Training Log Archive: Craig

Woke up with a very sore throat and I expected to have heart problems as well after yesterday so I did no warm up and planned to just jog the whole way and focus on the navigation.
Detailed description of how I ran the course mainly for tRicky's benefit.

Stayed left of the creek to 1 to stay out of the rocks. Saw the rock from a distance but couldn't see the flag so went via the larger boulder above to be safe which cost a few seconds.
Could see 2 from 1.
Stayed above the rocky breakaway for the first half of 2-3 to minimise climb and stay on more level ground. Heart went haywire as soon as I went uphill and I wasn't too sure of my interpretation of the clearings/rock surfaces so I walked a bit near 3.
Out above the rocky ground then followed the lines of rock surfaces. Wasn't real confident again at the end so crossed the spur a little high and ran down the side of the spur to be safe into 4.
Exit to the bottom of the clearing above then looked across and could see the rocks above the saddle. Below the rocks, up the clearing and contour around the rock surface and clearing below the rocky spur into 5.
Out up the clearing, use the green and trees to aim for the short track around the top of the gully between 18 and 19. Look across the paddocks to spot the mounds in the clear saddle, confirmed by seeing the wall and mound higher up the spur. Into the trees just right of the cliff and spur above 21. Cross the rocky spur at the boulder fields then drop slightly contouring into 6. Seemed a bit low.
Exit through the clearing above the little rocky knoll and could see the boulder 7 was on pretty much from there.
Up to the track, through the saddle, over the rock surface, right of the rocky knoll, left of 12, look for the boulder on the edge of the trees below and the cliff above 8.
Should I continue?

Took it very easy up the hills walking regularly but still had a lot of trouble with my heart. Strode out a bit more on the flat and downhills but still taking it pretty easy. Hammered the finish thinking I could probably make 70m without my heart working and it might be my only chance to win a split. Probably not a good idea because I felt pretty unwell for quite a while afterwards but I think I might have won it (34 seconds).

H1 - Splits

Spent a total of about 5 hours wandering around Umuna putting out and collecting controls. Feet pretty sore by the end of the day and had a few heart problems collecting controls with tRicky.

Aborted attempt at running. Felt crap so gave up after covering the first 400m (flat) in 3min and walked back to Bailey Rd to do a couple of backward hills before jogging home. Intended to do some stretching when I got home but didn't.

Easy lap of KP with Ben. Felt much better today to begin with but my heart started playing up half way around when I tried to say too long a sentence which made things very difficult for a while. Had to have a bit of a lie down when I got home as I was still having a bit of trouble breathing after the drive home.

Achilles and knees still feeling a bit tender so didn't want to run. Planned to go for a longer ride but it seems really hard to fit in training when you don't have to go to work.
Eventually decided to ride to the doctors to get a medical certificate to try to claim the cost of my Easter flight changes on travel insurance. The first hill made me realise I should have just had a rest day.

Another easy 5k loop. Feeling very stiff and sore this morning but at least it improved a little by the end.

Usual lap of KP with Ivan. Pace was very slow early, not quite so slow later and hard work all the way. Very stiff around the knees again and a bit sore in the right achilles. My get injured quick scheme appears to be on track.