Training Log Archive: Anwen

A bit of a lopsided circuits.. lost the sheets 5mins beforehand so frantically tried to write some new ones while everyone was warming up..

Event: British Middle Championships 2013
 

Hamstrings sore warming up so a lot of jogging about and spent quite a bit of time in the warm up area trying to work out what everything looked like, lots of stretching before starting too and loosened off alright..

I wanted today to go well so badly.. last race before i move into the library for the next 6 weeks! Worked out where 1 was in the start lane and decided I'd go all the way round the path to be on the safe side, the rest in the woods seemed to go a lot better than I was expecting (i think this was where i peaked looking at splits!), 8,9,10 I was a bit hesitant and not particularly liking the heather! Then got back into it a bit on the long legs, wobbled to 12, through spectator, could hear the commentary and was like come on come come on, thought if i could get to spectator ok i could just hold on for the last loop.. missed 15 argh started to panic a bit but realised i was too high and only lost 30s or so, last loop was pretty clean but i was quite tired by this point and so desperate to get back to the finish, couldn't actually believe how long the last leg was i kept thinking i'd missed a control somewhere!!

Absolutely shattered at the end!! But so so so happy to have finally had a good run, with no big mistakes and been able to feel like i was running hard and been able to keep my head and not panic and stay in control in an important race (to me at least!) :D i absolutely loved it :) and never thought a middle race would go so well!! Happyyyy :) first time on a podium at a british (or JK!) since i was a w16!!

C • Nice one! 5

Event: British Sprint Championships 2013
 

Ish throughout the day

Qualifier - Massive mistake on 5 (45-50s), thought I could get through, got stuck, ran round, ran too far, ran back.. Trying to catch up time over the rest of the course and just about scraped into the A final.. phew!

Final - so much fun! And so tricky!! A bit hesitant though most of it and getting a bit confused around 6 and 7, wasn't looking ahead cause too concious about getting it right and not having a repeat of the morning! Very tired on the last few legs but happy in the end with it, just needed to be a bit smoother!

Down to endcliffe, collected in some of the controls, jogged back.

Very low resistance stuff, stretching everything out and trying to strengthen the 'opposite' muscles.. Then the horrible core circuit boooooooooooo! But at least I stayed on the fitball this time :D

Some drills with everyone, then when they went to do intervals I did some more drills and strides.

Some jogging around the park then back up with some of the others, then to the gym for the foam roller.