Training Log Archive: Vaala

Cruising round Red 4 with Mum...attempting to keep her on track and not get distracted which was hard! Then she sent me into the swampy, muddy forest sections to get the controls for her! Good times. Still feeling weird and like being sick though.

ARGH! What a terrible race! So slow, so useless, so humid, so sick! From the moment the race started my legs felt awful. I'm pretty sure some of that is down to going so hard at the cycling race last weekend. Plus my back was really not happy but I'd been unable to find any pain killers beforehand. I guess I have been super stressed and not sleeping that great lately despite early bedtimes so that could account for the dizziness and mini blackouts in my vision. I mean I wasn't even going very fast at all with such wooden-feeling legs! This did make the technical rocky sections a bit mentally exhausting too, just trying to make my brain and eyes concentrate enough to not fall over. Just felt so ill by the time the last hill came around that I didn't jog up very far before giving up and just walking. Not sure how I even got this far round running. Lucky I can walk up hills fast though even when sick!

Then on the way back to town on the ferry I was so sick. It's been years since I've thrown up. I think the last time I was a kid and ended up in hospital so it was really unusual for me. Was a long walk back to the car afterwards but luckily my parents were there to help by this point.

I don't know what's wrong with me :-(

Quick gentle jog up the valley to the last gate and back. Humid. No idea how long it took as I appear to have lost my watch for the millionth time.

Being a good girl and not rogaining which was sad but need to rest my back. Instead I stalked Tane and his bright blue bike pants at the traffic lights. In true stalker style I didn't let him know I was there :-P
Then I ate cake and cackled loudly with my bookgroup in an attempt to scare the rival bookgroup also at the same cafe.

Since I am foolishly running a half marathon in the weekend M told me I had to run instead of go to the time trial. Most sad because the conditions were so lovely. But it was still a lovely run. Just did the double valley. Got a bit hayfevery in the long grass though. Back seemed okay but any longer or harder (I was going pretty easy) and it wouldn't have been.

Slow walk with M round the river. It's cold outside. I would have liked to go for a jog but my back isn't exactly great. I hope it's better by Saturday.