Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Event: Marginata (Australian Middle Distance Champs)
 

Australian Middle Championships at Marginata, the day 2 area from Easter 2003, which means I haven't run on it because I didn't do the long day at Easter 2003 (being in the early stages of a comeback). A bit slow to 1 but hit it well, and also nailed the potentially dangerous 2 before drifting a bit en route to 3, without a lot of time loss. Caught sight of Grant there but he suffered from this week's curse whereby the big guns make mistakes as soon as they catch sight of me (Rob at the prologue, Bruce yesterday); he blasted past me a couple of controls later. Continued to run fairly steadily through the spectator, a bit unsure of myself on 11 but picked it up without major trouble, and then made an annoying 45-seconder at 13, the last technical control. Still a decent run, and my fifth successive top-10 in this event.

My running wasn't too bad, but the front of my right ankle got worse rather than better through the run, unusual for this injury. Not sure I would have finished had it been a long race. Hopefully it sorts itself out reasonably quickly.

And I had a once-a-decade experience afterwards: a drug test. Just as well I didn't have an early plane to catch. (Predictably, as soon as I'd managed to produce enough for a sample, I then produced a lot more as the 2.4 litres I'd drunk made its way through).

Course 1 - Splits