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Episode 31: Racing to your potential, Sarah Ludo’s surprising APTRC recap, and Triple Tops Mountain Run
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Welcome to Episode 31 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Jes Jason, and guest host Sarah Ludowici closing the circle on Trail to South Korea!. Hear about Sarah’s race and a surprise about the lead up, before hearing about Jess’ race decision for Kosci and Sim’s race recap of Triple Top Mountain Run. Followed up with a listener question about reaching your potential, and the results of the week!
Start - 23:00 :- Sarah’s race recap and news
Hear from Sarah about her race at APTRC as we close the circle on Trail to South Korea including the final lead in, and some exciting news that affected the lead up and will shape Sarah’s year to come!
23:00 - 46:20 :- Training Talk + Triple Tops recap
Jess talks through her continued recovery and race plans for Ultra Trail Kosciuszko before Sim recaps her less than perfect week finishing with the incredible Triple Tops Mountain Run in Tassie.
46:20 - 1:00:40 :- Listener Question
The team answers the question ‘How do you race to your potential, especially over the longer distances?’
1:00:40 - 1:06:20 - :- Race Results
We then cover a few Aussie and International races that went down over the weekend:
Triple Top: https://www.webscorer.com/racedetails?raceid=372505&did=486481
Four Peaks: https://my.raceresult.com/316112/#0_421451
Mount Glorious Trails: https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=372485
Bouddi Coastal Run: https://www.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16253&RId=6246
1:06:20 - End : What’s coming up
Hear the races that are coming up next weekend before we wrap up the episode!
Thanks for tuning in to Peak Pursuits! Connect with us on Instagram @peakpursuits.pod to share your thoughts, questions, and your own trail stories. Until next time, keep hitting the trails and chasing those peak pursuits!
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Sarah: @sarahludo
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Transcript
Introduction and Episode Overview
00:00:08
Speaker
Hello and welcome to episode 31 of the Peak Pursuits podcast. My name is Simone Brick. I'm coming to you from Melbourne, one of the rare episodes recently where I'm home and I am lucky to be joined by the one and only Jess Jason, who's also home in Canberra. How are we going Jess?
00:00:27
Speaker
Hey guys, going well, very happy. You just got back from yoga, so feeling very relaxed and zen. Love that for you. And and now fellow, Ken Barron, is that what you guys call yourselves now? We've got a semi-guest, I'm going to call you a pretty regular for the last little bit at least, are in Sarah Ludoichi, closing in the circle for us on the trail to South Korea story. um Who is
Sarah's Race in South Korea
00:00:54
Speaker
joining us? How are you doing, Sarah?
00:00:56
Speaker
Good. Excited to, yeah, have a little bit of a rundown and chat about the last race in Korea. Awesome. And so what we've got coming up for this episode is that we're going to have a chat to Sarah, close the loop on. Everyone would have heard her build, everything that was going on in the lead up.
00:01:13
Speaker
or almost everything that was going on in the lead up. And then the race happened and we haven't heard since. And then so we're going to hear that. um Then we'll get some recaps from me and Jess. We have a listener question about running to our potential and then the usual results from some pretty cool races. So to get us started, Sarah, take us back to race week just before the race.
Preparation and Challenges for South Korea Race
00:01:37
Speaker
How are we feeling? And then give us a rundown of what went down for you on the trail.
00:01:42
Speaker
It feels like a lifetime ago now. I was going to say, yeah, if you remember. Yes, I do remember. So yeah, I went over to ah Korea, I think two yet two weeks before race day, had a few days in Seoul and then went to Jeju and then um over to um I can't even say all the names, but to the race location for the week leading in. Uldren or Ulsen or the mix of the two. um And yeah, look, it was really nice to have that bit of extra time to adjust to just being in career and it all being a little bit different. i think
00:02:24
Speaker
What was I actually found really hard was nutrition. I really struggled the sort of weeks prior to get enough food in. um I yeah i eat don't eat meat or anything like that. and yeah I managed to find food, but there were it was definitely not ideal leading into a race and training. like um it took you know even Usually my go-to would be to just go and buy a thing of oats from a shopping center, but it took me like a couple of days to even find soy milk and then I never found oats really until later on in the the trip. So I sort of took emergency protein powder and that sort of really formed the basis of my diet. So that was not ideal, um but we got got through in the end. ye um got Got to run up some hills, um some more hills than I usually do.
00:03:15
Speaker
went out on a wild adventure in the, I think it's called the Baksan Mountains, which is just out of
Baksan Mountains Adventure
00:03:22
Speaker
Seoul. I sort of just picked a random track on using all trails and it was brutal. It took me like, I think I covered eight kilometers in two hours and I was, I kind of was like, it was meant to be like my last sort of long run and then i I kind of was like, I just have to boycott this because I'm going to be out here like,
00:03:41
Speaker
a day. So I ended up trying to figure out how to run back to Seoul through mostly trails. So it wasn't it was a good amount of time on feet, but definitely not a great amount of distance. um It was an adventure. I had fun. It was just um yeah yeah it was just it was just funny.
00:03:59
Speaker
Sounds like how ah a lot of overseas adventures go when you map something and then reality is a lot different. Absolutely. It definitely made me feel like, oh, like this race is going to take forever. Um, you know, like I was thinking it would be like a few of the runs that I did in, in Korea, I was like, this is really steep and long. And like that one in particular in the Pakistan mountains was, was really quite technical. Like even the descents were taking me like ages. And, um, yeah so I was, I was kind of going into thinking on the race would be like.
