Training Log Archive: fletch

Fever went away quickly after THursday night, and I felt a little guilt skipping work on Friday, but I've still got the runs and feels pretty tired, so I guess it was justified?
Tuesday training restart starting to look less certain.

Some belated thoughts on the race:
- My paddling has improved, but still not enough, especially when fatigued to start with
- I was disappointed to start cramping so early, something I thought I had dealt with, but happy that I did enough once the problems started to get back on top of things.
- I clearly still don't drink enough when it is hot. Part of this is due to the higher intensity we were forced to work at and the length of time it takes to suck a decent drink through a drink tube. I get much better hydration out of bladders where I have disposed of the bite-valve. May have to do this on my newest bladder also (which I used for most of the race)
- I appear to be able to race blister free in eaither my O shoes por Salamons, but start to take the skin off the inside of my ankles with the stupidly wide soles of the SAlamons when I get tired
- Tooms' bike is much nicer to ride than mine (even if I only did the one bike leg)
- Our support crew was amazing. Things were exactly where and when we needed them. Food was delicious and real food makes all the difference in legs that you sit out. Having a bike mechanic is also handy, as well as someone super organised who has lists of all the individual quirks in gear that we require for each leg. I reckon there'd be heaps of teams that lost over an hour to us in transition over the course of the race. Thanks Jen, Brian, Danger, Tim and Sue
- The team worked well together. No big dummy spits, better use of the tow ropes in all 3 disciplines and the people with the best functioning brains generally had the map in hand. Practice might not make perfect, but it certainly gets you closer.
- Orienteering Champs are six months away. My training needs to significantly shift focus again if I am to perform to my satisfaction. Whether I ever switch back to AR training remains to be seen... (but chances are pretty high)

C • Support 2

Mmmm. pools of sweat last night. Bit better today, but not totally. Guts still not great. Oh well, anything I did before Tuesday was always going to be pretty token. Will have to see if I can remember how to structure a running origram with 4 runs a week in it...

Was feeling really good today till about 2pm when things suddenly went a bit weird. Now have an elevated heart rate and a slight fever. Ah well. Good timing really.

Oh yeah - another one. Feeling pretty good now, but no need to rush things.

Mmmmmm. Rest. Thought I was pretty much good to go till I had to walk up a flight of stairs.