Training Log Archive: nic.

The plan for the first control was to be really careful if I had to go straight into the rock, so I took a bit of a wider route choice to be safe but ended up losing time from my attackpoint to the control because of a really dodgy bearing, so that was a bit frustrating. From then on it wasn’t too bad until I felt I just crashed physically at about control 10, not sure if I went out too hard trying to make up time from the early mistake or if it was just more noticeable because of the more open running, either way I was pretty dead for the last few running controls!

Course 4 day1 - Splits

Started off pretty alright i think, i was navigating pretty smooth. Had a bit of poor exit on the way to number 8 and ended up going way too wide, then the same on number nine which left me super hesitant because it was a longer control. Lost most of my time on number 12 though, i got tired and had a really bad bearing from the spectator and ended up pretty far from the control. I picked it up a bit again at the end though so i wasn't too disheartened!

Unfortunately yesterday wasn't kind to me with time and i didnt get to fit in my training so i headed from work to the track with macey josh and angus. Wasn't too keen on doing like real intervals but thought it would be a good chance to get my legs ticking over.
Started off with a 15 min warm up run. Then i did 5x 200m - one starting every second of their 300's, so the recovery was nice and long. Pleasantly surprised with the times i was running though, a tad suspicious maybe my watch was going slow because it's nearly flat but it redeemed a bit of confidence about my running before the weekend :)) Then a bit of a jog warm down, maybe like 10 mins ish.

Missed out on group training today to join in on the seminar, felt guilty i didn't fit in strength but it turns out they all woosed out with the rain anyway ;) Just a little jog around ashtonfield, it's gotten really cold this week!

NOY 2 on a new map! It was super visible which was awesome for newcastle. Pretty good run except for number 10, i think i lost like 2 or 3 minutes on that one, i just didn't see the gully i needed for some reason and ended up going way too far past the control. Felt alot better today though i think!