Training Log Archive: Quirkey

Event: Newcastle Park Tour 7 - Event 2 - Boomerang Park, Raymond Terrace
 

no2 event in Park-O series at Boomerang Park, Raymond Terrace.

Very first person out on the long (I think), so ended up waking most controls.
Lots of open, fast running and simple nav for the first 12 controls. Then alternating bunches of two and three controls in the tricky semi wooded area towards centre of the map, with 2 or 3 more in the fast stuff. This planning was cunning indeed, as by the time I was heading for number 13 I had built up a head of steam. Of course the steam had displaced brain cells and my nav fell apart, as I proceeded to exhibit the rest of my repertoire of rookie errors.
2. Cut between rows of trees one too early.

13. Punched it, thought I was mistaken, that I'd actually been to 22 (hadnt checked code of course). Ran a few loops, eventually relocated, and punched again, 3 minutes and 24 seconds later! .... (and didn't even recognise it as the same control)

14 Wobbly, but got there.

22 Managed to skip it altogether!

24 Duff bearing leaving 23, faffed in the wrong bit of forest, realised my mistake, then overshot it and (as it turned out) punched 27 (again didn't check code) ...

Even took me a while after my run to work out half the errors I'd made.
Lots more practice required. Back to basics even.

Edit:
I'm fairly sure that 24 and 27 could have been queried under IOF competition rules as being too similar for such close proximity to each other (upon my post race jog to find the controls I missed, I estimated it to be just under 30m). No complaint though as my navigation was so mushy anyway.
Edit II:
According to splits, it looks like I was very slow out of the blocks. Never been too strong on first leg.

Long - Splits

@ Uni Pool.
Freshers everywhere
Did 500m without flippers (75-85 secs per length)
then 500m with (down to 65-70 secs per length)

After doing the run to late chemist.

Throsby Ck loop. CW. (McIver, Kings Rd, Carrington, Maryville, road bridge to william st.)
R knee started aching few minutes in, and stayed with me until the precisely half way, when I took the vibrams off to continue bare foot. Weird.

Glute and calf stretches, then
'stick' on calfs (ouch)
Spiky Ball on Glutes
Foam roller on quads & FTL

Even more aware of calf tightness afterwards, so must have part shifted a knot..... needs another hit later then.

After walking dogs at Braye Park, B drove the dogd home and I stayed on.

A general run around to explore, then 3 reps of the biggest hill climb I could make from what I'd found . http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5829463

2.35 / 2.35 / 2.24 (3 mins to return to start between... a bit too steep to be relaxed about it)

Easy home, via collamin st, young st, hughes st rail bridge etc

SL squats
100's
Push Ups (18, 18, 16, 10, 30)

prob could do with more after the preceeding effort ... esp calfs

[Insert lame excuse here]
Rainy Weather, Grumpy Mood, Stressed ...... all reasons FOR getting out for a run, not against.......... FAIL

to gym (with backpack) via cycle path, civic station bridge, hunter st.

Both vibrams in the wash, so had to wear the Newtons.
Felt heavy, clunky, slow and awkward. Developed a dull knee ache along the way too (eased a bit by focusing on firing the glute meds).

Huge class numbers out of no-where.
Lots of repetition of basic moves early on, but still got a lot out of it.
Just what the the body needed (having noticed it tightening up over recent days).

Good finishing meditation : Try not to let the busyness of chasing goals get in the way of appreciating what you already have....

Planned to swim in the afternoon, but ditched to attend a meeting re possibility of getting some tutoring work teaching BIM next semester.

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