Training Log Archive: jennycas

Took Blair for a trot up through Pasadena to Sleeps Hill Quarries on a nice drizzly afternoon. Promised him "only one hill, but I'm not saying how big it is". Of course he burned me off going up Hillrise Drive! There are a few more hills than this tomorrow so I think I'm going to struggle.

Tired legs & brain. Felt like a tempo run but my proprioception in the dark was woeful, as was my night vision. Full moon rising - shame it's not next weekend.

Redwoods run with Zara/Callum, Simon, Tyson before Easter meeting at the Uppills'. Not entirely happy with hamstring/ITB which I think are contributors to groin twinges.

Belair Triangle run - where the triangle is to Blackwood via Shepherds Hill, then Belair then home. Legs were pretty weary and I hope they feel better than this when running twice as far next Sun. Very tight down the entire right leg (accelerator foot) and I had to stop and stretch often. Should have left home 10 min earlier to avoid being late for work afterwards, but then it would still have been too dark to see in the park.

Definite twinges in my right (technically the good) knee; after driving back from the Flinders both ITBs had really tightened up. So probably I should have gone for a short jog and stretch after work but was lured by junk food and bad TV.

I knew Belinda would beat me on running speed but I didn't want her mum to do so also, and I was starting a couple of minutes after Jenny Bourne. So I ran pretty hard and it was possible to do so because there was nothing underfoot except small rocks, but I had taped my ankles well. The first control was a little too far down the creek, a fact which I forgot when coming back to it as no. 7 and which meant I was slightly too low on my bearing to 8 but apart from that I had a very good run by my standards and managed to beat Geoff Lawford as well. I was sorry that the course was over so soon, but it did mean that we got away in time to stop at the café in Orroroo (before the rush got there) on the way home and for me & George to take Sus & Lachlan to dine at Fern & Tyson's :)

Event: Badge Event Rawnsley Park and OY # 6
 

The course started at the gap in the range, behind the bunkhouse, and we had to run 200m to the start triangle then straight back the way we had come past the start on a nearly 2km leg along the track through the campground. (Well, I guess one could have gone over the range.) After going back over the range through the next gap the course improved and the next few controls were pretty good fun and required some concentration. I didn't really approve of the water being placed along the creek rather than at any controls, but it didn't much affect route choice. Longish leg down to the SE corner of the map then a climb up to the cave on the south side of the ridge and a couple of slippery sidehill legs (damp grass and old shoes didn't make my grip that good) then a leg over the ridge again back to the bunkhouse - I crossed at the saddle and followed the powerlines. So basically the middle 6km of the course was quite fun if a bit scratchy in the young pines; a pity the beginning and end of the course weren't more imaginative but I realise the controller had to work quite hard to convince the course planner to get the course as good as it was. I thought I'd had a pretty clean run but I guess some of my route choices (and my pace) were suboptimal since Belinda took 10 min out of me. Not sure how I could get to be 1 min/km faster?