00:04:37
Speaker
Yeah, it would take me longer than Hounslow. I thought it would be, um which it wasn't in the end. So yeah. Yeah, nice. So how many days out was that that it was sort of making you think it was going to take longer? And then um what were you feeling what by the time you got to the start line of the actual race? um Well, a few of the other guys, yeah, had done quite a bit of the course and they said it was quite runnable. And they when I asked them what times they were expecting, they were thinking a lot faster than um like Hounslow for example. So I sort of just had to trust them and think that, yeah, this this track is just different to all the other ones I've done in Korea. um yeah And yeah, because by that by the time I got there, it sort of wasn't enough time to do anything all that long on the course. um yeah But I don't know, I felt pretty, I don't know, i didn't I don't remember feeling too stressed by it. I think I felt the most stressful thing I suppose was just
00:05:35
Speaker
um the uncertainty around race, new like nutrition really and what food I'd have available and then even what was provided by the event. um Yeah, it took them a few days to sort of iron out some teething issues and they didn't you know, their definition of a vegetarian was still fish. So everything had fish in it um or prawns or seafood. Yeah. So we couldn't really, you were like, do I just make food at home or do I like hedge my bets and think that there'll be something that I can eat? And so, yeah, sometimes it was good, sometimes it was bad. um Sometimes there was no food left at all. So.
00:06:12
Speaker
Oh, lovely. Sounds difficult. Oh, gosh.
Race Day Strategy and Nutrition Solutions
00:06:17
Speaker
so Did you, like, when you actually got to the race day and the day before and stuff, did you actually manage to get enough in or was that a factor in, like, how the race went in the end? ah No. By that point, I had sorted out enough food. Fortunately, where we were, um there was a shop, like, a 15 minute, I think,
00:06:37
Speaker
Uber right away, and that was quite a stock shop. So I, yeah, I guess I had, I bought a bit of food there thinking that I was like back up and sort of did, did rely on that to be honest. um But yeah, I didn't go in feeling, I didn't go in feeling on that week under fueled just, um yeah, it was probably the week prior that was was really tricky. Okay.
00:07:06
Speaker
Okay, cool. Well then tell us how the race itself went, how you were, how the first little bit and how the race organization, I suppose, your aspect of being on that start line and then, um yeah, give us a rundown. Yeah, it was... um It was, it was great. It was fun. um It was a lot smaller than the other previous sort of like Australian rep teams that I'd been on. Obviously it being just the Asia Pacific region, it was significantly smaller. And that was almost a bit confronting because you're like, oh, wow, like there's not that many people like to hide behind or between the people. But I don't know. I, one of,
00:07:51
Speaker
Yeah, one of the previous world champs, like I remember just adopt, like I know, like I have a really good mantra for a busy start line like that. That really helps me sort of just anchor myself and really kind of like just be really present, but also not overwhelmed. Um, I might've said it on a previous podcast before, but I sort of just say like outside turbulence in a calm and just imagine myself like at the bottom of an ocean, like an as an anchor and with the turbulent seas above you.
00:08:26
Speaker
And like that imagery just sort of makes me feel like it doesn't matter what's going on around you, you can still have this sort of inner calm. And so I always use that at a busy um had a busy start line. And that just, yeah, really helps me just get into my own, like my own sort of self.
00:08:45
Speaker
um So yeah i don't know nothing too exciting to report they you get through the call room and the late the american lady on the um on the microphone like getting athletes through the corner is really working hard like i don't think people were really doing stuff like everybody through the corner american accent and she's like.
00:09:06
Speaker
and like There felt like there was no one there like we yeah just felt like there was no one there. um they have like There's a bathroom through the call room but then like you've got to run all the way down this well it felt massive to me this massive hill like to go to the bathroom yeah yeah ah um yeah it was just that that was always a little funny like of course the toilets like down a steep hill really like after the call room and when you're in the start line but um Yeah, it's always fun. yeah The other countries, you like a bit of a celebrity because there's, you know, people filming you and not many drones just like flying around.
00:09:47
Speaker
Awesome. Awesome. So then you've got your your mantra going, you're on the start line and then the gun goes and the race getting into the start of it. how did ah How did it feel to start? Like were vibes high or were you trying to be a super conservative and what was the plan?
00:10:07
Speaker
Yeah, I think the last few races I've really struggled with the start, but I've i sort of um just reminded myself to like um like just trust myself and know that you know it's it's a long not a long day, but it it is a day out there and and knowing that I'm sort of better in the back of half and not to get too caught up. like I think yeah Yeah, I kind of everyone rushed away and I felt like I didn't I didn't run. I don't think I ran fast. I didn't run like conservative. I've just sort of ran hard, but like um comfortable. Yep.
00:10:44
Speaker
And it was, yeah, down a steep, hard road um section just before you wind up onto the trail. And I thought like, I literally thought I was like at the back of the pack. I was like, I was kind of like, like there was sort of this massive people that just like went past me. And then I felt like that massive people just extended away from me and I was kind of then alone at the back. And so I was like, oh man, I kind of was like, don't look behind you. Like,
00:11:11
Speaker
You don't want to know if you're last or not, but just, just keep going forward. Um, but yeah, so I, when I finished the race, I had no idea I was in ninth. So I was, I was pretty stoked with that because I literally thought I was like the prettiest or like last, um, because I didn't like from then I didn't really overtake that many people. Like, I think it was maybe on that first climb in the, you know, in the first couple of Ks, I may be caught up to like, you know, two or three people, but then.
