Training Log Archive: acejase

Arvo run with Macey - did the reverse concrete path loop. Poor Macey got saturated riding to my place! Plenty of water on diamond cutter creek. Gonna have to think about doing some faster stuff soon.

Lunchtime run from home with Searlo. Ran over to his and spent some quality time with Action before heading out on a new "loop" Searlo has "invented". Seemed awfully like an out-and-back on tracks I'd run quite a lot of times but hey who am I to argue with a sleep-deprived new-father. :)
Today was first run without orthotics - they have been giving me grief since just before 6FT which was amplified during 6FT. They dont really do much so will give it a go for a while without them.

Commuting. On the commuter after last weeks puncture on the roadie. Estimated date provided by the workshop* for fixing puncture is May.

* Workshop = me nagging Belinda to do it.

Would've liked to head out but it didnt fit in to the family holiday program. Gonna have to start training properly again soon - feel ok after 6FT although dont think I have got top gear back yet. Getting back into it may include choosing a goal or goals.

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Run at Mossy Point with Hoggster & RobW. Out along beach/foreshore and back using 4WD track and main road. Discussion of next race targets (for Rob after North Face). Highlight was kicking the footy along the road at the end except the footy was actually a 4-pack of toilet paper.

Early morning run with Searlo - met him over at Calvary although we got a little confused on our meeting spots. Dave stumbling about a bit on run as he adjusts to his new sleep-free lifestyle.

Run from Calvary Hospital after visiting Jackson Lucas Searle who arrived into the world last night weighing a hefty 4.3kgs. Stace and Searlo doing well and 'Action' Jackson, as I've christened him, sleeping like, dare I say it, a baby. Stace did a great job getting out the big boy.

Anyway ran down to Y and got girls. First run since 6FT have felt pretty good although prob influenced by general glow of meeting Action.

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Run down to Y and back to get A&Z. Had to stop for some sort of tantrum on the way back and forgot to re start watch for little while.

Ride to work only. Big hissy puncture about 500m short of work which I had neither the tools nor the opportunity to fix during the day. Pelted down rain from about 4pm on so quite happy to catch bus home.

Cruisy run with Hoggster thru Gossan, Bruce Ridge, Black Mtn reserve and Aranda Hill. All matters of life discussed.

Searlo was going for a ride with a mate this morning so i decided to tag along for a change in training. We rolled down to meeting point and 6 other blokes turned up so all of a sudden it was a group. Unfortunately Dave wasnt up to it after a night of gastro and was struggling. We went down Poo Hill in West Belco and back up again. Pleased that I had no probs going with the faster guys as had been a bit worried I would be a lead weight. Unfortunately Searlo went from bad to worse so rather than continue with the group I accompanied him back home.

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Morning boys run although ALJ subber in for Rob who has gastro. First proper run since 6FT and felt ok although we were doing 5.5-6min ks and they felt like 3.5s....

Maah.

Putting flags out for SummerSeries I set at Yarralumla Bays. All seemed in order although some controls highly nickable. Legs able to generate jog but nothing more.

C • Were any controls 4

Pulling flags in in semi-dark. Event seemed to go ok with aim of last SS for the season being enjoyable achieved. Additionally all organising is much easier when you have Scotty on your list of helpers! Being at the OACT lock up, this time at 8.30pm, has not increased in enjoyment since the last event I did.

Much better today even thinking I could run although not attempting too.

OK some bits (quads, ITB) worse than yesterday. Especially on downhills and downhills might be say down a driveway.

Fairly sore and hobbling round although didnt seem as bad as road mara. Maybe extra* stretching I have been doing has helped.

* Extra defined as any stretching at all being more than previous levels.

6Foot Track Marathon.

Well that didnt exactly go to plan!!!! :)

Started in Wave 3 and, as instructed by others, went fairly helter skelter for first 200m before the steps to get in a good position. Still got slowed by a bloke I christened "the cork" on the way down. He was about 10 people in front of me and I dunno how he got there but he was slowing everyone.... anyway reminded myself not to worry as race was 45k!!

Track opened up and just tried to long run pace it. Seemed ok but it was just hard to know what pace. I also kept an eye on HR keeping it in low 150s. First 15k is downhill to Coxs River and really enjoyed the final section which was single track as I ran with a couple of other blokes yaking about this and that. Crossed Coxes up to my waist which was refreshing mostly.

The first serious climb was next - just short of 5k up to Mini Mini saddle. I ran slowly but steadily up the hill while virtually everyone around me walked. I dunno how many people I passed but there wasnt many from my start wave - they were all from earlier waves. It was kinda weird being in this race where we hit a hill and everyone walked - i seemed the weird one for running!

Down the hill to ALum Creek and had some soreness from my othotics. Also very quickly had sore quads even though I wasnt really fanging it. I guess the first 15k was downhill! Lots of water in the various creek crossings before starting up the Pluviometer -the big wall climb basically 4k straight up. Rob & the others had told me to be as fresh as possible at the top of the Pluvi as thats when the race started and after the downhills I wasnt feeling very fresh so alternated between walks and running trying to save a bit. Got to the top of Pluvi a bit sore but felt like the race was starting.

