Training Log Archive: Bomb

OY at Rosenthal Creek.
We had quite an eventful morning getting to the race. On the way out of Warwick we found a little dog that had been run over, so we picked it up and took it to the vet. Turns out the dog had a broken leg, but will be ok, and has been returned to its owner. But waiting for the vet took quite a while and it was much later than we'd planned getting to the event.
Then on the drive south we could see a big storm coming in from the south. It hit just as we got to the event, and pissed down with rain for about 15 mins. I think this worked out well for us because it was much cooler after the storm, but it took a while to find us some dry maps. Those who had been out running without map bags were in big trouble and several had to dnf.

The run itself was ok, but not great. one stupid mistake on 4, where I was on the right line, but then misread a gully and ran over to the next spur. dumb.
Nav was ok other than that, but really struggled running. No energy, and had a very weird numb feeling in the back of my legs and had no power up the hills or to lift my legs (and there was a lot of fallen timber). I think its part of the problems I've had with my back, so off to the chiro this week!

BBB club event at Sandy Creek. Really nice out, with not much grass, but lots of cactuses and a hot day. Nav was a bit disappointingly easy but lost time having to stop and pull out cactuses every few hundred metres.
Felt like I was really struggling in the heat, so tried to keep a bit in reserve for tmw.
also got 6 ticks!

10x 400m on 2min at SMT oval with Mark, Su Yan and Lauren. Goal was to run this well with good pacing, and not destroy myself (particularly my calves!).
Times were consistent, although not as quick as I've done previously, especially at the start, but felt like I was running smoothly and not having to smash myself to keep times consistent at the end. win.

Night O in anzac park. Mass start race, with a long first leg and good route choice options. most of the runners on the long just followed me out of the start, but then ran past in the street section, so I was in about 10th for the first few controls, and towards the back of the pack. Took a different route to the pack on the long leg back towards the forest and got past a few there, then just running with Paul for the last part of the course, until he took an adventurous route choice back into the park area.

Took a while to warm up in the first part of the course, but felt good running towards the end.

from home to and from race

warm yoga. power yoga class. I thought the heat was on low, but it turned out the heater in my corner of the room has stopped working.
still a tough class and back will need some more stretching to come good.