00:11:40
Speaker
Essentially, the rest of the race was um me and and Lauren. like We went back and forth quite a bit, but other than that, I don't really feel like I overtook anybody.
00:11:51
Speaker
um Yeah, so yay I think that that first start was just a bit mad. and then but i felt yeah I felt okay just being like, just go at your own pace and um get to the top of this first climb, really.
00:12:05
Speaker
um Yeah. Yeah. So did you see many people or was it it other than and was it a very solo day or because races like that where there's not much change of position and you're not quite sure where you are in the field, they can be quite mentally hard to keep pushing or like, yeah, just the mental aspect of that can be difficult. But how did you find it? I mean, I feel like there was enough people and I think I actually do better when I'm by myself, to be honest. Okay.
00:12:34
Speaker
i Yeah, out that first climb, there was a bit of ah like toing and froing. There was a few people who used poles on that first climb. And I remember you know they sort of said the rule before that you can't cut any um of the switchbacks. But there was like two people just like legging it up like with their poles. And I don't know if they could speak English. um But I kind of did. I'm not normally this type of person to say anything to anybody. I was like, oh, you're not meant to
00:13:05
Speaker
got the switchbacks and then, cause I was like, you know, we're at, we're at the back. so It doesn't matter. But anyway, she said, I think she was, I can't remember what country she was from, but she said something to me. I didn't really fully understand, but I just left it. But anyway, I think I ended up beating them both. So I was like, that's fine.
00:13:24
Speaker
so
00:13:28
Speaker
But then i'm the rest of it, um there was this, the guy from Cambodia, who was actually knows Kelly, and I'd met him the day before. um He ran with me for a little bit on that first climb, and then I got to run with him again right at the back end, um and that was nice. Yeah, we had a bit of a chat.
00:13:49
Speaker
and He sort of was saying like, I think, oh yeah, I was with him at the start and then it was the first aid station. I got a quick bit of water and then kept going. And then two hours later, he's like, it's taken me two hours to catch you up. You were really quick at that aid station. um and then And then, yeah, we kind of were a bit together.
00:14:08
Speaker
um but Yeah, I think it was just Lauren from the other Aussie. ah We we went back and forth quite a bit. And I couldn't figure out what she was like, what her strength and weaknesses were like, she was kind of like, between the two of us, I couldn't identify like which one we sat in, it was sort of like I kind of just feel like some both of us were good at the running uphill some of the time and probably dependent on when we had fueled. ah And usually when I was like oh but on the descents and the technicals.
00:14:41
Speaker
she actually closed that gap on me and caught up to me. So I was like, oh, okay, maybe it's not that my strength, but um I was better on the stairs, like descending the stairs. And that's where I gained a lot of my time was descending the stairs. Yeah. Yeah, nice. Cool. And how did the fueling and the nutrition and hydration go for you for the race? All to plan?
00:15:04
Speaker
Yeah, I think all to plan I yeah, I yeah but um had stopped and filled up water when I needed I was getting through the water a little bit faster than I expected. I thought Yeah, I think at the first aid station, I wasn't necessarily going to stop. ah Sorry, can you guys hear my dog? He keeps barking. He's like whining at me. He's just having little canyons. It's fine. Oh, so cute. Oh my goodness. I wish everyone on the podcast could see right now because that was gorgeous. But they come here. So he's saying hello to everyone. hey he's He's just putting his worth.
00:15:41
Speaker
um Yeah, nutrition went fine, drank drank a bit of water, like had to stop up and and fill up extra water on the way. But otherwise, yeah, I think everything went fine. I got through everything that I needed to get through. And um yeah, it was nice to see, you know, Brody and I can't remember his name, but um the the partner of someone who crewed us out there. And that was really nice to have them halfway just to me and Lauren ran into that aid station together and sort of
00:16:13
Speaker
Yeah, one one went to one, one went to the other and got our stuff and got out of there. And yeah, was yeah it was a good day, I reckon. Awesome.
Pregnancy Revelation and Race Impact
00:16:21
Speaker
So all in all, top 10, second place for the female team, I believe you guys were, and then a hugely successful day. um But there's some context I only recently learned as well.
00:16:34
Speaker
that ah did you want to give everyone that extra bit of context that we didn't quite get in the lead up? Yes, um it was relevant to the lead up too. ah But yeah, so um I'm pregnant and I would have been about 16 weeks pregnant when I was running or maybe a little less, 15 weeks. Yeah. And yeah, so that that definitely added to the, um I don't know if everyone anyone remembers, but in the lead up I was saying it's probably the worst lead into a race I've ever had. There definitely was a bit of morning sickness in there. But I would say not too much. By the sounds of things, I was i was pretty lucky. like I think I put it probably would have only lost like one or two day training sessions to purely the morning sickness. It was just the lowered immunity that really got me because then I got um just a general cold that wiped me out. Yeah.
