Training Log Archive: tinytoes

Did a promo for Lake Macquarie Rogaine on 5 August. Special loop planned for bush runners so I thought it worth a try.

Not quite the perfect warm up but much more like what should be done.

Started with steely resolve and that worked really well, bolstered by adequate warm up. Very happy.
Got to 1st checkpoint - Don Morris Rainforest Walk and checked time - devastated. But made myself pleased with continual run and flow and getting breathing under control.
S-1 - 11:03 Watch seemed to take a long time to get back out of lap.
1-T 18:23 (7:20) Did allow myself a little walk up last bush track and 2/3 Engineering Hill. then back on to focus. Felt OK but was pleased to see turn around.
T- 2- blank - watch battery died. I thought it might have reset when little kid slapped my wrist in a failed high 5 but nope when screen did come back it was Mon 1-01 so that was that. Tried setting it on the run to get last half but wouldn't switch off for laps so back to booth with warranty for me!
Ended up fairly strongly and quite positive about this run. Time just a guess. Low turnout today - possibly because of Monkeri Running ?Festival or Blackbutt back on.
Beaut day. Nice chat afterwards with Katherine and Elaine. Pete absent - on the turps last night at pub. Robyn rescuing the car.

A genuine structured Sculpt class, though not very interesting. Perfectly adequate and far better organised than last week. See this as maintenance rather than extending. Maybe that's what it should have been, we were just spoilt.

Upped the weight in back section - thought it was about time I made a move.

Feeling the effects of yesterday's massage in my back. Just "surface" but very noticeable. Shows how much I needed it.

Fantastic class but mood high after yesterday's run and nav improvement. Did 2 Trots runs - improved by 10 sec so happy with that. Maybe turning a corner?

On Rego again but not that busy. A bit further walk to start but not enough to warm up on as was really rocky - as per name of map.
S-1Bearing to just before swamp/w/c
1-2 bearing in what was supposed to be white - but visibility was really low and going slowish. I didn't see much difference in vegetation but got control easily.
2-3 bearing crossing track the 2 w/c and kept another w/c in sight. Was a bit concerned with this as a very subtle feature - sure it was w/c but almost a point feature. Still as rockman said - extend the feature and I did.
3-4 very short leg through green stripe (thought i could tell this one)
4-5 south and pick up w/c or gully and stop before getting too much into green - I thought I was in the green the whole way.
5-6 then the real green started and sloppy and as fire been through lots of thin blackened trunks to duck and weave around slowing progress quite a bit. But eventually track appeared and wasn't sure of waterhole situation so stayed on track until w/c crossed it - safer option given lot of water on course. North from track; parallel to w/c.
6-7 Keep concentrating, keep concentrating this is where you could come unstuck...along track but couldn't pick the attack point wiggle of the track. Kept going too far and then decided not to turn around but to go to.. nearing track junction. OK that's where I am so now it's just North.....and should see control flag which I did but it was not mine... just to the West and yes it was mine.
7-F Raced Shane to F on track. He's taller than me so he was faster than me.
Very happy with today - quite a bit of rust removed over the weekend but still more to go if I want to do anything respectable at Aus Champs.
Back for the dramas of the day - 3 fairly spectacular injuries plus a late person and a VERY late person but all OK.
A word out to the trail bike riders whom we sometimes scowl at... thanks a lot today for bringing in 2 of the injured people!
Note: still pleased with nav but looking at km rate... not so. Visibility was a problem, but still think security of nav is preferable to speed and stupidity.

Hard 8 - Splits