Training Log Archive: Lizzie

well not sure about running...spose the first 45 mins was.
went collecting controls from the moonshine 24. Man we had a wicked time! There is some awesome bush out there aye, not sure i'd want to compete through it, but was amazing just for a saturday adventure! I found the optimal route to get through vines is down on all fours and scampering like a possum, others didnt seem quite so keen on this technique, not sure why? Took some cool as photos on the way down, theyre on facebook for anyone who cares. Had a nice swim down the river at the end too :) An awesome day all up, loved it!

On the down side picked up quite a few pieces of litter that could only have been from rogainers as they were in the middle of nowhere. not cool people! also, who takes snack sized packs of corn chips on a rogaine?!

my body was crying out for a rest day, so i happily obliged. As it turned out I kinda ran out of time for running anyhow even if I'd wanted to.

track session with hamish tessa and todd. 8x300m with 4min complete recovery inbetween. 56,57,56,57,56,57,56,55 for the efforts. good session, bit dark though!

there was no warmdown really, much as i needed one. not good

Tessa and I did another 300m sprint to make it in time for kick off. Wow i played the worst i can remember in a long time! felt as bad as ive felt on a soccer pitch since the game the morning after my 21st! My body was just a second behind my brain the entire game, but then my brain went too!
needless to say we lost...ugh just a terrible game. managed the one goal, but in anywhere near a normal state it would have been 3 or 4.

decent paced run in wilton bush, along yellow track to cemetary, then up new track (blue?) and down past the rimu. managed to stay on my feet which was good. feeling pretty tired on the uphills though.

skills etc all with ball at feet except for footspeed and ladders at start. apparently we were going to do shuttles, but sue talked elliott out of it :)

pyramids out at hutt rec with laura. Had to run in a kinda L shaped loop with the turf being redone. Think i underestimated just how much work i did at football on sunday, cos my legs were lead from early on. By the 2.5mins i could barely lift my legs, and by the 2nd one my breathing got bad, so sat out the 2nd 2min one to get it under control. So frustrated and angry with myself after, but sure it was the right thing to do
Hopefully this sort of thing stops happening when i get the iron under control, will go to the dr in the next month to see how its improved anyway.

group run from magnus and lisas. down to the horse paddock, up to skyline and along to top of johnstons hill. down through the pines and along the yellow(?) track to clearing, up red track to croften downs.

gradually unwound throughout the run after a busy day at uni and a lab where half the equipment (and half the students) didnt work!

drills etc. was half an hour late...man really got to get on top of this timing thing!

freaking nil all draw against Island Bay. Could and should have won about 6-0, but dont know what the hell the ref was up to, maybe he was employed by island bay?!
we got pinged for about 12 offsides, 2 of which were actually offside. And he disallowed my goal, get this, cos two of the island bay defenders had run into eachother, and he thought one had hurt her face! he blew the whistle just after my shot had beaten the keeper too, not cool. not going to forgive him for that one, i so rarely score its just cruel disallowing one! :P

still we should have scored, we had about 10 corners, all of which i put nicely in the centre of the area but noone got the scoring touch.
ah well. 2points down the drain. bring on next week!

haha, we got thrashed! I think we're def a div 3 team not div2.
was out on my feet after this arvo's game, i dunno, maybe we'd do better if we stopped having games on a sunday arvo?! I certainly need more than 3-4 hours to get over all the bumps and bruises i get in outdoor games.
got a mean bruise on my foot this week, dont even remember getting it, wonder what else will hurt tomorrow?