00:17:26
Speaker
took me longer to recover and yeah I definitely have noticed like yeah not like yeah fatigue and not recovering as well in between. so But the the added positive to it all was that because I was pregnant I kind of went in with really not that many expectations of myself and just really set the aim of enjoying it and you know knowing it would be really my last like race for a while just to um you know do what I can but listen to my body and and just enjoy the day so I think that was nice to take that little bit of pressure off so yeah overall I was I was pretty pretty happy with how it all went and
00:18:10
Speaker
Yeah, now I'm i'm really feeling pregnant. I think it was Tuesday this week, I was like, oh man, like i I feel pregnant today. like I feel bigger and I feel um yeah just slow and heavy and all of that ah fun stuff. Yeah, well, damn, I think it is so impressive. um Cool that your body let you do that because you never quite know with a pregnancy what it's going to let you do or first not do. And um yeah, that Bubs has already come top 10 at the regional champ. So, got a good head start there. um But yeah, that is
00:18:52
Speaker
how's it been since the race and like obviously now you're finally in Canberra and enjoying a few more of the hills I feel like that's a quite a cruel time to move to a hilly place when you're already feeling a bit heavier because yeah you're not quite gonna feel your top self I imagine.
00:19:11
Speaker
Yes. Well, yeah, the original plan was to use the short trail as like a lead in event and do the Grampians Peak
Future Race Plans and Adjustments
00:19:20
Speaker
Trail. And I didn't have a job at that time. I was like, oh, I'll just like take a month, you know, a month off work or in between jobs and just live the life of like,
00:19:30
Speaker
a professional athlete and trained really hard for the Grampians, 100-mile race. But the world had other plans for me. um It wasn't, um in saying that, it wasn't an unplanned pregnancy. It was just, um I guess I just didn't expect it to happen so quickly. um And also, you can't predict when it's going to happen, so you make plans.
00:19:50
Speaker
um Yeah, exactly. Yeah, but I've definitely, you know, I've been enjoying getting out and running on the trails, but I've been feeling quite low in motivation. And I i was after um the trail champs, I was then going to New Zealand and going fast packing with some... I saw that. It looked incredible.
00:20:13
Speaker
Yeah, well, it didn't quite go to plan because, yeah, I actually I got sick on the plane again, which I was like, oh, damn, this low immunity. um So I didn't get to do it in its full. um Yeah, like I guess what we'd planned. So I did a few short little trips, but nothing like overnight. um The others still got to do it, which looked amazing. But yeah, I don't know. The New Zealand trails are amazing. I definitely want to go over and do the Kepler.
00:20:38
Speaker
rice Yeah, know ah um yeah and yeah so after that and then got back to Canberra and had been feeling pretty low in motivation. I was thinking of doing the 50K at the Grampians.
00:20:55
Speaker
ah But I decided on Sunday after my long run that I think it's not wise. So I will do just the team stage race relay instead. As much as I wanted to do the 50K and I think I could have done it, um you know, I could, you know, at the very least you can sort of walk it in. I think I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much. And I think I'll enjoy this sort of shorter format and it not being such a you know it's been a big mental load really the last three months leaving Broome and getting pregnant and having to find a new job and yeah sort of so much uncertainty so yeah I don't think I had another slog in me.
00:21:37
Speaker
Yeah, very, very fair. You've had so much going on. um But yeah, exciting times ahead. And I'll be looking forward to at least seeing you at Grampian still. Yes. That'll be awesome. We get to hang in person. Love that as much as I would love to have you on that 50k start line but another year.
00:21:55
Speaker
Yes, one time sim will get there, we'll be on a start line together. I was going to say, it just hasn't panned out yet, has it? Oh my gosh, like we had to... What was that? I was going to say, now that you're doing the 100Ks, we're probably increasing our chances. You know, post pregnancy of course. Yeah, post pregnancy, definitely increasing our chances. We will find one, don't you worry.
00:22:20
Speaker
um It's going to be fun. But thank you for recapping that for us um because, yeah, now we've closed loop on that one and it was been a lot of fun. We've got a lot of really cool feedback from the Trail to South Korea um ah series. So we're keen to do another one at some point. We'll figure out another race that ah we can get a few people um that are doing it and get it planning done in the lead up because that was always a fun time.
00:22:48
Speaker
But yeah, we'll move on to Jess. How are you have have you been this last week? And I want to hear more about this sauna and ice bath that you've bought. um But tie it into your training week.
Jess's Reflections and Season Decisions
00:23:02
Speaker
Yeah, um I just wanted to quickly say I just was thinking after like Asia Pacific Trail, um like all of the women, all of the senior women on the team are either like mums or mums to be so I don't know it's pretty cool like pretty amazing what women can do um yeah i love that yeah um yeah back to me um yeah I had a pretty good week I've been feeling pretty good um since
00:23:31
Speaker
getting back from South Korea. um Just had an easy week, like I didn't have anything in my program. But I was trying to make a decision because I was pretty keen to like do one more race to finish off the season. um Spoke to the physio and coach and decided that like a 50k is probably a bit much just because I've done Han Seo and Korea like in the last two months and it would have been like another long race in three months, which is like quite a lot. And I was like, I feel like I could handle it, but then I was like thinking back to last year and I'm still like grateful to have a healthy body. So I'll just, I'll play it safe and make sure I carry everything through. um So yeah, at this stage, I think I'm going to run the 30k at Cozzy.
