Orienteering season opener @ Ballarat

alternate heading: what did I do to my butt muscles?!

FRIDAY: went for a run at lunchtime around hilly northern Mooroolbark. I haven't run at lunchtime before, but want to do it a couple of times a week once daylight savings ends, to supplement the Street-O runs (which drop back to once a week). 6.1 kms.

Pump class after work. I think this is what killed my glutes, although it didn't feel too bad at the time. New routine - too many pelvic raises? A test clench just now :-) ... yep, still sore!

SATURDAY: out to Creswick for the season opener. Decided to run the equivalent of a B course because the whole day was meant to be a casual affair. Ended up around 5 kms in 1:24. Had a bad couple of controls to start, then found the rest fairly easily... but whenever I tried running directly to a control, Ilse would just walk (bloody fast) around the track and beat me there. Arrgh, the frustration! She beat me by a couple of minutes, although I'm supposed to be faster. :-|

Stayed the night in Ballarat. Dinner with Ilse, Pete and the Dodds.

SUNDAY: Short drive to Nerrina for State Series #1. Put myself down for 35A, and gave Pete a heart attack because that's course 4, and everyone else was running course 5 or higher (higher the number, shorter the course). Blundered around for over 2 hours thinking this is crap, I'm crap, and what the hell was I thinking. No energy. Came last. Did at least 7 kms, although I had trouble remembering exactly where I went when I traced out my route afterwards.

Got home around 5pm and washed the car. Long overdue, and at least I achieved something useful this weekend.