Training Log Archive: Craig

Planning to try a longish run but as I left I jokingly asked Liam if he wanted to come and he surprised me by saying yes. Jogged over to Rosalie with Liam and did a bunch of short sprints for about 20 minutes. Lots of races to various lines and goal posts, races up and down the grass banks, a few variations on chasey using the soccer field markings to constrain things.
Did another half hour loop in KP after taking Liam home.

It turns out this was probably a very bad idea because Liam then spent all night vomiting up everything he had eaten at a birthday party in the early afternoon. From the top bunk he managed to vomit all over the bed, down the side of the bed against the wall and off the other side of the bed down the ladder including into Amy's hair while she slept below. This was despite having an ice cream container with him on the bed because he said he felt sick before going to bed. After switching beds he then vomited in the new bed several more times (again failing to use any of the containers available) but mostly just fluid so not so messy. Spent most of the night cleaning up the mess and Rachel spent all Monday cleaning as well.

C • Lachlan 1

Another attempt at the Lake Jualbup 5k time trial. Thought about going to parkrun but the extra adrenaline of a real race always seems to cause problems. Hoping to get under 21 minutes this time but the heart was bad last night and was feeling a bit twitchy on the warm up so I wasn't confident.
Did a reasonable warm up with a short loop through KP and was feeling ok but not jumping out of my skin like on last Sunday's long run.
First lap 5:05 - Happy with that, heart good but not sure I can maintain it.
Second lap 5:06 - Thinking about ShotRat's 3k time trial and feeling as though I wouldn't have much of a kick left for the last 500m if this was a 3k time trial. Expecting the 3rd lap to be slower.
Third lap 5:12 - Had to run behind a garbage truck for a while which isn't very pleasant when breathing as hard as I was. Could feel the pace dropping at times but not as bad as I feared. Confident the last lap would be quicker.
Last lap 5:03 - Tried to push the downhills harder and hold the pace though the points I felt myself slowing on the previous lap. Passed the garbage truck again but going opposite direction this time so didn't have to put up with the smell for as long.

Very happy with the total time, almost a minute faster than my last effort. Hope to be having a serious crack at the sub 20 next month.

C • Nice to know 1

Easy run in KP. Going pretty well towards the end.