Training Log Archive: Lizzie

lazy warmup to start, testing out foot. felt alright so decided to give the middle a try and see how it went

act middle champs (5.5km 270m climb according to watch)

never really got into orienteering mode as id spent the last couple of days assuming my foot wouldnt let me run. however it felt alright this morning and warming up so thought id give it a try, will take same approach tomorrow and only head out if i think its up to it.

pretty ave race then, happy with hitting no.2 straight off. was standing right ontop of 3 without seeing it for a moment, luckily i looked down, unlike middle at nats last year! must be learning :) 4 and 5 was a bit off with dirn. 6 lost track of how far round the hill i'd gone. 7 ok but 8 will be interesting to see how much time i lost. had my direction completely off and got distracted finding ways through all the fallen logs! ended up to the left of no2, so a good 250m along the ridge from where i should have been. oops! 10 and 11 direction a bit off too, seeing a trend here? 12 ok and 13 hit too high. rest all g.

min and half behind jo, which all considered im happy with

oh and foot started aching on the way to 6 and was at its worst down the hill to 14. ice and antiflam tonight, reassess tomorrow

pyramids. right foot was alright to start but uneven and rocks on the last couple of ints just did it in. freaking sore on way home but ok again by afternoon? weird.

good ints session though. the track i was on just stopped dead on my 3rd int so turned into a mission bush bashing interval :)

right foot still isn't a happy chappy.

to and from WNT. front light was pretty good given how old it is. Had to keep eyes peeled for bikers without lights though, freaking annoying!

WNT with cockies. run from shannon's over and around bruce ridge at a pretty sociable pace.
made the rookie error of forgetting my headlamp but luckily everyone else's headlamps were serious enough that it was easy enough to see where i was going.
followed by some wicked pizzas and icecream

C • But no 1

warm up incl dynamic stretching and warm down

13 hill sprints fitted in nicely between work and it getting dark :)

met ted lilley walking home over black mtn, and sanders out for a walk. felt bad not stopping to talk to either really but couldnt stop mid session!

heart rate makes for interesting reading and split times too with the efforts ranging from 23.55s (when sanders was watching, maybe i should have an audience all the time?!) to 27.06s
last 8 were all consistent around 26.5 though

picked up my nice new garmin today. However my r foot feels so stuffed after the weekend I don't know if i'll get out to try it tonight. might try a bike ride we'll see

C • New toy 2

and 34 split seconds too :)

turns out the pain in my right foot is exactly on the pressure point for pedalling! Thinking at the moment is that i stepped on something, prob in the night event and have a bit of bruising on the underfoot atm. give it a couple of days.
first session with my new toy, will spend a couple of hours figuring out quickroute etc with it later :)

wattle ridge event.
again, amazing terrain, really enjoyed it even if i was absolutely stuffed and the undergrowth was a mission to push through!
lost time on 1 being safe. missed the track to 2 and ended up 3 streams too far east. 3, 4 ok. 5 i followed my plan really well to within 50m of the circle, then went too low and spent 2+mins extra in the circle. 6 ws just really slow going but spiked it. then 7 ok. wrong exit direction to 8 will have lost me time but turned out alright navigationally. then felt tlike i clicked into the map, 9 was easy enough and the long leg to 10i was pretty pleased with how i went. along the track and straight through 2 and 1 as stepping stones. 11 fine. 12 got the wrong set of rocks. 13 I ended way further up the hill than meant. again made it easy to navigate into the control but lost me a couple of mins.

all up felt slow but was good training. kinda felt like norway but with fewer marshes

went back out to do some more training but after a couple of controls i was stuffed and right foot (yep, right not left!) was hurting like hell. must have stepped awkwardly ona rock or something.