Training Log Archive: Gil

Event: ROC - Rotary Sunshine Camp [2012 Series #3] [2012 Sprint Series #2]
 

Warmup before ROC event. I think my shoes are close to lasting last 100 miles.

Lost to Nate by 2 seconds.

Overall not too bad of the performance but few bobbles here and there to have a feeling at the end that I could have done better. Biggest were on #5 and #9. Split analysis shows that both in both legs I had slowed average speed.

#1 - took me a while to find triangle even I had a sense where I was supposed to go based on other folks who left before me and it showed on split. At the same time I did not wanted to sweat too much about this particular bobble because it's important to read into map and avoid major catastrophe

#2 - Read ahead, decent execution
#3 - small hick-up coming out of #2; for a split second I was considering route on left but I noticed grass was not mowed on left side, switched to right route choice. For a split second I was considering to try shortcut through buildings but saw a fence and decided to take around on left side
#4 - while on mini-golf course I was thinking I might be on path but then I saw path but I did not feel like bush-whacking to get to path, continued on left till path
#5 - Somehow I missed to see that trail going directly to flag because trail was printed under red line. Therefore I skipped down to trail on left side. Execution was good but running on trail would have saved at least 5 seconds.
#6 - Few hesitation points at trail junctions - just to make sure that I pick the right trail. Another one once I saw cabin but I could not locate cabin on the map. But I decided to start climbing up and saw the flag.
#7 - somebody punched before me at #7 and went straight. I decided to come back to path and just run it fast but whoever went straight made me look and check if going straight might be an option
#8 - decided to go right, pick first trail going left but if I miss first trail going left, taking next left would take me to the flag. I did miss first trail on left and go to flag no issues.
#9 - I was standing and looking at trail I was supposed to be taking but had some kind of mental block. Part of it was that path I was standing on was paved however, trail I was supposed to take was not, however on map there was no difference. Also because I did miss first path going to #8 i think my mind was still trying to figure out what happened and I was cautious before moving forward that I am at the right sport. I rechecked flag number to make sure that I am standing at #8 before moving forward. Once I concluded that I am still on my course I took path to #9 without too much of other delays.
#10 - Once I saw pond I knew where flag is - when I was going to start I gawked and I noticed flag by pond - and I knew flag location before hand.
#11/Finish - First I thought I'd be running on left but with spikes on it was easier to hug fence and lean on right side. I was thinking maybe I should even run through the building at one point but changed my mind as I was approaching building. I am glad I did because I would gained fraction of the second going through the building but only if nobody was in my way which would have been a big gamble.

Yellow course without too much of effort. I checked other courses and all other courses required more bushwhacking then I wanted to do.

Sprint - Splits

Quality of sleep was about 5 out of 10. Not sure why.

Feeling impact in ill-thought yesterdays tempo run

In retrospect it was not a wise idea to attempt long tempo run after almost no week of running