Training Log Archive: Bomb

Woc tour day 5. went out for a run with the other aussies who weren't running the middle final. nice course, but forgot brain. stupid mistake on 2, then got to 4 and realised that it was one of the controls on the butterfly of the long (so therefore I knew where I was) and proceeded to lose about 5-6mins on the next one. 7 was on a knoll above the control I massively stuffed in the long final, and near where I'd got to before things went wrong, so I thought I'd give it another go. fail. another epic lostness on the slope and relocated in exactly the same place as the other day. got the shits with that, and headed off on a leg that had exactly the same route as the one I'd taked the wrong route on the other day. at least made sure I got it right this time. got through the next few ok, but then was nearly home and turned down the hill too early (on the really easy one near the finish), and had a massive climb back up the hill. got passed by 2 midgets in the finish chute. ah well.

easy morning run before the long final, with team physio Victoria. few stretches. beautiful morning, and quite warm compared to the rest of the time we've been here.

C • Good luck! 3

WOC long final. good run, but not great. a couple of small wobbles going into controls, and one decent mistake - lost the plot on the second last control of the butterfly thing, and couldn't relocate - probably about 3 mins. mainly just felt like my legs hadn't recovered enough from the qual race, and really struggled the whole way. was fairly un-impressed that they ran us up a ski jump at the start of the second loop - that was just mean!

C • Well done 2

before the race, and a very little jog after.

just and easy run to loosen the legs before this afternoons long qualifier.

C • good luck!!! 7

C • Congratulations! 9

WOC long qualifier. was feeling optimistic going into the race, and figured that a clean run would get me through so my plan was just to take it carefully and not make mistakes. generally managed that, and all the controls kept popping up where I expected. had a slight wobble on 7, where I was a bit low on the spur, but maybe only 30secs. lost a couple of minutes on the long leg to 8, where I missjudged the route choice options and took the one that was definitely the worst. other than that it was just a fairly epic slog - plenty of marsh, and some really steep climbs. thought when I finished that I should be ok, but hadn't realised how much time I'd lost on the long leg. made it ok, so job done.
took 2 gels today - one before the start and one halfway. thinking that the final is going to be a 1 + 3 gel race.

warm up, including a short run around the warm up map (didn't want to do too much to tire the legs), then a jog after - calves were cramping a bit!

easy morning run with a three hill reps.