00:24:21
Speaker
um If everything stays positive um Yeah, so I was just jogging last week and then did kind of like a tempo ish kind of effort and an undulating loop around Mount Ainslie on Friday um Started a new gym program from lucky on Friday as well which was pretty fun like because I've done the same gym program for like a I don't know, since like May or something. um So it was really fun to like change it up and I was so sore after like the next day. I was going to say the next day, how was it? Yeah, doing my calves were so sore. I was doing those like isometric
00:25:00
Speaker
um like push up things on the smith machine yeah like seated car phrases and at the time like doing them i was like this is not doing anything and then the next day i was like holy shit my calves are so sore yep i've been there before um so yeah shout out to um physio lucky um and his business flow strength which is pretty amazing if you guys are anyone's keen to get like a strength program it's only six euros a month It was pretty reasonable. Definitely. Yeah. And then Sunday I went out for just a two hour long run. There was a loop that I wanted to check out with my friend Etienne. We had a bit of a later start, which was kind of nice because it was really warm by that time. And I like like, I love running in the warm. So.
00:25:55
Speaker
Um, yeah, really cool loop up to the top of Mount Corey with, which has like really cool like 360 views at the top. So definitely recommend that one. Um, and we saw Toby Lang who is also one of the under 23 men on the Asia Pacific team. So cool to see him out. Um, cool. Yeah, that's my week. Like a good week. Sounds like a very good week. And where in this week did the purchase happen for the sauna and the ice bath?
Recovery Methods and Training Challenges
00:26:24
Speaker
Uh, I,
00:26:25
Speaker
Bought it before I went to Korea, but I only just sort of got to try it out. So yeah, Sunday after long run, we did an ice bath and then um jumped in the sauna. Nice. Yeah, it's really pretty cool. I definitely recommend it to anyone that like likes doing saunas, but like finds it pretty expensive. Because if you go to those like recovery lab places, I don't know, they cost like $20, I think, for like half an hour.
00:26:54
Speaker
which is quite a lot. And this one is, um it's like a tent. So it's just like a little so um tent with like a steam machine. um So it was only like $200 or $300. So yeah, so far, so good. Awesome. We'll see how long it lasts because it seems seems kind of cheap. But Yeah, I'm enjoying it so far. just cru You get a good amount of money's worth out of it. So nice. Well, good week. And, uh, yeah, I reckon it's a smart call what you're doing for the 30 K as much as like, my brain would also be like, no, like I feel fine. So make, to make use of it. But, um, you're definitely making the smarter choice that, uh, a lot of people might not. Yeah. And the 30 K is going to be interesting. Like, um, it's only 600 meters of gain and like,
00:27:43
Speaker
900 metres lost. Interesting. I'm going to go check it out next weekend, ken I think. Oh yeah, because you're a lot closer to it. Nice. Yeah, yeah because um the descent is like on some new trials that they've just opened. ah So no one really knows what they're like. So yeah, that'd be interesting. Yeah, I saw that they changed the courses. So that's um that is very cool. We can hear how... So that's that's going to be your last race for the year then?
00:28:13
Speaker
Yep. Yep. Yep. I suppose by then it's almost December anyway. So makes sense. Awesome. Well, my week felt like multiple weeks within a week because it started still in Queensland on my sort of holiday with not much at all because I think I ran 10k with Akana who many people would might know the name at least of 150 marathons fame um on Monday and then only 30 minutes easy jog with Matt on Tuesday which I will say that five days of just jogging
00:28:52
Speaker
actually kind of, I felt worse off the back of that than I did off my big block of training in a weird way. um I think partially because like I was completely switched off from training for those five days. I wasn't thinking about activations, drills, strides. I wasn't doing any like stretching, rolling, absolutely nothing.
00:29:14
Speaker
It was, I am not a runner for these five days, which was absolutely lovely. But Jesus, I partially regret that come my three hour long run on Wednesday, um because my legs felt just dead. um To be fair, this week's been a week of reeling it back in a bit. um I'm not entirely sure.
00:29:38
Speaker
if it's my iron or the fact that I'm pretty sure I was gluten in Queensland or a combination of things. But I've been exhausted all week. So my four hour run on Wednesday became a three hour run. And even then the last hour I was like, let's just find the steep hills so I have an excuse to walk.
00:29:57
Speaker
um So great tactic when super tired. ah oh Then also on Thursday, so I was meant to do four hours Wednesday, three hours Thursday. um But then Thursday, the three hours had two by 20 minute uphill efforts in it.
00:30:15
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um But I had Kate for company for the uphill efforts. And so I started with them. So we just did like a 15 minute warm up and then two by 20 minutes uphill, the first one being on um gravel road. So we covered We've pretty much covered 4K with maybe 300 meters vert in the 20 minutes. um And then the drug back down and did the second rep. Neither of you would know Glasgow. Or Jess, did I take you on Glasgow? I've been down it. Yeah. Jeez, you've done the hard way then. So the second rep.
00:30:54
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we did a rep of Glasgow, um which I'd only ever done a hard rep of Glasgow once back in 2018. And it was pretty much 20 minutes. It was 20 minutes and 30 seconds for me. um And I was like, oh, let's just do this as a rep. Break 20 minutes for the first time. And honestly, my legs have not felt that dead trying to climb in a very long time. Because after the first rep and already being tired, yep. But we did it. I got like 18 and a half minutes as I watched Kate disappear like the goat that she is up hills, up above me. um But again, I got to the top of that, felt absolutely exhausted, a bit dizzy. And I was like, okay, body is telling me I'm done for the day and three hours is not happening. So jogged back down and that one was 90 minutes. um But then I did tack on 90 minutes of elliptical to sort of
00:31:46
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still get my three hours-ish of activity. um I think because I was trying to walk the line of knowing that I'm four weeks out from 100k, so I'm meant to be tired, but this felt a little bit like different fatigue that I'm not used to and didn't feel like it was from training. But then also I was like, I've got a race on Sunday. So I had just so much in my head of like, I felt like I was almost failing every training session, but also knowing that I was being smart. So I had that conundrum going in my head of wanting to do the dumb thing but of like just pushing through and trying to bulldoze my way through training, but then knowing that I shouldn't do that. So
00:32:28
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Mentally was not a fun week for that reason. But then Friday, like I had two easy days planned. On Friday, I was meant to run again. I was meant to run an hour in the morning and 45 minutes in the afternoon. But I found myself all day in Launceston ah because I flew in in the morning in my ride to where the race was, was in the evening. um And so I already had to pay 16 bucks to store my bags.
