Training Log Archive: Bomb

OY at Kholo Hills. Had a chat to Su Yan about my knee before I started and she assured me that it was just a bit of swelling from a twinge I must have given it earlier in the week, and it should settle down ok. It was still a bit uncomfortable, but I didn't have any pain through the race which was good.

The orienteering however was a bit of a disaster. I managed to get way off line, and too high on 2 and lost about 6 mins on an excursion through the hills. Lost another 1-2 mins on 8 as I was much higher than I should have been. Got caught by Jack at 8, and saw him at nearly every control from then on. He would bolt out of the control, but then I would catch him at the next one. Ended up racing pretty hard by the finish, but I was a bit too low on the second last and threw away my lead and it was dead running from there to the finish.
GPS distance was 2 extra km and 200m extra climb.

control collection

Very cruisy run from Clare's place, just Clare and I this morning. Right knee and ankle have been giving me grief all week so took it pretty easy, particularly on the hills, which is most of the run. Clare ran well, and I didn't allow any stops at the top of the hills, or chats about which way we were going.

Knee and ankle were both consistently sore through the run, but didn't get any worse. Looks like I'll be off to the physio this week.

Clare made yummy breakfast of porridge, sausages and lots of coffee.

post run massage at crazy oscar's. all the muscles around my itb and outside of calf are tight and rubbish, particularly on the right side. hopefully the massage will help with whatever is going wrong with my knee.
maybe some cycling is also in order to help re-balance things.

C • Your cunning plan worked we... 2

hot yoga. they're running double classes through may, but this was just the first half - full standing sequence. tough going on tired legs.

Run home from work. Nice evening for a run along the river. legs tired, but seemed to get along ok.

quite a warm evening - felt more like march than may.

Run on trails around the back of wyaralong dam to collect a soil sample from an old site of ours. Apparently the track was un-driveable thanks to all the rain, but I reckon it would have been ok.
Run was good although legs were a bit tired after a long day of field work. There was some mud thanks to some seeps across tracks. A few soggy bits and a few bambi-on-ice moments. certainly couldn't just cruise along without paying attention.