Training Log Archive: jennycas

Did B&S' "green" training course and this took me a while, especially since the vegetation's changed a bit and as I became less certain of some of the control sites e.g. defunct termite mounds, I became less certain of exactly where I was headed next...nice afternoon for it although the sun seemed low in the sky already and I startled lots of grazing roos.

The sun had set already when I left work but twilight lasted until the top of Hillrise where I admired the city lights then headed on up Mead St and to the top of the Lynton Connector bike path then down it - knees didn't appreciate the 20% decline.

It was a bit chilly tonight and I'd accidentally worn old tights with negligible elasticity so had to keep hitching them up with both hands (about every 10 sec) so I didn't freeze my backside. The actual group run was better than expected - and we managed to avoid the oncoming freight train - although I am a bit out of practice on hills which doesn't bode well for Wagga.

C • Bummer 1

5 x short sprintervals around the uni thanks to Bridget. Might have to give up night sprints because I simply can't read the control circle detail even with a headlamp.

Warmup to the uni, runthroughs which bothered my harmstring, then extended warmdown before 2018 Aust Champs meeting.

Around the suburbs. South Rd is marginally less boring by night. In other news, we finally bought a new mattress - damn, they are expensive! - and it's twice as thick as my 20-year old one so I may have to create a new loggable activity: climbing, just to get up into the (already higher than average) bed. I'm not good with heights though, so what if I fall out in the night...?

C • Falling out?? 15

Really didn't feel like orienteering this morning - it was cold and wet, I had a splitting headache and stuffed-up head, and I knew the course would be exactly the same as last year. But...I had Wallaringa t-shirts to hand out, and the fresh air when I did run cleared my head a bit, and I just sneaked in under 40, although I was a bit disappointed to be only 2 minutes faster than 13 months ago. Exciting that there was actually water in the creeks, too.