Training Log Archive: Bomb

Aus relays, running 3rd for the cyclones. Our expectations were a little lower than last year, and without Rachel we were definitely lacking fire-power, but we figured that Bridget, Krystal and I could get a decent result, and that 4th was achievable if we all ran well.
Bridget and Krystal got us off to a solid start, but it was looking like most of the elite women were going to end up in the mass start. fortunately for us they delayed it and I went out in 5th, a minute behind WA and 30m ahead of Tracy running for NSW.
Having spoken to a few people about the course, and having run with Tracy at the end of the long last weekend, I figured that if I ended up running with Tracy I'd never get away, but on my own I'd be quicker, and that the only decisive point on the course was the first leg. So I took the first leg straight and ran as fast as I could and didn't see her again. I didn't see the WA runner either, and ended up running the whole leg by myself. A good run in the end - not feeling as quick as yesterday, but every control was exactly where I expected it to be. Certainly a nice change to get the navigation right! probably could have picked a better route choice on the long leg back to 6 - running lower along the fence line may have been much quicker.
Pleased to finish a comfortable 4th, and looking forward to having Rachel back so we can really get back in the mix.

Ended up with infected blisters after Saturday (and last weekend), which required treatment so that I could sleep then run. Total first aid kit was nil, but scrounged a pocket knife and hand sanitiser from Mat.
Sliced open the blister and filled it with alcohol hand sanitiser. It stung a bit, but it did the job and got me through the race.

Warm up. didn't bother with a warm down.

Ankle stuffed again. not sure what I did (didn't notice anything major during the run), but my dodgy ankle has turned into a balloon after the relay. also very stiff and hurts to walk. I hope its just a bit angry after running on really rough terrain and it settles down again quickly.

RELAY W21E - Splits

Event: Australian Middle Distance/Relay Championships
 

Aus middle champs on 'the gib'. Great area, but had a terrible race. Some small mistakes, some bigger ones and a whopper for a total of 8 1/2 mins lost. I found that I just couldn't concentrate and kept miss-interpreting big features. very frustrating as 2/3 of the controls were perfect, then I would randomly lose the plot.
I'm getting really sick of screwing up races that should suit me, and today was about as good as it's going to get. Definitely something I need to sort out, otherwise just turning up is a complete waste of time.

Physically felt quite good despite the rough terrain. at least there were some lessons for the relay.

Oz Middle Course 2 - Splits

plod in anzac park, with a few surges towards the end to try and convince my legs to get going. left glute/hammy is still sore and restricting my stride. I suspect the problem is really my lack of range in my left ankle.
lots of stretching afterwards.

before the run I'd been talking to Dan and Dad about strange people/things in the forest at night... then I ran into James and Kate out for a walk.

plod in Anzac park. legs not too bad generally but left glute and hammy still not good.

Hot power yoga class. very tough class tonight with some new sequences that were really hard. I was reminded frequently of my sore calves from Saturday and sore hammy from Sunday, but they both eased out a fair bit during the class.
I got stuck next to the token fat hopeless guy in the class, which was really annoying. Its generally a pretty hard class and he had no hope of doing 3/4 of it and kept falling over and getting in the way of everyone around him.