Unfortunately thats where it pretty much stopped for me. I'd been having gels, water and sport drink the whole way and it seems I overdid it. I had, literally, a fingernail of banana and immediately regretted it as my stomach lurched. 50m later I was down on all fours emptying the contents of my stomach - and there was plenty to empty! Stopped eventually so got up, feeling a little better and started to shuffle along. Unfortunately a km or so (?) later started to get dizzy and a little wobbly and things became a bit hazy till I got to next drinks station. To be honest was relieved to see drinks station as I felt like I was in a little bit of trouble. Sat down, then lay down and had some drink. Hurled up the stomach contents again. I probably have gone into too much detail already..... Anyway started to feel a little better and the good lady from Lawson Bushfire Brigade said I had some colour back and it was only 400m to next drinks station so I walked there sipping water. Garmin shows I was at the Lawson bushfire brigade stop for 18mins.

Got to the next one, refused their offers of sportsdrink, and figured I'd be right for the rest to at least walk although another 15k did seem a bit daunting. It also started to piss down raining about then which was, well, cold. Anyway started jogging and walking. Got to the Deviation at 35k and was feeling the legs but not the stomach at least. Running got more often and walking less often and I started to "race" competitors around me, chat to a few of them and pass people again.

Got to Caves Rd Crossing (38k) and thought I might shoot for 5hrs 30. I basically thought I wouldnt make it but if I ran as much as possible I'd give it a shake. I also knew that from about 43k it was all downhill. By now I was passing people fairly frequently which was encouraging. There was no chatting from anyone!

I'd looked fwd to the last 2-3k as it was downhill but it was basically agony on the quads and ITB. The less said about it the better but I kept a good pace and wont forget in a hurry the face on the guy who, about 500m from home, was lying in the mud in agony cramping while another runner tried to stretch out his calf! Very pleased to hear Belinda's cheer as I came down the final bend and see the family after crossing the line.

Obviously I'm dissapointed with what happened re the spews. But having done it I'd have to say I've learnt a lot on how to tackle it and realise the experience of someone like ROb whos run Wagga Off Road Mara, 6ft before etc is invaluable - there's certainly some lessons I'd put in place next time. I also am pretty pleased to have finished such a tough run. Getting to the top of the pluvi, even before the spews, and knowing there is about 17k to go is daunting. Rob & Scotty did amazing for their 3rd and 4th. Ended up having a terrific weekend and I guess I'll give it another crack some time. Maybe even next year. :)

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Trot round Katoomba with Spottage and ROb including rego. 6ft t shirts are special.....

Focussed all my energy on eating today. Sweet.

Cruised round SS at Black Mtn Peninsula. Ran with Dev for a little while but he was travelling a smidge too fast and a fleeting convo with Moira Goddard meant I lost him.

Jog with Dev.

Collecting controls from green course.

Checking control sites for next weeks summer series which I'm course setting. Always been curious how much ground you actually cover checking sites and as suspected its not much. If you are really keen you can look at the garmin download and embark on some course analysis.... as I said, you'd have to be keen!

Rode to and fro work. First half of the ride home was the AImee Mann, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds ride. Song came on my iphone first up and I wondered what the hell it was and how it got on my iphone (its in a soundtrack). Tried to skip it but headphone-controller wouldnt do it so figured oh well just wait. Problem was I did something naff with my iphone and consequently song kept playing over and over. Stopped about half way when couldnt stand it any longer and fixed problem. Frustration had faded by the time I bumped into Gramps and we rode up the hill together - think he wants to beat Olle Poland in Summer Series accumulative more than is healthy.

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Longish run, some of which with Andy who was recovering from man-cold. Down through Cork forest, edge of Arboretum to Scrivener Dam. Andy then kept running to kids party in Weston Park while I turned round and back through Black Mtn reserve.

Ran from Botanic Gardens (forgot HR monitor) and did interval effort round Little Black & another one Aranda Hill. Aranda Hill was a PB (I think) but normal conditions would have done Crackenback first and be runnning with Andy/Rob. Felt pretty strong at top of Aranda Hill.
Little Black 9.27
Aranda Hill 3.51

Another taper day off. Spent day with with Mum & Dad aka Nan & Pa who are up for weekend.

Evening trot in the dark - half lap of aranda. surprised by just how dark it was - autumn has arrived.

SHort warm up with Devil. Time pressure tonight.

SS at Commonwealth Park set by GRantM. Orienteered well in the sprint fashion. Think I chose the correct side of the lake on the long leg (good leg). Caught Dreaded at the end and he tried to hip-n-shoulder me into the lake as I went to pass and it looked like getting past him was gonna be tricky but then he announced he'd popped and slowed right down.

C • I call shenanigans 2

Warm down - first part with A&Z then with Devil.

Mt Ainslie Run up. thought I was a monty for a PB after setting my previous PB in January but went out a bit hard. First k 10s faster than January but gave the 10s back on the 2nd k. Dropped a further 3s on PB so hardly a disaster. Patrick steamed past me at the top of the steepest section - he certainly has my measure on the hills.

Jog back down the hill with Patrick. Fortunately he just wanted to talk about 6FT and his debacle run at the half the other day so I was happy with that rather than focussing on how he'd just flogged me!