Training Log Archive: Lizzie

Blenheim schools sprint. 1:3000 map and really good fun with lots of controls, changges of direction, and needing to be on top of the map at all times. Really enjoyed it

Evening chasing start around the heritage village. We had the nationals sprint here 12 or so years ago, but this time the courses just used the village, not the river bank. Made it much more interesting, technical and tricky. Had the pressure on with Penelope starting about 40s behind me. I made an absolute mess of the map flip control, which happened to be the hardest site of the whole course (from our angle of approach). Got distracted by an older competitor at the previous control, and wasn't planned ahead enough on the pivot leg, so got horribly confused when I came through a tunnel and nothing looked quite like I expected.
lost 30+s on it, and was constantly checking behind from there to the finish, but managed to stay 20s ahead of penelope.

Waterlogged run with jula on the waterfront.

Got sick of work by midday and had to break out. Wilton bush up Johnston's and looping via the horse paddock to make up the distance. Too windy for the bunnies today. Quails were still attempting it though (silly).

Arvo run up Kaukau. Legs definitely realising that they're in wellington! On the positive side, glute has been aching less. So hopefully the hills are doing it some good!
Another nice day, wind changing to southerly as I got to the top, just to add some resistance.

Butterfly creek with Tessa and Magnus. Or kind of with them. I (probably very annoyingly) ran my own pace and did lots of loop-and-scoops. Brilliant day for it and a nice warm evening for swimming and f&c on the beach after.

Wilton bush run. Chasing a lot of quails today. Prretty sure these are the silliest birds in the world. Happy to accept challengers to the title though, if anyone has contenders.

C • Australian brush turkey 3