Training Log Archive: Craig

Through UWA and around the river for a bit to see who was running in the Christchurch 12k. Pretty stiff and sore early on and didn't really get going until the last 10 minutes when it suddenly started to feel really easy.

Event: Gosnells - NavDash
 

Easy run in KP with Rachel during Amy's tennis lesson.

Easy run around KP. Achilles felt better today. Still a bit sore around outside of right ankle and maybe a bit stiff around tib-fib joint.

Around KP on a mix of hard and soft surfaces finishing at the tennis club to take Liam home from his lesson. Felt much harder than I would have liked for the pace I was going. Pain in right achilles early gradually moved around to outside of ankle.

Over to the tennis courts to check on the kids while Rachel played her club champs doubles. They weren't particularly happy so I ended up running home with Amy to get my tennis racquet and her bike. Had a bit of an unavoidable delay at home so by the time we got back to the tennis club Rachel and Liam had already gone. Continued on for a lap of Rosalie Park with Amy on her bike and me carrying a tennis racquet. Just got over my arbitrary 20 minute minimum.

Still trying to build a habit. Not feeling like a particularly habit forming activity yet.

Just trying to keep building the habit.

Pennants Grand Final.
Didn't get off to a good start with Brad and I losing our first set 0-4 and Rhett losing his 1-4. We both fought back to take it into a third with Brad and I winning and Rhett going down so 1-1 after the first round.

Second round I sat off while Brad played singles and Rhett & Dan doubles. Rhett & Dan followed our lead losing the first set 0-4 before coming back to win in 3. Brad mixed it up by winning the first set and then losing the second 0-4. His third set came down to a sudden death point at 4-4 in the tie-breaker to decide the match (and potentially the title) which he won to give us a 3-1 lead.

Going into the final round we were still behind on games so we needed to win one of the final two matches or we would lose on countback. Brad sat out this round while Rhett & I played doubles and Dan singles. Rhett & I played a great match and seemed to have all the luck go our way as well to win 4-0 4-2 while Dan ground out a really hard fought 4-3 4-2 win to give us a deceptively comfortable looking 5-1 victory in the end.

Great night of tennis to finish a great season. Really even competition all played in a really good spirit. We ended up winning our last 11 matches in a row without ever feeling as though we were favourites.