Training Log Archive: Purko

I learnt a lot from this weekend; I feel I let myself down a bit on the sprint race, but performed as I think I should have on both the long and the relay. I really enjoyed the experience and hopefully with a strong winters' training JWOC next July, may, with a bit of luck, be achievable.

JEC relay 2nd leg 37:27 +2:10.

Was worried I'd be heading out in the front pack, unfortunately Sasha struggled meaning the pack was long gone. This settled my nerves helping me to run my own race. Sasha and Andrew came back together so Will and I set off together as well. #1 went well but then I got confused with the control codes, thinking that #2 was 135, so when I arrived and it said 147 I instantly thought it wasn't mine. Ran to the open to relocate, did so, and came back to the exact same control! #2 was 147 after all! 1:30. Things went very cleanly after that meaning I steadily worked my way through the runners gaining 6 places from where Sasha left off. 10s on #8 and #13 faffing in the control circle and 20s on #19 as I over-shot it. Caught Will up again at #27 and then finished the race just ahead of the lead girls pack.

Wasn't happy about the run immediately after the race, but thinking about it, it's unlikely I could have run a much cleaner race as errors would likely have just been somewhere else.