Training Log Archive: taramelhuish

Race wasn't till the arvo so Hanny suggested a little jog to run out the soreness from yesterday so that we weren't warming up really stiff. Nervy thing on my leg was sore. Took it v easy and just did a couple on minutes of drillly things at the end.

JWOC RELAY

The mass start was hectic but so much fun and such a good experience, was very glad I went first :D Got absolutely smashed by the field along the track to the first control so was already behind by then, so just had to do my own thing. Was a bit slow to the 3rd and 4th controls as they were a bit vaguer and had some green on the way. Slowish to the next one as it was vague and I was on my own but picked it up after that and found some friends to run with which boosted my speed a bunch! Last loop I followed dani to the wrong control but corrected quickly and nailed the rest of the loop, leaving all my energy out there because I was pretty dead by that point. Overall pretty happy with my run and showed that I really could go fast in the terrain so I just need to be able to do that all the time, heaps of fun!!!

JWOC LONG

Most a good race, was more happy finishing than looking at the results though. Kept focused and too safe routes where I needed so didn't make many mistakes after from going slightly the wrong direction on a short leg and missing where the small track went after the massive long track leg. Was an absolute physical killer!!! was absolutely dead by the end but happy to have pushed through it. I think I was going a bit overboard with being super careful and stopping heaps telling myself I needed to and it was better than getting lost. It was better than getting lost though I did lose heaps of time just being slow even where I wasn't making mistakes so I guess that's another thing to work on. Overall pretty happy though :) and know I have much more potential for next year.

Leg with the nerve pain was feeling completely dead after the race!

Not sure as heaps of the warm up was in the excessively long prestart and some on the warm up map

JWOC SPRINT

Happy days finally!!! Super happy with my run (though not my shoe choice), was just about 100% clean apart from a couple of tiny tiny hesitations, and pushed hard when I could. Knew I could've saved some time making some quicker decisions and being able to follow faster so that I could run faster but It was a very encouraging result. More speed in my legs would have been good too but now I know what I need to work on. All round good day for most of the team which made it even better, especially with Joe in 17th and Tommy 2nd!!!

Not sure, didn't time on watch

JWOC MIDDLE FINAL (c)

Worst race everrrrrrr....definitely was not in the right headspace and got completely thrown by stuffing up the first control, meaning I stuffed up a billion others after that :/// Don't know about the time because it was so bad that I didn't look at the results and don't ever plan to. Was so upset at the finish that Hanny told me just to completely forget about it so that I could refocus for the sprint and still haven't really looked at and don't want to.

JWOC MIDDLE QUAL

When I finished I was mostly happy with this race. I had gone slowly and carefully to not make mistakes and only run hard when I could which I was mostly happy with. I had one super bomb out control though, on a hillside where I knew my position coming over, but then just stopped thinking and went thr other way ://// so that landed me in the C final because I had quite a competitive heat which made me so unhappy. Wouldve still been slowish without the mistake though so I guess I have to work on navigating fast and being aggressive in the forest. Had fun while I was out there which is all that matters right?

Model map, it was soooo nice which got us very excited!!