Training Log Archive: Craig

Training at Jumbuck with Rachel, Steve and Ricky. Rachel put out tapes and then I went out to collect them. Got up to the start just before Steve finished his three loops. Ricky still had one loop to go so I followed him around picking up the tapes then he followed me around the other loops while I tried to explain what I was doing. Only really made a mess of one control. I like to think the map was partly to blame but I did ignore the warning signs. A good lesson anyway.
Struggled a bit with the climb to the start but didn't feel too bad for the rest. Had to walk quite a bit to stop the heart rate alarm from going off too much. Had a few spikes in heart rate at other times as well but they didn't last too long. Felt quite good running the downhill course back to the finish but still set the heart rate alarm off a few times so had to hold back more than I would have liked.
New shoes seemed pretty good, didn't give them much thought which seems like a good sign. Much more protection for the feet than the x-talons. Not bad for under $60, they are even in nomads colours.

Metro Series Mt Claremont. Got stuck at the back of a big queue at the first so decided to head South from there and clean up the middle of the map to get away from the crowds. Worked well as I hardly saw a soul for the rest of the course which allowed me to run to my heart rate a little better than I would with others around. Heading back up to 14 and 15? didn't feel very efficient at the time but I think it was probably ok. Had to run a lot slower than I would have liked to keep the heart rate under control but at least that meant I still felt quite good at the end.

Tried to repeat my Lake Jualbup time trial but it was way too soon after way too much fish and chips. Didn't feel too bad on the warm up and first lap but by the end of the second lap I was feeling pretty sick so I pulled the pin early in the third. Mix of walking and jogging to get home but mostly walking because any time I jogged I pretty quickly started to feel sick again.
First two laps 6:05, 6:04 so about the same pace as last time.

Down to Tawarri and back with a loop in KP at the end. Should have stuck to the flat. Went way too hard up the first hill in KP and pushed the heart rate way over my limit of 150. Dropped the chain going up the next hill when my plan of staying in the big ring was obviously not going to work and I tried to drop to the small ring while on the biggest cog at the back. Kind of knew it was going to happen but at least it gave me a rest.

A bit of a struggle. Felt like the pace was close to my limit all the way and I was tiring by the end. Kind of hoped to be surprised by how fast it was when I checked the gps at the end but I was only surprised by how short it was.