Training Log Archive: nic.

18min warm up, 2 min warm down back to the car, had kinda had enough of being so scared...

Middle distanceish course. Couldn't get to parkrun so i thought a hard orienteering session would be a good substitute and it would've been perfect because it was so runnable and brilliant contour and compass practice, just a huge shame there was a spider in between every single tree and every single plant for the entire course!!!!!!!! Honestly don't think i have ever been so constantly scared for that length of time in my life. I still pushed hard but there would've been at least 5 minutes worth of stopping and screaming and checking for spiders....

20 min warm up, a bit longer because i wanted to go back to the car and have a ventolin. Couldn't find one when i got there but found it in my bag on the way home... gah! 12 min warm down

5x 400m w/1min recovery, 3min break and then a 2km tempo. The first 400m wasn't great and i was worried it was going to be a repeat of the last intervals session but then something clicked on the second one and i knew how to move faster. So i feel alright about it today thank goodness. Did it at Walka so it's nice that they got faster than what i did at the track! Times were 96, 94, 92, 92, 93. Wasn't really sure of a good pace for the tempo but it ended up being 4:50/km, i think thats ok. Will be a bit of a long process getting some speed, but no snakes today woooooo.

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Nothing but a walk home from work

13min warm up, 8min warm down

First park series event. Think i got a little bit unlucky running around the green areas when it seems they must've been ok to run though, lost at least a minute on number 2 from this and some more time on number 12. Hamstrings did not feel fantastic on the hills, was even worried i was going to start cramping a few times. Plus my ankles did not love the slippery uneven grasses... I do enjoy the park series though!

Long - Splits

Legs didn't feel like going for a particularly long time today so to make sure it still felt like a good enough session I took a map with me and went up as many hills as i think i could have in that amount of time. Crazy how much more stressed i felt running while looking at a course than what i do just running! Obviously not as beneficial as actually orienteering but when i cant get to a map thats a cool thing to do i think. In need of a really good stretch.

Heard a little boy tell his mum a cracker (pun intended) of a joke on my way home:
Q. Why did the toilet paper roll down the hill?
A. To get to the bottom.

Body Blitz class at the gym. Legs weren't feeling too sore from yesterday just a bit tired so this was alright to do i think. A bit of all over strength. Oh my lord my arms!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here's hoping i can still lift my fork to eat dinner tonight.

My first stingers training session! 5 sprint trainings on maps in Sydney thanks to the fabulous "Sunday Funday" Ferry travel.
Warm up from the car to the start of the first sprint at Pyrmont.

Started in pairs with Malin, taking different route choices to whoever was in front. I got the better route to the first one but then i made a bad decision to number 5 and she got ahead and stayed ahead, just a little too fast for me to catch up. There was a heap of us running together in the middle section so i don't think i had the best control or flow but i guess thats good practice for mass starts!

Short warm up after the ferry ride and then a run to the next terminal.

2x 1km loops in the Mort Bay Dock map. First was done as a mass start and was a bit more open and runnable - navigated well. Second was alot trickier and i came unstuck to number 5 and then made a few more little errors. Pretty hard to read the map with all the cliffs and stuff, so much going on!

From the ferry to the start and then back afterwards

Gladesville Hospital Sprint. Was a bit too optimistic about getting through some light green so lost about 30 seconds having to go around a fence on number 4. Didn't have much go about me on the hills, the legs were starting to get a little tired by the end. Navigation was still going alright though.

Warm up from the ferry

2x 1km loops at Meadowbank. Was just a sprint series map i think so i struggled navigating the apartments on the first loop, think i missed 8 because i went to the top of a verandah and people seemed to be running from the bottom to the next one. And i had no clue what was going on around 10.
Short break for a banana and lots of liquid and then onto the next one so i wasn't feeling very fast at all. Let my navigation get just as slow and sloppy as my legs though towards the end...

From the ferry and then to the train station afterwards.

The final sprint at Parramatta. No longer a sprint for me it was more of just making it around. Navigation was fine but i had no urgency about it. Pretty pleased to have felt like i could still run enough after such a big day though! 28km is probably the most running ive done in a day, I feel like ive gotten heaps stronger but am really lacking in speed. Such an awesome day!!! Felt pretty grubby at the end though. A formal apology to anyone on the same train as Josh, Macey, Malin and I on our way back to the car, we came across Michele and she told us she could smell us hahahah.