Training Log Archive: Craig

From Dunsborough out to Meelup beach and back along the coastal trail. I thought we would have the trail to ourselves with the weather conditions today but we arrived at the start to find an off road triathlon in progress with most of the field just setting out on the run leg in the same direction. We did actually end up having the trail largely to ourselves because the runners had to rock hop along the coast most of the way out. The first 3 runners came through while we were heading out and two more while we were turning around at Meelup. We let the 6th runner past us on our way back but then decided to pick up the pace a bit and go with him. Probably not that smart but it was good fun and he was pretty good through the rocky sections.

C • Tri 2

Squash with Liam. Didn't play any proper games but Liam insisted on me serving most of the time because it was too easy otherwise. Legs basically decided not to do any running without any conscious input from me.

Margaret River Parkrun. Nice run out and back along the river. Started out in second with the leader looking way too strong for me. Another guy in a 50 run shirt came past early but wasn't going very much faster. Liam started a bit behind but caught up to me pretty quickly and we settled in together in 3rd and 4th. We had almost caught 2nd by the turn but another younger guy had almost caught us as well. I lifted the pace a bit after the turn as I thought it would be more downhill on the way back and I'm a little bit competitive at times so I didn't want the younger guy to catch us. We passed 2nd place pretty early and ended up pulling well ahead of him and the younger guy. I didn't expect to see the leader again but did see him ahead on a straight section and felt he was getting closer. I never thought I was likely to catch him but I thought if I could close the gap a bit Liam might be tempted to try to chase him down in a sprint finish. After crossing the river the track was more winding with little ups and downs. I was still feeling ok but had no power on the little ups so wasn't able to lift the pace and Liam wasn't game to pass me until after it opened up in the last 1-200m. We were still about 10 seconds back then and Liam ran out of track so finished 2-3 sseconds behind. Liam said it was feeling really easy towards the end and it certainly wasn't for me so I should have just tried to get out of his way earlier.

Hit with Liam.

A bit of doubles on the full court and some on the mini court with Rachel against Liam and Amy followed by some mini court singles and some more hitting on the full court with Liam.

Easy run in KP, with Rachel and Liam for most of it. A lot less painful than last night.

Easy around the river with Rachel and Matt. Didn't feel too bad really but I did spend most of the run wanting to speed up to make it hurt less.

Doubles with Rachel against Damien and Rob at Bassendean. Started pretty badly losing the first set 3-6 but improved a bit from there winning the next two 6-3 6-0. Quite a few club members came down while we were playing including a couple on the next court who I have played pennants against a few times. Damien playing much better than the last few times we have played with him.