Training Log Archive: Bertbennett

First Newcastle bush event of the year. Felt pretty clean apart from one control. I knew on that control that I was high but I listened to the retarded voice in my head that said to keep running. Only lost about 30 seconds there. Also chose a pretty stupid route to #4 (track) which was slow.

Every time I've gone oing in my current O-shoes my calves have felt like exploding. So I'm thinking of maybe getting some O-shoes with a high heal drop to eliminate some of that pain.

Hard Long - Splits

Just a bit of swelling in the ankle I which I want to give a day to get better. Rest day won't hurt I don't think. Would have gone out on the bike but it's been raining all day and I can't quite motivated myself for that misery.

Man I'm still feeling drained from the weekend. Legs felt heavy today and my right ankle still feels a little bit tight (I must have rolled it or maybe the tape caused an issue).

Probably the best I've ever played. Probably the best I'll ever play. The pinnacle has been reaxhed.

Lower calves still feeling it a bit after the weekend. Ice n compression should do the trick.

Sledging Macey as he made his way around the course.

Park series final. Calves sore so didn't push it too much. Don't have precise distance because I forgot my watch. Won the highly sort after trophy for another year.

Long - Splits

Felt weird running on a surface that doesn't give way when you step on it... Feel like I have a lingering cold and sore muscles from the weekend.

Final public race as well as a little running around the map afterwards with Shep. I kinda wish I'd picked up a different course and run it afterwards.

When I went out after my course I ran in my Nike Pegasus. I was actually amazed how much easier it was to run on the sand in those shoes than the shoes I'd raced in all weekend. The bigger footprint seemed to give me so much more push-off than the thin salomons. Not particularly happy with how I went on the course today but it was more of a concentration thing than anything else. I don't think my head was in the game after yesterday and so I kinda just chose lazy routes and didn't really check the map enough and didn't have techniques or plans made. On the controls that I did have a plan in place I nailed the control so it seems like a case of just needing to have the mental discipline to have a plan for every leg and keep contact etc. The dunes are much less daunting to me now than they were a few days ago that's for sure.