00:32:52
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just to get an hour run done um and then didn't double run. So there was another missed run again. And then Saturday, I just did an easy hour. And finally on Saturday, my legs felt better. Like I could run again. And I was like, okay, we're coming good just in time for this race, which was triple top. And I was so excited for triple top, but also had in the back of my head how sort of fatigued I was and um that my brain's mentally all been on this 100K and all my training up until then now has been on the 100K.
Simone's Triple Top Race Experience
00:33:27
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So yeah, I just find myself in a weird mental space the day before a race like this, where you feel like you're not actually prepared for the race that you're about to do. um So yeah, that was just mental space, like excited, but also weird. um Then the race itself,
00:33:44
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Like it went exactly as I could have expected earlier in the week in some ways, but also just the trail chucked up different things to what I expected, that's for sure, because ah this race, it's 18 and a half K-ish, maybe 19 K with 1,200 up and 1,650 meters down. So it's gnarly, like it's a beast of a course and the terrain is very technical other than like three Ks of it. um But the, and I was absolutely loving that, but pretty early on, it became apparent how overgrown the trail was. And it's, if there's one thing I'm not a fan of, because I am allergic to nature. I am the person with asthma, hay fever, allergies and everything. I am not
00:34:36
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actually physically made to be a trail runner, that's for sure, because I'm just allergic to everything. um And yeah, the trail was so overgrown that it had like, trees had merged in front of you or bushes had merged in front of the trail. And so you're using your hands to try and push them aside and not able to see your feet and those sorts of things. And so you feel like I just felt like I was moving slow. So the course didn't, it didn't feel like a fast day on the course just for how overgrown it was for so much of it.
00:35:04
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And then mentally being tired, it just so early on, my brain went, just get through the race. Just survive. Don't fall. It's super technical. Don't roll an ankle. Survive and win. Like I was kind of in that mindset from very early on, which actually made me enjoy it in the end because I stopped trying to barge my way through the bushes and bush bash really fast and get frustrated. Instead, I was like,
00:35:29
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just enjoy the view, make your way like efficiently through everything without trying to absolutely blitz this course. um And so that in the end, absolutely loved it, but only because I slowed down.
00:35:43
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Um, like I think my average heart rate by the end was about 140 beats by the end of the run. It did not, which was very unsatisfying when it comes to feeling like it was a race. Um, because I kind of got to the end going. That was a really fun, long run with the bib on in what it felt like for most of it. Um, but yeah, the views, the course, the track, like this trail and that last descent could not speak higher of it, except for the fact that it was hard to enjoy.
00:36:12
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parts of it because of how ever grown it was. um So it's probably a good thing like leading into GPT, um just to practice like, yeah, keeping calm and like running through technical terrain smoothly, like what you're saying with them Cecilia in that episode in the road to GPT.
00:36:32
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Yeah, for sure. And I did actually find it was quite calming for me to, um I switched in parts of it where it was smooth um and not smooth, where it was clear and you could actually move. It was still super slow and technical.
00:36:47
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um which But I absolutely love that terrain. So I was like, let's dance across the rocks. let's like This is my jam. I absolutely adore this. But I also was in the back of my head. I'm like, okay, you're now in the middle of your 100K. I'm using it as that sort of practice of um like and if moving consistently and efficiently. like I never let myself stop. I did tighten my laces at the top of the last descent because I wanted my shoes to stay put because I knew how technical it was.
00:37:16
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um But other than that, I 100% got into that mindset of how can I make the boat most use of this race and being here in this experience to like gain confidence for what's to come. um So yeah, I felt efficient, I felt smooth, I flowed really well and like, like I shouldn't, I still got the win. So I was very, very happy with that, obviously. um But But yeah, and if anything, like I ran an hour today pretty quick, feeling perfectly fine in the legs, even though it's a net descent gnarly race. So like, I know I made the smart move when it comes to GPT being 10 days away or something.
00:37:55
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um and then the 100k being four weeks so I can keep moving through the training. um I think there's just part of my brain that knows i I would love that course if it was cleared and I would really want to absolutely go for it and nail it and I suppose in my head if it if it was going to be that day I would have loved it to be because It's always a nice feeling to move really fast. um But instead I got the ah just take a step back and enjoy it pro the process kind of day. And that's totally fine. So yeah, I highly recommend Sarah if you you like technical terrain, don't you? Yeah, I think so. Yes. Yeah, I'm looking forward to getting to be able to go to more races. Like ah that was one of the things when I moved to Broome, I was like, man, I wish I just went to
00:38:46
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as you for the weekend more often because we would go to Perth for the weekend every so often. And that was like five times the cost. So like, yeah, I think I've appreciated yeah like how much more accessible everywhere is from, from over here. Um, I was going to ask a question. So, cause you were obviously doing like three races quite closely. It sounds like this race, you didn't really have like a tapery and it was basically like a long,
00:39:12
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training race run kind of thing? And then is that sort of similar for GPT and then the A event being the 100K? Is that how you're sort of approaching it? Yeah. So my year's been an odd one, purely because of being injured pretty much for the first five months of it. And and even as I like went overseas, being very unsure of what my body was capable of, like I actually had a moment the other day where I was like, damn, I've only been back running consistently for like five months, six months after 18 months of injury. um So I feel like what I'm what I'm doing right now has evolved based on past decisions piling up on each other.
