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Saturday May 9, 2015 #
5 AM
run 2:30:00 [2] 33.37 km (4:30 / km) +100m 4:26 / km
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 17 Pink
Felt absolutely dreadful yesterday evening so wasn't sure I would even make it out the door this morning. Must have been hayfever rather than getting sick though, as I felt fine once I dragged myself out of bed. Early start to get a long run and breakfast in before my girls' first ever proper netball match.
Supposedly warmer than yesterday, but it didn't feel it, and I was glad I wussed out and wore arm warmers.
Legs felt surprisingly good. A few little twinges from tight spots, but nothing that lasted. Legs started to feel it a bit approaching the two hour mark, but I think I was actually speeding up towards the end, as I got a little bit excited about it all being over.
Good times.
Supposedly warmer than yesterday, but it didn't feel it, and I was glad I wussed out and wore arm warmers.
Legs felt surprisingly good. A few little twinges from tight spots, but nothing that lasted. Legs started to feel it a bit approaching the two hour mark, but I think I was actually speeding up towards the end, as I got a little bit excited about it all being over.
Good times.
Friday May 8, 2015 #
6 AM
run 46:19 [2] 10.04 km (4:37 / km) +58m 4:29 / km
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 17 Pink
Made steady progress in the morning routine this week.
One night setting my alarm, then turning it off before I went to bed
One night of turning my alarm off before it went off in the morning
One morning of my alarm going off and me turning it off and going back to sleep...
and then this morning I actually managed to get out of bed when the alarm went off. A bit chilly, but got going OK. Yet to be convinced about getting up early tomoorw and heading out for 2.5 hours.
One night setting my alarm, then turning it off before I went to bed
One night of turning my alarm off before it went off in the morning
One morning of my alarm going off and me turning it off and going back to sleep...
and then this morning I actually managed to get out of bed when the alarm went off. A bit chilly, but got going OK. Yet to be convinced about getting up early tomoorw and heading out for 2.5 hours.
3 PM
run 21:00 [1] 4.0 km (5:15 / km)
shoes: roclite 285
Leisurely pootle with x country team.
Wednesday May 6, 2015 #
3 PM
run 15:00 [3] 4.0 km (3:45 / km)
shoes: Saucony Mirage 3.2
10 x 400 with 60 second recoveries with x country team. First one my legs felt absolutely dead, but that seems to just have been the effect of no warm up.
Taking it easy, just finding out how the legs are. Felt comfortable lapping in 86-87 by the end, so will try to grt back into routine tomorrow. Balls of feet still a bit tingly, but everything else feels good.
Taking it easy, just finding out how the legs are. Felt comfortable lapping in 86-87 by the end, so will try to grt back into routine tomorrow. Balls of feet still a bit tingly, but everything else feels good.
Monday May 4, 2015 #
Note
In hindsight, the weekend's exertion were a bit more successful than I had been feeling at the time. I think that my perception was coloured by the fact that we stuffed up two of our first three controls and 2 near the end as well.
Stuffing up #54 was frustrating - our third error and only about 2.5hrs in, but we were actually clean from then until after dark, before a tiny miss on our second control in the dark, the best part of 6 hours and about 35km later.
Dumping 25 minutes in 2 errors at the end was frustrating, but overall, it actually seems a pretty fair effort. Given the setting of the event was far more challenging (thanks ShotRat) with a number of more subtle features rather than a simple collection of watercourses and knolls, it doesn't seem as bad to have gotten a few of them wrong, and 5-10 minutes dropped on a rogaine isn't quite the catastrophe that it is in an O race.
Stuffing up #54 was frustrating - our third error and only about 2.5hrs in, but we were actually clean from then until after dark, before a tiny miss on our second control in the dark, the best part of 6 hours and about 35km later.
Dumping 25 minutes in 2 errors at the end was frustrating, but overall, it actually seems a pretty fair effort. Given the setting of the event was far more challenging (thanks ShotRat) with a number of more subtle features rather than a simple collection of watercourses and knolls, it doesn't seem as bad to have gotten a few of them wrong, and 5-10 minutes dropped on a rogaine isn't quite the catastrophe that it is in an O race.