Training Log Archive: Craig

WA MTBO Champs. Started a bit slowly, put off by the overgrown tracks I think. Marck Norret caught me (4min) just after the 2nd control without me having any problems. Got ahead of Marck with a better route on the long leg from 4-5 but he caught me again between 6 and 7. Lost time taking the very slow single track into 7 (following Marck), missing an overgrown junction after leaving 7 and losing the track for a while leaving 9. Still close to Marck when he snapped his derailleur off between 9 and 10. I thought I might have a chance of keeping my unbeaten record intact with Marck out of the way so tried to push it fairly hard the rest of the way which was pretty straightforward and more suited to my MTB skills. Felt strong for a while but was tiring a bit heading up to the last control. Ended up 2nd 3min down on Bill Darby who had started before me and stuck to my plan of avoiding the slow tracks more effectively than I did.

C • Not bad 2

Easy run to Club Sierra. Started out easy long loop to 5 way junction then took NE track up to rehab area and out to railway at Charles Rd. Feeling stiff, sore and restricted in all the usual spots for the first 30 minutes then everything suddenly came good and I could run freely and quite strongly for the next 10 minutes before I started to feel tired, fat and slow.

Usual weights.

Easy ride to work from Woodbridge Lakes.
Nice.

Ride back to Woodbridge Lakes. Feeling a bit tired. Must have been a tailwind but didn't really feel like it a lot of the time.

Easy run from Club Sierra down railway trail to Pimelia Mycumbene and back. Right knee a bit sore early, left knee fine. Left heel a bit sore all the way, right achilles fine. Felt a little looser than last night but still not great.

C • P-M 2

Usual weights after the run.

Usual lap of KP alone. Quads very stiff and a bit tired, felt as though I was in a half squat most of the time. Time includes a brief stop to try to fix my left knee when it malfunctioned towards the top of the long hill. Right achilles slightly sore from first step to last. Left heel fine.

Rehab loop with Rachel. Started really slowly but increased the pace a bit in the second half and felt reasonably good by the end.

Weights at Club Sierra.

Any small amount of motivation I may have had was killed off by the pain in my left heel (achilles attachment) when I got out of bed.