Training Log Archive: Craig

Easy run around KP in the late morning sunshine. Getting a little warm for comfort but still pretty nice. Very busy up the top and around the playgrounds, quite hard to cross the internal roads. Feeling a little weary but pretty comfortable just cruising around slowly. Nice to be pain free again, only taken 5 weeks of running every day.

Event: Hale School - WA Club Relays (NavDash)
 

Many laps of the oval to warm up for the relays. Not feeling very energetic, pretty standard for early afternoon.

WA relays at Hale school. Running 2nd and 4th legs with tRicky running 1st and 3rd. tRicky came in with about a 30 second lead over Cameron who was running with Sten and had the same first leg as tRicky so was able to tail him most of the way around. I figured Sten and tRicky would be pretty close so I needed to match Cameron which would be tough if he was able to follow tRicky.

It was very disconcerting to pick my map up and find the first control was the opposite direction to where I had seen everyone go from the mass start so I spent most of the first leg checking that I wasn't misreading something. I think this contributed to my confusion when rounding building corners into the first couple of controls and running into mulched areas that looked as though they could be out of bounds gardens. Both were mapped as rough open scattered trees but I hesitated for quite a while trying to make sure it was ok to cross. Rest of the course was pretty smooth but I didn't feel fast and Rachel beat me on a long section of simple straight running legs. Came into the changeover a couple of seconds behind Sten.

I thought tRicky had been able to stretch the lead out a bit more on his second leg but I knew Cameron was still reasonably close so Sten was going to be within striking distance.
I had a smoother run with just one very minor route choice error on 9 but when I crossed paths with Sten before the final loop I thought he was slightly ahead of where we crossed on my first run so I knew it was going to be tight. I hoped I had a shorter final loop this time but tried to push it harder anyway and I was looking left and right constantly when I ran across the oval to the final 3 controls. Didn't see Sten until I left my second last control and I was relieved to see he was heading for that control too because on the first course he got past me when his course went directly across to the last. Sprinted the last leg anyway to make sure but I had a comfortable margin of 23 seconds. Heart took a while to calm down after the finish.

Easy lap of KP mostly on sand and grass. Legs felt pretty good from the start. Tried to save it for tomorrow but not sure if I succeeded.

C • Tomorrow 6

Easy lap of KP, mostly on sand. Both calves a bit tight early on, otherwise felt quite good. Left calf loosened off more than the right but at least I didn't notice any of the tightness around the right fibula that I had yesterday. Saw Erin and Kev again, looking a bit lonely.

Legs felt reasonable from the start (almost broke 6min for the first km) so I tried to keep the pace a bit more solid today. Thought about going around the river but I didn't want to do too much on hard surfaces so I stayed in KP instead and stuck mostly to sand and grass. Saw the Rosalie group up near the war memorial and thought about joining them but Nic, Dan and Kate seemed to be pushing the pace a bit at the front so I decided it was safer to steer clear. Getting a bit tight around the head of the right fibula in the second half.

Easy lap of KP. Feeling pretty stiff and tired to begin with but improved a bit by the end. Saw Erin and Kev setting up for pilates in the park but didn't stop to chat.

Easy run in KP. Short loop with Rachel first then a longer loop on my own. Felt good for the first loop but started to feel a bit tired and tight down the outside of the right leg on the second loop.