Training Log Archive: Lizzie

mountain biking out the back of blaenavon and on the blorange with rhodri. managed to not bail once, yus! was damn close on several occassions though. we had wicked fun, but prob not smartest idea before world cups though given how unco i can be ona bike

the equivalnet of running roundthe sand dunes at home. just round the lanes of ponthir with dad before he drove back to london to hop on a plane home.

run from the priory at llanthony (pr. clantony). straight up the ridge, oh man, so steep! went up 350m or so in what cant have been much more than 1-2km. then along the ridge and back down. view at the top was spectacular...spectacularly non existant due to the welsh mist!

run around the blorange, out just past...ah screw it i cant spell welsh names anyway. moorland with lots of bracken. had a good laugh at the welsh sheep, they're so scraggly! but then wales got me back via stinging nettle, didnt have the lasting kick of ongaonga, but left my lower leg numb for an hour or two.
good to be here at long last :D

manages to stay awake til 8.30pm. then just crashed. hopefully ive got the jetlag beaten by staying awake so long though

flying. being kept awake by screaming babies. man i wish i could sleep anywhere like sarah!

nice clean run. only noticable mistake was being too lazy at no6 and not goingright to top of hill, tried to contour round and was hesitant. dropped maybe i aminute. otherwise was a good run. made some bold routechoice and pulled them off for once :)

first middle
went pretty clean and nice. caught shannon up at 3. just a couple off in the circle at 5 and 11 otherwise happy

2nd middle catching start.
crap race, started 1min ahead. lost 30-50s on no1, but the chasing pack lost 2mins so still easily ahead. but then blew no.4 goingup the vague hillside. too far right, then misread the ground when relocating. so disheartning turning round and seeing a string of canary yellow shirts coming up behind me!
lead the pack til 8 whichi completley overshot. dropped to 7th or 8th.
but caught up by 10 and me an penny got ahead when others missed 11. but didnt have the legs to hold off kathryn at last control. gutted. so annoyed with myslef for dropping the lead!