Training Log Archive: cricketk

(30 minutes) Too slow and lazy to call it training, but a very nice bicycle equivalent of strolling along the Deep Water Point foreshore with my Mum, punctuated by me perpetually telling her to change down a gear or 4. Mum's at least as bad as me for overdoing it.

(90 minutes) Too slow and lazy to call it training, but a nice gossip and explore session in Ellis Brook Valley with Marcia.

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And roller.

Ow.

Event: Gunapin Ridge Badge Event
 

C25K note:

I've now fiddled with the fancy watch so that it won't beep that I'm going too slow until I'm slower than 6.15min/km and it will tell me I'm going too fast at 5.45min/km.

Previous settings had 'too slow' at 5.35min/km and too fast at 3.58min/km. I have bounced off both off them at various times. 5.21min/km seems to be my 'comfy' pace, based on previous C25K splits in which I felt good, comfy and in control. And was going gently downhill.

It will be interesting to see how the next week goes.

Pretty unhappy with this effort.

Clean to 3

4 - strayed well to the left, recognised I was wrong from the watercourse, but still took ages to re-locate properly and nab the control.

5 - pretty clean - realised compass was trying to drag to the left again and ignored it

6 - another big error. Won't be entirely sure of how I got it so wrong until I see RG, but I'm betting money on dragging to the left again. Ended up having to re-locate from the FENCE.

7,8 - clean

9 - None of the three rocks in the circle appeared to be in the centre. Found control on the second one I checked. (Note - RG shows I didn't even make it into the circle before checking my first rock - fail.)

10 - Nice leg - couldn't figure out how I wanted to do it, so did a headless chicken impression. Then when I was in the vicinity, it seemed very clear to me - but number on the stand was for control 11. Headed up the hill - another big time loss.

11 - Very fast - knew exactly where I was going!

12 - Randomly checked a control that was in my flight path, I have no idea why. Couple of seconds lost for being a moron

Clean 13 and finish - ran across the paddock as quick as I could sustain, convinced there was someone hot on my tail. Not actually so, despite him entering 12 as I was leaving it.

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Course 6 - Splits

Lots of neck and shoulder work.

Played Race The Train this morning.

I am not as good at it as tRicky.

Tried to race the train from Mt Lawley to Maylands but am not very good at it. Train stopped at Mt Lawley as I went past and I didn't _quite_ make it to Maylands before it left.

Ride home with an evening's shopping tucked into the backpack. Mostly very casual enjoying the evening - but noticed the wind kicking up at times.

First time ever didin't manage to unclip with the foot that needed to go on the road. Embarrassing slow-mo fall at the main entrance to Burswood. Bitten by the big cog at the front, but no incapacitating injuries.

Walk to park. Garmin eventually found a satellite.

Erk. Felt awful. Absolutely no lung capacity. Cold air doesn't work well with delicate lungs.

Still not seeing a way to feasibly step up to the next week of C25K.

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Walk back to house practicing expanding lungs - felt crap.

Might go see my Dr and go back on the purple spaceship asthma stuff.

A day to wrestle with my desire to eat my own bodyweight in polenta.

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Water just amazingly still this morning - took a bunch of photos of early morning reflections and for the first time in ages, wished I was paddling instead of cycling.

Another morning of not a whole heap of energy, but no niggling pains - I'll take it for a bit longer I think.

Cool and perfect.

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Another slow ride home.

Saw Poppy and Juffy in their team configuration and waved hello.

Another enjoyable ride.

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