Training Log Archive: grilla

With Nat to Gossan Hill for the sprint. Chilly but yay some sunshine finally.

Thought I did pretty well today with just a few time losses. Worst on 15 and 28. Was feeling pleased until I found out I’d been mis punching the pivot control in the maze. No idea why I had that one in my head as the pivot but did it twice! Doh. The real pivot was about 5 steps left and I thought I was being careful. Haha. Feeling ok running for a change.

Back for coffee. Hamstrings and hips seizing up now.

Run with Nat to Park run. Chilly but nice running conditions. And relatively dry!

Park run/struggle. Took it fairly easy -quite splashy with numerous muddy puddles. Got stuck behind traffic at the start, and then just a bit wheezy and slow. Not trying to break any records today.

C • Ginninderra 2

NSW Long and Long Swamp. Sometimes better/sometimes worse than yesterday. Was pretty good, but meandered a few times which cost me time as it tended to be in the slow go stuff where I did it. Tracy caught me 3-4 and we were together from there through to 6 which was good to push me along. Not convinced we were going to same 6 initially (were on different courses) but our routes diverged then converged. Went my own way to 7 and from all accounts lucky I did as hers was not a good option. Lost a bit of time on 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 but nothing major. usually just on wrong side of, or adjacent feature.

Long Hard 5 - Splits

NSW Middle at Gardiner's Gap. I know I've run here lots but can barely remember. Good fun with quite a few errors - very uncertain with scale going to 1 and had trouble following path. So much so I just turned off early as felt safer doing so. Could not get to control my preferred way so a small deviation but knew where I was, 2 I could see the control but took another 2 minutes to get to it..., 4 was a bit left and mistook a footpad for a path, lost a bit, left again for 5 and could see the control from the wrong spur, finally corrected (too far) right for 6, but knew where I was, got dragged lower than I wanted to 7 by Mel Cox and Damien Enderby - held my ground a little which meant I probably took the same time for the leg with them dragging me along the slightly rougher route, 8 was with Mel but I was aiming to the left and hit rocks above control to plan whereas I think he got lost, he caught me again on way to 11 but appear confused when we got out onto rock whereas I just ran to the big castle and was easy from there, all this success went to my head and forged my own way to 12 which was stupid. Other people had been where I went, but not sensible people. Then took the option through the strip of green to 13 just because it saved thinking. Won my class but didn't deserve to on a scrappy run. At least I didn't;t do any major injury - just a could of scrapes - worst is a graze on my hamstring! Very green regrowth and lots of charcoal and fallen timber about.

Middle Course 3b - Splits

Twilight at Oakey Hill. Dragged myself out and dragged myself around. Not a very promising run with complex orienteering coming up on the weekend. Had trouble with too many things to count today. Very happy not to have done the long(er) course.

Wore 2 pairs of socks and was very slightly more stable. Need to do the lock lace and ankle tape on the weekend I think.

Moderate 2 - Splits

Sunday Sprint at Stringybark Hill. Much more fun than I expected, made mistakes at 3 (overshot), 6 (confused), 16 (got mixed up on map flip amend was going 16-17 from 15 which meant 180 error and lots of confusion). These shoes are slightly too big :( and I ended up with a blister.

Sloshy and splashy Little Black Mt with Nat. Good to get out despite the rain. And cold. Nat had gloves. I should have had them too.

Twilight at Stromlo West. Good course. Only did Mod2 again. Quite wheezy by end. Twisted ankle badly in way to 3 so walked part of that and half way to 4. Eoin caught me at 5 due to this and missing 5 by a bit.

Moderate 2 - Splits

Little Black Mountain later in the afternoon. A sunny day but still very wet underfoot after a storm last night.

Bruce Ridge with Nat. Still feeling tired.

Mt Majura West - first of the twilight series. Feeling slow and a bit scrappy. Twisted ankle just before 5. Lost time there and at 6 (a bit right). Lost a bit more on 11(stopped short) but for very sloppy on 13 and 14. Not used to reading the map!

Moderate 2 - Splits