Training Log Archive: Craig

Parked at junction and jogged down to the start. A real struggle to get moving.

Woodbridge Parkrun.
Thought I would try to go a bit harder this time but try not to go out too hard so it would still feel relatively comfortable most of the way. Thinking something in the 21-22 minute range.
From the start I tucked in behind a girl who I thought was setting about the right pace for me and looked fit enough to maintain it. She was at the front at the time but I expected the bunch behind to move past. After a little while a boy about Liam's age went to the front and pulled 10-20m clear. I expected others to go with him but nobody did and when the girl in front of me started to slow a bit I went past and fairly quickly caught the boy in front.
I still kept expecting a bunch to catch up from behind but as we got out towards the turn we seemed to be getting further ahead and the boy was starting to fade a bit so I went past and tried to maintain my pace. I don't see myself having too many more chances to lead running races so I thought I'd better make the most of this one and try to extend my lead as much as possible as I didn't think I would be much chance if anyone got close enough to be tempted to sprint.
Felt as though I kept my rhythm pretty well and felt good enough to be trying to pick the pace up a little towards the end but I was feeling the heat a bit by then and my guts didn't feel as though it could cope with any more. Ended up crossing the line 49 seconds clear of second in a PB for the course.

Watch said it was unproductive, my VO2 dropped and my performance condition started at 0 and dropped to -4 during the run. I thought I felt good and it was a better performance than I thought I was capable of right now.

Tennis strength and a bit of other stuff.

Night run with Matt. Weaved around a little at the end to make sure we went further than Rachel. Felt alright apart from feet and ankles getting sore in the second half. Feeling an urge to go faster for a lot of it.

Monday night pennants vs Bullcreek.
Felt way more comfortable from the start playing on hardcourts but that didn't translate into better results.
Lost with Mark vs Phil & Shafagh 3-4 1-4
Lost with Rhett vs Soheil & Shafagh 1-4 3-4
Lost to Shafagh 1-4 0-4
Singles was the most frustrating. Really felt as though I should have been able to win that but kept screwing up the final shot after setting up the point. Only needed a couple of sudden death points to go my way to turn the match.