Training Log Archive: riley mcfarlane

Event: WA Long Championships Bush 13 Abercorn Road
 

Overall just felt that it was a ____ ___ __ _ ____ ______. Started off bashing though green for the first third of the course, so I couldn't get into reading my map AT ALL. Which lead to several mistakes in the more technical second third of the course. I died when I saw Aldo at the finish when I was going from 10 to 11, he took the soul out of me. Safe to say that I choked hard this weekend, so Craig can gladly take his overall SOL champion trophy.

Generally, if I am having the perfect run, I start off slow and the map has lots of open terrains to start with or just no rubbish under the feet. That way I can judge how fast the event should be run so that in the technical second third of the course I can really crack down and get into the map. Around the last third of the course, I really pick up the pace, say from 6-7 min/km to 3:30-5 min/km. But today, I had to rush the first controls which were horrible and I could barely get into the map, the middle part I made all my mistakes and Aldo stretched his wings and the last third I made mistakes despite running incredibly slow, while Aldo came flying in the finish.

Course 4 - Splits

Event: WA Sprint Championships NavDash 7 Murdoch
 

Just looked at my start times for Oceania, super stoked. LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Watch said 12 10, splits said 12 21 smh. Took way too long route choices, in order to take the safer option. Ran an extra 500m compared to Aldo, but I made zero mistakes. He ran 5:02min/km, I ran 4:47 min/km. I honestly believe that I probably run faster than my watch says because of the constant cutting of corners by the GPS when in reality I feel like I am running 3:40 min/km it's nonsense to me. Also could feel shin splints coming in as well.

C • Times 7

2 - Splits

Did forrie aths, shorter running than last week.

Joe's training at Maddington. 3km warm-up, etc. Did some standard throwers conditioning exercises as well, since no one came to training due to the lack of sunshine.

Aths club training, kinda stirred a recipe for me getting shin splints tbh. Oh well, I'll just have a whole bunch of magnesium.

Did a whole bunch of sprints, the time also includes resting.

1500m race, if I would have worn spikes I probably would have run 4:35.

Absolutely garbage time, again the school banned spikes for 1500 and 800 so I'm pissed off at them.