Training Log Archive: Becks

Well, let's start with the good. I made it round, which I genuinely doubted I would! And was moving, slowly but surely at the end. And halfway round I had a revelation that I had Lyme Disease, then I got hit by a car, and since then, it's kind of alright if I can't run as well as I used to. Shouldn't be so hard on myself. And after that revelation I chilled out a bit and took it easier and it was actually fun.

Saying that, I made some howlers. Still not sure how I ended up way too far right to 3. Unconfident but okay to 5. Dropped too low off spur instead of staying high across it going to 8. Then I overshot 11, despite taking the "safe" route along the river. Nothing made sense after I overshot, but after PG and Mike Minium said that bit of the map was dreadful, I don't feel so bad for struggling to relocate. Then the map was just incomplete at 15, which didn't lead to much confidence going in.

It's difficult to not be depressed about how badly I compared to everyone else. But if I can be still moving after 12.2, I clearly have a decent base to build on. And after seeing Alex whizzing off down that track, I feel a bit more inspired to train now too.

Miminal warm up jog. It was warm and my course was long, so wasn't too bothered about the warm up.

Long - Red - Splits