Training Log Archive: fletch

Sore throat, coughing lots. Hmm. Cold has well and truly won the battle. Absolutely knackered at school.

Event: Ngangaguringguring Standard Event
 

Despite a few glitches trying to get an early copy of the map for today's course, I headed out anyway to run an old M18 badge event from 1994. First bush nav in ages, and it showed. Was absolutely hopeless and made slower by the fact there were no flags in the locations I had to get to, so combined with my lack of confidence made for a lot of double and triple checking once I was in approximately the right area.
Much trouble reading the map. Not helped by starting with a 1:15 000, which I've hardly used for 7 or 8 years. Also real trouble to get my map reading sorted and routine in place, even when moving slowly. Kept catching myself just running in the right general direction instead of planning the leg properly first.
Much improvement needed. I wonder how much differences 7 races in a week and a half over east would have made.
Oh well. Gotta start somewhere, and it was really good fun, except for running east at 7am trying to shield my eyes, look at the map and see where I was going at the same time. Looking forward to Umuna next weekend. Must sort out the routine there, whether needed in farmland or not.

Oh yeah - was so slow that I hard to give up 2/3 of the way around to get home in time for church (and I may never have made it to the right locatrion for at least one of the controls. Will see where I went with a bit of creativity and routegadget :) )

C • RouteGadget 2

C • X-Talons? 15

Event: Nav Dash - Aquinas College
 

Very cautious to a tricky first control, left 2 in the wrong direction then had to choose between correcting to original plan or going the long way round. Chose to correct, but may not have been worth it - the splits will tell the tale. Then not too bad for a while. Didn't see 12 when standing right next to it, and left 27 in the wrong direction. Felt slow and scrappy through 19-22. Just had trouble keeping up with where I was as the legs were so short and had some trouble in general following where I was on the map, as it was so totally covered in lines between little circles...

Oscar got me by 30 seconds, I beat Ben by about 12. Will be interesting to see the splits.

Course 1 - Splits

Ride to and from the folks' house to go cheer on the Wiggles. Kept my 100% record for the season intact. Got a much better route on the way home. Plus no crowds, plus no traffic, plus no headwind. Legs still sore from last night though

Ye olde 7 reps of 5:2 plus WU, CD. Felt like I was going to die at the start. Been feeling pretty flat as the day has worn on today. Lunch tried to squeeze back past dinner at one point (at least that's what it tasted like), but settled into an alright rhythm after that.

Long run from work. Was a bit warmer and sunnier than expected. Probably should have drunk more of the water I took with me :(

Decided to try something different and headed from school, down Hester Ave, past Ridgewood oval along to Neerabup National Park, turned north along the eastern boundary of the park and followed it up to Romeo Rd. Turned west, then shortly after saw the end of the Y??? walk track which I had seen the other end of down on Hester, so figured that would be a good way to get back. Was a bit softer in places and quite twisty and turny, so it added a bit of distance and climb. Which wasn't appreciated considering how badly I faded after the 45 minute mark. Where did my fitness go? Also killed my plans for a 90 minute run, but I survived. Had an icy-pole at school then headed to Subway for a late lunch. Yum.

Pity things like this don't fit into ordinary work days :(

C • Yaberoo-Budjara trail 4