Training Log Archive: Craney

Great long run with Gracie on fire trails from near Mt Clear campground in Namadgi exploring the Naas Creek/Grassy Creek area. Cloudy, overcast day making for some very atmospheric views. Beautiful open bush with scattered boulders and big clearings and marshy bits. Miles and miles of prestine orienteering terrain out here - some mapped (WOC long trial is out this way). Inspiring area to train, should come out here for long runs more - it'd be easy to get fit quick.

C • Namadgi areas 9

Steady run round the East Basin with Gracie for 3.5km who was running @4.10mpk pace - then peeled off to climb Mt Pleasant (and run a bit slower!). Back over Kings Bridge. Felt like a bit of a struggle today.

Steady run on Davo/Redders apre work.

6x5mins in 'terrain' - inverted commas because Campbell Park/Hackett Hill isn't that terrainy, but good to get the ankles thinking about stuff. Tried to push but technique lacking so it wasn't super-intensive.

C • ill show you my terrain legnth one day. 4

Nice loop round the back of the Brae, East edge of Mugga Hill (found a small hill with a cairn on top) and home.

3 laps of a slightly undulating course which was slightly nearer the XC end of the Road Race to XC spectrum, but still only somewhere between Road Race and Trail Race. Good fun though - took the first lap comfortably and ramped up the intensity slightly each lap (times didn't change much though). Just managed to pip a 13 year old.

Night-o on Ainslie with Olle and Lachy - much fun. Isolated the problem with my headtorch before the start but that meant binning the extension cable, so I had to tape the battery to the strap on the head bit. Quickly realised after we mass-started that this meant it was banging on my ear every step. Long leg was fun - Lachy went round but Olle and I went over emerging on the termie all together. I then decided it'd be best to hold the battery in my hand next to my ear, so I had to run pretty retardedly for the rest of the course. Got on my own doing butterflies the other way round to the others - thought I'd be way behind but turned out I was ahead. Then I minced a fair bit and Olle caught me up just before the end.