Training Log Archive: Vaala

Just jogging round the short course with Debbie. She did great although I did give her a tow up the hill. Amazingly it wasn't me falling in the mud at the end though...Debbie did that for me. Nice way to cap off a fairly relaxed week (well, in terms of training...not life).

I really wanted to go for a much longer run but I was trapped in the kitchen all day (damn train cake) so about the time I was supposed to be getting ready to go out I headed out into the rain with Keisha for a quick blat up to the park and back. She was really well behaved (for her) which was a miracle. It's quite cool running with her...except when she decides there's something interesting on my right and nearly trips me up. We got absolutely soaked.

A loop round the streets from Debbie's flat in Mt Eden. Cruising at her pace although we started off a bit fast for her...I've got to remember that for Sunday. It was good apart from when I sprawled across the concrete after tripping on a stray branch. Banged my knee and apparently it was quite an impressive fall. It seems I'm good at those.

Basically the usual from the gym round the mean streets and hills of Parnell/Remuera then round the outer tracks of the Domain. Slow...very slow. But I didn't feel too bad really once the legs warmed up and I stopped running like a retard (the hills helped). Being rained on was quite pleasant and it wasn't too cold once you got moving.

Was planning a run today, rest tomorrow and spin on Friday but turns out I have a late night on Thursday so ended up spinning today instead. Why can't there be a Thursday morning class? Anyway, class was a short warmup followed by a hill track then a sprint track then a hill and so on. A bit different to usual but cool. Leg muscles feeling pretty tired but still working. My brain on the other hand is not switched on this week (or last week...?). Can someone give me a new brain please?

Legs feeling quite good really.

2 sets of new leg program with some core stuff and stretches thrown in at the end. Definitely feel like my legs are getting stronger but I'm not looking forward to doing the big stair jumps (I just did the normal ones today).

Plantation Farm
Worst run I've had in ages! Well, actually it was fairly okay for most of the controls, just slow because it was slippery and I suck at that. But on the way to #4 I stuffed up real bad and couldn't work out what was going on for about half an hour (it took me 40 minutes on that damn control). Turns out I must have crossed the track higher than I thought and ended up crossing the other stream, not checking and thinking I was on the correct hill. Really frustrated with myself that I didn't check these things and annoyed I didn't do the other route choice I thought about.