00:39:58
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in a way, it actually works really well, but I've had to mentally switch. So triple top, I was first signed up for. um And that is a race I've always wanted to do, Brody's raved about it, and I knew it was technical, ended with a massive descent, I'm like, it's my jam, sounds amazing. And it will be my jam, but I'm i'm i'm only gonna go back if they clear the trail. um But um so that one was always there. And then um I added GPT 50 because doing this into the 50k, I was like, okay, I do triple top, and then it's taper time, and I do the 50k. And that was where my I thought my year would end because I thought that 50k was already going to be a stretch for me. I wasn't, I wasn't confident in my body at all at the time of signing up for either of them. And so
00:40:47
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I kept it local and B was like, if the 50K happens, it happens. If it doesn't, it doesn't. um So in my head, triple top was almost more important than any of the others. ah And then when I was overseas and like, my body was coming good and I was able to cover long distances and I finally again felt myself and like that was where I had this massive mental flip of like what I enjoy most is going long and I like long and slow and I was loving the training for that and that's where I was like if I can get a qualifier for CCC in this year I would like that's a massively successful year even if just that happens.
00:41:29
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to me after what, what's happened the last few years. So, um, yeah, that was when, as soon as I signed up for the hundred K, yes. Triple top and GPT have both switched into, um, triple top being a, I was never going to taper. It was a run on tired legs. See what your body can do. I was actually again, after the race meant to do a 15 to 20 K cool down. That did not happen. Um, I was quite dizzy.
00:41:55
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few heart palpitations and things going on and I was like okay I am fairly sure my iron's low so I had a blood test today yet to get the results but wouldn't surprise me because I don't know how I dropped the ball on that one um because normally I'd get a blood test as soon as I'm back from overseas but probably a story for another week for next week when I have the results but Yeah, now, triple tops with a mid training, hard effort, tired legs, GPT is the last long run before the 100K because it's two and a half weeks out or two in ah two weeks and a couple of days out. And yeah, it's what, a five and a half, six hour race. So it's, and because of, I felt safe in doing that partially because of the terrain that GPT is.
00:42:39
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It's not a you're absolutely you're going really fast. It's not smooth terrain where you're absolutely belting yourself constantly. It's you're moving smooth and efficient through technical terrain, which I find I recover from quite well. um Because your heart rate is never as high and those sorts of things, if that makes sense. um Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Definitely a ramp up here.
00:43:05
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No, definitely a very solid ramp up, but definitely the mental approach. like That was why I made the decision so early yesterday, that it wasn't my day to push to the line. like I could have pushed and I still wouldn't have actually run that fast because of how tired my legs were. Yes, I could have run faster than I did, but I was like the difference between what I ran and 10, 15 minutes faster is absolutely zilch.
00:43:28
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to my year. But the difference in backing it off for the 50 and 100K is quite a bit. So the same will be for GPT. If I'm feeling good 100% I'm there and I'm racing it because I know that then then I'm tapering.
00:43:43
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um then it's just the taper off for the 100K and I know that a race can lift me. um But if I get there, anything goes even slightly wrong. And especially with the 100K feeling a lot more important on the technical terrain, I'm not going to be taking risks down descents. I'm not going to be treating it like, doesn't matter if I can't run tomorrow, sort of thing, as you would if it was the last race of the season. So Yeah, mentally, head's all in the 100k, that's for sure. So are you going to make a decision on the day whether you're like racing the 50k hard?
00:44:16
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oh like oh I will race the 50k, 100% I'm there to win. um and so But how hard I push, like that was the other hard different thing of if there had have been someone there pushing me yesterday, um like I still would have raced. But because I found myself in the lead quite comfortable, that was there was no extra desire to push. um So I, I don't think it would have harmed me had I had to run a bit faster though. um So the 50k will be a very similar thing where I going into it,
00:44:52
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ah hunt like all positive thinking of I'm going to have a great day and I will be pushing it to the line because that's what I love doing. um But I'm not going to sacrifice the 100K if the 50K is not feeling it at all. If that makes sense. Do you know who you're racing at GPT yet? Not entirely sure. No, I've got I do actually have a start list. It's I think it's a little old. I need to look at the most recent one. um But as currently I'm not And there's not on the current start list I've got. Yeah, I was going to say on the current start list I've got there's Caitlin Howlett came second to Kate last year. um And she's on there. And then I don't want it. like kind andt um I don't recognize many other names. um um And I think Lauren Rook is thinking about it.
00:45:41
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Awesome. I would love to be out there with Lauren. Go rookie. Come along, please. um That'll be fun. um But yeah, we're going to get updated on that because next week we'll do a preview of who's racing um and that will be fun for me too to figure out. Brody's going to be there. So I did joke with Brody that I'm racing him if he goes out too hard.
