Training Log Archive: Craig

Badge event at Beraking Brook. A bit thicker and steeper than I was expecting, mostly because I was thinking it was going to be the day 1 area from WA champs 2006 not day 2, day 1 must be Darkin River. Had Oscar breathing down my next for the first few hundred metres after the start, then he went past me. I wouldn't mind so much if he hadn't just taken the sling off yesterday from his broken collar bone. Hit the first couple cleanly feeling very controlled then a long track run to 3 gave me time to look at the rest of the course, all looked like pretty straight forward straight line stuff. Decided it was going to be a fairly tough day so no need to rush it, just cruised around feeling in control all the way. Lost a little time on 9 and 16 but only about 30 seconds each. Thought I might be starting to struggle a bit at times but on the rare occasion when it opened up a little I felt quite good so I think it was really just the vegetation. Found the prickly moses really annoying from 16-17 where the pain in my knees was the main thing slowing me down, didn't really think about it much anywhere else on the course. Pretty happy with the run overall, need to try to reproduce that feeling of being in control on a faster area now.

Warm up run to the start and back and forward a bit.

Spent the whole day gardening. Feel worse than after the half now, rest days aren't good for you.

C • Gardening 1

Wanted to go for a run in the morning but Amy wouldn't let me.

Ran after work from my car through Karrakatta cemetary, Shenton bushland, Lemnos St to McGillivray. Intended to go out to Reabold but it was dark and cold and my calf was sore so I pulled the pin and just jogged around the lit ovals before heading back roughly the same way. Decided not to go back through the cemetary as it is very dark in there. Ran pretty solidly at times trying to get it over with and got down to 3min/km for a while racing a cyclist near the end.

Easy run from home around 3pm. View trail with a slight detour down the top part of the powerline hill then out start of 10k tt loop to junction at top of the cliff, south from here to the private property signs then back up to the powerline, along powerline to Charles, up Charles and home on 5k tt route. Quite hilly but taking it really easy. Feeling a lot less sore today and improved throughout the run, not restricting me at all now but still not quite 100%.

Shuffled around KP on my own. Felt a lot fresher than yesterday so it was a reasonably fast shuffle at times but calves still pretty sore and quads also a bit sore today.

Easy long loop. Feeling a bit tired and calves still pretty sore. New orthotics seemed ok despite the incident with the computer last night.

Sore calves, adductors and feet.