Weekend adventures…
March 7th, 2010 by Lisa
It’s been a quite eventful weekend this time.
On top of the normal training [coach] Darren had managed to add a 3k track event for us on Saturday night. Track race.
Jeeze.
As the normal philosophy in our training sounds: offroad, trails and lots of hills…the smooth red surface of a track felt very foreign for me. Also the fact that I due to a cranky knee haven’t done too much speed work yet this year, the 3k started to look pretty scary as Saturday night drew closer.
But, I should know by now pain is not a reason good enough to be scared.
Once into the run I realized I was quite enjoying myslef. Even with the lactate building up pouring out of my ears it wasn’t bad.
Note to self: Don’t be scared of pain. Pain is quite enjoyable!
And it’s comforting to know that the fitter I get the more I do enjoy the hurtfactor… Guess that is the superpower to have ready for the next World Cup race…
So, how did I go..? Well I did get smashed by Vinnie [Vendula Frintova] is my squad who ran a 9:30something(she was flying!). But I’m proud to say that I did go well under 10mins off my somewhat limited run program (No,I wont give you any times.. 
) And I keep [trying to] remind myself that Vinnie is the current World Duathlon Champ… and she is race fit.
As the track race started at 7:40 it was late when I got back, even later after having spoken to my dad on the phone, showered and had dinner… Only hours until it was time to get on the bike and head out for the weekly long ride…
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