Training Log Archive: StuartE

Just biking around the cemetery again, got a bit bored so didn't go for too long. Tried running easy for about 200 m afterward but it was still pretty painful.

Biking around the cemetery putting out and collecting controls. While waiting in between I repeatedly cycled up and down the hill in a higher gear than usual to make it more tiring. Distance is an estimate based on how far I went yesterday.

First proper exercise since I injured my ankle which still hurts. Biking doesn't hurt though aside from when it gets jolted from bumps. I intentionally went up extra hills and in a higher gear than usual to make it more tiring.

Sprint orienteering at Massey, felt fine.

Sprint orienteering at Massey. My ankle started to get more sore than the usual slight irritation that it has previously. After getting home I can barely walk on it.

Winter Classic event around Colonial knob. Had a bit of a shocker overall with some poor navigation and bad route choices, so a little disappointed. First 20 minutes were up a big hill, sore lower calves came back and ankle was sore too but didn't matter too much because I were walking up a steep track with Magnus and John. Then spent about the next hour in some fairly dense bush during which I made maybe 6 notable navigation mistakes, including getting stuck in a valley of vines, and didn't get much of a chance to run properly due to vegetation. for the rest of the course my navigation was fine, although I still made some poor route choices. Then with maybe 4 km to go I slipped sideways when the pine needles slide down the hill I was going along, and fell directly on a jutting out rock/root with my thigh. This gave me a dead leg for about 5 minutes and made it really painful to run much more than a jog. This was pretty annoying because I didn't feel lacking in energy and probably could have caught up to Magnus who was only 3 minutes ahead by the end.

Porirua parkrun. First km was pretty good (about 3:40), felt fairly bad for the rest of it though and was a bit surprised my time was only 19:20 and not longer.