way to the control - which I didn't see in the gully, and went to the next one. miss read the rocks on 7, and lost a couple of minutes going too far along the spur.
Shannon caught me there, and I think having her there made me pay more attention and stopped making the stupid mistakes in the circle, but still took the wrong route choice on the last long leg - went through the saddle and down around the end of the spurs instead of up and along the top of the ridges.
Another shit run to end a week of shit runs. Now to get things back in gear before the woc trials.

Event: SILVA National Orienteering League
 

At Launceston Uni.
Fun sprint - two loops, starting in pairs (with Hanny). Pretty pleased with navigation for this race - only one bad control where I was a little over confident with route choice through the buildings and hesitated a bit near the end - should have just taken the easy way round which wasn't actually much longer.
Legs were hopeless though - only made it halfway across the oval before they started hurting, and felt like walking by the second loop.
Hopefully I feel a bit better tomorrow.

still feel like shit, but better enough that I'm sick of doing nothing. went for a little walk around dove lake.

flu. at least its pissing rain and we can't do anything anyway.

evil flu continues.

Went for bushwalk at Lake St Clair, which was ok for the first part, then turned around early, and it really sucked trying to get back to the car. Body temp totally out of control - alternating between pouring sweat and uncontrollable shivering, and really horrible muscle aches.

At Royal George. Really like this course. Ran without the belt thing from the physio to see if that would make any difference to the horribleness in my legs, and it did - they finally felt ok running.
Run was ok, but too many little wobbles on nearly every control - mainly dropping too far down the slope and having a 2 contour climb back into every control - adds up pretty quickly. one major mistake on 6? in the rocks - miss interpreted the map (still can't figure it out) - read the big bunch of rocks on the ground as cliffs + bare rock on the map, so dropped down too far and looked at lower rocks. nothing matching (of course) and searched in a few more places. eventually a group of people headed into the cliff-rocks, and my control was in there. random.

morning run + warmup and warmdown from race