Training Log Archive: Craig

Easy ride out to Optus stadium and back with Rachel. I was looking forward to the ride back into the wind but Rachel thought it would be better to follow the railway home so there wasn't any headwind.

Kingsley MetrO long course.
Tricky course with the 3 roads with one crossing point each making it hard to judge routes. I decided quite early to skip the Western section as the controls looked awkward to get between but I kept doubting myself and wondering if I should try to get some of the controls closer to the crossing. Dithered a bit at 21, starting to head for 20, then turning back and going down the wrong street for a few steps before finally getting back onto my original plan. Heading for 22 I was so busy trying to decide which to drop out of 5 and 12 that I forgot all about 22 and only remembered that I hadn't stopped to punch as I was turning onto the path to head towards 11 so added an extra 100m to go back and get it. Crossed the bridge to 106 just behind Sten so that helped motivate me through the rest of the course with a few different choices between the same controls. Finished 3:32 behind tRicky with a similar distance.

Easy run in KP with Rachel after work. No way I would have done this by myself but it wasn't too bad once I'd got a little adrenaline surge by stepping out onto the crosswalk in front of a car that clearly hadn't been intending to stop.

Easy run through UWA to the river and back with Rachel. A bit warm but not too painful.

Short warm up with Liam before a long day for him at the state performance champs.

Warm up hit with Liam before state performance champs match.

Mixed doubles pennants at Allen Park.
In the first game I was thinking we should be able to win this but I didn't allow for how poorly I was going to play. The other team was actually a lot better than they first appeared, hitting the lines all night, but I was dreadful. I hit a couple of volleys very close to the woman in the first game and she seemed really annoyed by it so that made me very tentative which caused a lot of my errors I think.
Lost the first two with Tischa 3-6 2-6.
First set with Betsy was only slightly better than last week, losing 1-6. Second set was better but we ended up losing it 5-7 after being up 4-0, then 5-3 and had three set points serving at 5-4.

Warm up hit with Liam before state performance champs match.