Thursday, July 28, 2011

BACK INTO TRAINING

I've been back from Holiday a couple of weeks now and this last week saw my training back in full swing.

I keep saying to myself: I'm going to back off racing for a bit, then something comes up and I find myself aiming at another race or 4!!!

Yes there are 4 races I would like to do well in, in the next couple of months, so I had better get the training right or not one of them will come off...

  • 1st up is WP Cross Country Champ. 8km 40+ men... I would love a 3rd place, but I'm not fast enough for that so it will depend on who turns up for the race in 2 weeks time.
  • Next up is a biggy 30km Jonkershoek Mountain Extreme (this one should be fun)
  • Now we move on to the end of September for the Otter Trail. This is the most amazing 5 day hiking trail that we race over one day!!! About 42km in all, we"ll see what Mr. Garmin calls it this year.
  • That makes 3 races, now the 4th I haven't entered, but I think I might have to pull a couple of strings to get an entry... The race in Question is the crazy Table Mountain race!! Why didn't I enter? Well I am going to Otter 2 weeks later and didn't want to race both races, so why the change of mind? It looks like Salomon international will have a couple of their top athletes in town and I like having my ass kicked!!!!
Better pack my bags and get training...

After all the Coach has spoken!

Monday, July 25, 2011

SOME PICTURES FROM THE WEB


So now what I have to decide is; do I have enough money to buy one of these...?

So what picture do I get if any?









Mr Garmin gave me a route profile:


Mr Garmin also took splits for me, I lost a bit of distance going through a tunnel and on the steep climbs...

Time

Distance

Split time

Split distance

Elev. chg.

Split pace

00:04:03

1

04:03

1

32

04:04

00:08:13

2

04:09

1

34

04:10

00:12:18

3

04:04

1

27

04:05

00:16:47

4

04:29

1

39

04:29

00:20:41

5

03:54

1

6

03:54

00:24:52

6

04:10

1

9

04:10

00:29:22

7

04:30

1

24

04:31

00:34:07

8

04:44

1

25

04:45

00:40:02

9

05:55

1

88

05:55

00:44:51

10

04:48

1

32

04:48

00:49:34

11

04:43

1

8

04:43

00:54:08

12

04:33

1

15

04:34

00:58:31

13

04:23

1

9

04:24

01:02:58

14

04:26

1

8

04:27

01:07:40

15

04:41

1

12

04:42

01:12:26

16

04:45

1

25

04:46

01:18:28

17

06:02

1

68

06:02

01:24:02

18

05:33

1

34

05:34

01:30:49

19

06:47

1

34

06:47

01:36:51

20

06:01

1

-8

06:02

01:42:06

21

05:15

1

15

05:15

01:47:31

22

05:25

1

7

05:26

01:52:17

23

04:45

1

-18

04:46

01:57:29

24

05:11

1

0

05:12

02:04:23

25

06:54

1

81

06:54

02:12:39

26

08:15

1

94

08:16

02:22:51

27

10:11

1

135

10:12

02:33:03

28

10:12

1

94

10:12

02:43:44

29

10:40

1

116

10:41

02:54:32

30

10:48

1

100

10:48

03:00:47

31

06:14

1

22

06:14

03:08:33

32

07:45

1

-12

07:46

03:22:26

33

13:53

1

97

13:53

03:31:06

34

08:39

1

-32

08:40

03:38:14

35

07:08

1

-22

07:09

03:45:39

36

07:24

1

-17

07:25

03:52:16

37

06:37

1

-46

06:38

03:59:58

38

07:41

1

-14

07:42

04:10:01

39

10:02

1

62

10:02

04:22:47

40

12:46

1

116

12:47

04:38:01

41

15:13

1

158

15:13

04:50:00

41.85

11:58

0.85

46

14:08