Training Log Archive: jennycas

Nice day for a run in the forest. At the beginning it seemed almost too simple, as things were popping up exactly where I expected them to and my knees felt good running - also felt as though with a bit more training I'd be able to run faster still. Saw Clare leaving 5 in the green as I approached it, then hesitated a little and Mace was coming in as I was leaving. Didn't get a clear line through the junk on the next couple of legs but found the controls okay, also came across Claire Butler, and then the 4 of us were around each other for the next few controls but 11 was at the top of an embankment and I was too wide/hesitant coming down off it so lost sight of Mace & Clare. Only real error was probably not even a minute on 18 where I hit the fingers of erosion gullies pretty much right but saw a bunch of older men coming from the SW so checked the minor creek in the direction where they had come from (I do know better than to chase old men, really!).

I used to think that being within 10 min of the winner on a middle distance was fairly good by my standards, and I'm reasonably happy with my run, but there's such a big women's field that it means I'm 18th (which would be 20th if Vanessa & Rachel were here).

Day 1 Course 2 - Splits

Event: Easter 2013
 

Sprint around Latrobe uni campus, nicely set by Toph. The mistakes I made were in the bush - overrunning the first control by 50m and ending up at the second (I suspect I wasn't alone, but I had the second-fastest split belting back to 2!) and then on the northerly bush leg 5-6 I aimed right on purpose, but when I came near the road and saw the houses I thought I had to go further right because they should be to the left, but I was actually looking at other houses further right, which were folded under on my map. Figured it out pretty soon but probably lost about a minute, and 4 places (or 7 if you include the junior girls), between those 2 errors. But I'm sure that those other people made mistakes too, and could say the same. Not sure about my route on the leg after the spectator control; that got a bit messy at the end. But mostly I felt that I was making decisions well, and also running quite well for me, certainly faster than I was thinking!

Prologue Course 2 - Splits

Knees were a bit hammered from terrain (3 days in a row at Easter could be problematic in that regard) so I swam. Smells emanating from the bakery were very fruity - I guess they're making hot cross buns!

Terrain loops of Blackwood forest, jumping as many logs as possible. Not super fast because the needles were slippery especially when playing pine tree slalom. But felt fairly good, certainly stronger than I have for a while. (Really meant to start doing this a few weeks ago!) Was still warm out but I think I finally acclimatised to 30+ earlier this month. Also it was good to concentrate on something other than this afternoon's somewhat disquieting meeting (neither first nor last in the drip-feed, death by a thousand paper cuts, sequence of Things That Are Happening To Repat For The Good Of The SALHN).

A bit stiff from gardening but felt like I got through the longer bits quite well, only I couldn't turn my legs over any faster when it came to the shorter ones.

Warmup 8 min, warmdown 15. Surprisingly humid.

Pretty wrecked today so didn't go to Lady Alice (it's only Para Wirra in disguise anyway). Instead took dog to beach with George, pulled lots of weeds in the garden (but only about 10% of those available to me) and in the evening went for a ride. This made me feel better, but still fairly exhausted.

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