Training Log Archive: Bomb

run from Connies in Bardon, with Dan and Connie. extended loop at the end of gordon road, then the usual run across to simpsons falls. tired tonight, and legs not moving quick enough to cope with the rocky trails.

intervals in anzac park, with Clive and Wendy, in the dark. 7 x 3mins with 1 min recovery. just around the tracks so plenty of hills. first couple were ok, then my legs went pretty useless for a while, but got going again on the last 2.
pretty crazy night out - first big storm of summer, so pissing down rain and massive lightning.

warm up, warm down and jog recoveries

Event: Qld Champs
 

Test running sprint courses for the Easter 2012 prologue at wilmont's waterholes (near stanthorpe). fun area - generally flat and open, but with heaps of rock and long waterholes for route choice. Courses are pretty close to being finished now. yay!

walking around the sprint area refining control locations etc.

control collection after event.

long run to mt coottha and back, with 40mins of putting out controls in the middle.
felt pretty flat, but not surprising cos I forgot to have lunch.

run around anzac park

tired today. glass carpet was out in the morning. further evidence of impending ekka in the afternoon - the waft of animal shit all through bowen hills.

OY at Cotton's paddock. The first 50 mins were good - the course covered the map pretty well to get 11km. it started with a big lap around the outside, then finished up in the tricky erosion in the middle, which had allegedly been fixed. at 14, before the start of this part I was 6 mins behind the leader. by 17 I was 16 mins behind. the first of my epic mistakes started as my fault - dropped down to early and ended up in the wrong creek, but then the map in that area was appallingly mapped (ie. not mapped), and it too a while to figure out what was going on. I crossed another creek system on the way out, which also wasn't mapped very well, and by the time I got to the control I had absolutely no confidence that the map was correct at all. 17 was another relocation fail, and turned the wrong direction to start with. after those mistakes I was a bit more hesitant, but tried to keep running hard to the end.
in hindsight - a gel at the first drinks control probably would have done me a lot of good, and possibly held off a major case of the stupids.

feet were pretty sore at the end - got some good blisters, and either taping or laces were a bit tight and feet feel a bit bruised now.

run with Clare and Katelyn from Clares. nice cruisy pace - perfect for chatting.

to work. somehow ended up at the pub after work.

to and from work. road closures in bowen hills for Ekka have started already, so I have a bit of a detour. fortunately it isn't as bad as I thought it would be, although some parts are a bit cyclo-cross

night run with Connie on Coottha, from Bardon

short run around anzac park