00:46:02
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um
00:46:04
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but um But yeah, that i think I won't think about that too much until the week of, which it's almost the week of, let's be honest. But yeah, just got to get through the next week of 100K heat training and all the fun things first.
00:46:20
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Yeah, anyways, that's enough of it of a recap of that. But I think that the listener question this week ties into but something all three of us have touched on in little bits in our week. um And thank you for this listener question from Strong with Heidi. I think i'm I'm doing that off memory on Instagram. And that listener question is, how do you race to your full potential, especially over longer distances?
00:46:47
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And so the way I take this is how do you get the absolute most out of yourself when trying to race? Because there are times like for me yesterday, I'm not actually there to get the absolute most out of myself in that day on that race.
00:47:03
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Um, but it's part of me trying to get my potential out of myself in a hundred K and four weeks time. Um, so for both of you, like the shaping of the question is like for your absolutely perfect day, if you've had one, you can think back to it, but what does it take for you to have your perfect day on a race? Uh, start with you, Sarah. Yeah, I think you can, I mean,
00:47:28
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everything that can answer into this question. But I think the two main things that I will say is that for racing to your full potential over longer distances, it is consistency and time over years of training that's the thing. um So I think that's like a big ticket item for me. um Yeah, I've been running long distances for, you know, 10 plus years, 11 odd years now. And I think, and and being relatively injury free, which I think really helps build just that longevity and of time on feet. And I think that's really helpful for the longer races. But then the other thing I would say to all of this is your mind and your your mindset and what you tell yourself. So yeah, as I mentioned, like um sort of actually what I said before about that mantra, the best race I ever had was
00:48:17
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um the race where I first used that mantra and it was at the Thailand World Trail Championships and
Mental Strategies and Race Insights
00:48:27
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it was, yeah, I don't know. I just, it was, it felt like a very effortless run, um lots of flow, um felt this really connected, but also like a really connected relationship with my mind and my body in that I could really experience everything, but didn't make it mean anything. Cause usually, you know, it's, it's perceived effort and perceived exertion that stops us from doing something. So, um, you know, when I say outside turbulence in a calm, the turbulence became, cause it no longer was people around me. The turbulence became like the physical sensations in my body and kind of felt like I was able to be really calm.
00:49:07
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and relaxed in spite of that. So yeah, they would probably be my two, my two main things. um And eat. Always eat. You know, your mind will feel like the first thing I do when I'm feeling a bit mentally fat is I eat. Just get some sugar in your body and you probably will sort yourself out. That's it for me. Perfect. Oh yeah. I love even add the eight in and those top three things is um I reckon you're going a very, very long way for getting towards your potential, even just with those three, as many things as we could put on a list of what goes into it. um But what about for you, Jess? what do you What do you think goes into your best day? Yeah. I kind of interpreted this question differently. Okay. Go for it.
00:49:55
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I thought they were asking like in longer races, like you've got to pace yourself and it's got to feel comfortable. So like, how do you know when to push in the race so that you can reach your potential and like run the fastest time that you're capable of without like overdoing it? Yeah. Okay. Yep. I see that. Yeah. So I guess I can come from that angle.
00:50:18
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Um, yeah, I don't know. I think like I haven't done anything crazy long, but, um, I guess like if I take counselor as an example, cause I feel like that was definitely like a max effort for me. Um, and I was cooped after, um, like, so definitely like gave it all. And I think what it comes down to is like knowing when to push and when you can recover. So like, um, I dunno, for some, like everyone's different.
00:50:47
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For me, I like to push the uphills and then recover on the downhills or the flats, um depending on like how technical the downhills are. um Because obviously, if the downhill is technical, then you can't really recover on that like because you still got to focus. and use quite a bit of like mental energy, um, running that. Um, so yeah, I think for Hanzo, I just like pushed the bits that I was confident in and I knew, um, like I knew I was coming up to like a flatter kind of road section where I could recover. Um, yeah. And then get it like for the heat, just like getting ice down your top.
00:51:28
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lying in the river. That's what got me through. Nice. I love that. bit And then to ah to bring it to another side, um when it just comes to you reaching your potential in any race, so like not the long distance ah side of the question, but just you reaching your absolute max potential, you could probably even think back to track.
00:51:52
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um What do you think helped you like have that perfect race or that best race you've ever had over the shorter distances? For me, like the best races, like when they come to mind, it's like mindset.
00:52:10
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yeah So before the race, like I feel really relaxed and I'm like excited to get going. The ones that have not gone well is when like I haven't rested enough and like I've tried to train through it. And then I get that feeling like what you were describing before. Triple tops where you get that anxiety about like your body being so fatigued and like it's going to hurt. Like it's going to be a lot harder than it should be.
00:52:35
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and you're not gonna do as well as you want to. um So yeah, I think just like i like, I love a good solid taper and like really like backing off. So I i make sure I do that before Big Grace is now. And um that helps me to get really excited for like a hard effort. Cause I know I'm rested and I'm like ready to go.
00:52:57
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Yeah, love that. Love that. And yeah, I think I'll second that for sure. um Like when I read this question, part of my brain went, oh my gosh, there's so much. um But you can definitely simplify it because there's I think we do like to, come well, I like to complicate things, or my brain does, at the best of times. um But when I, like one example, ah for me of just a race where I got, this is a short distance, a shorter distance example,
00:53:28
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of got the absolute most out of myself um that I can think of. And it's one that didn't have the consistency behind it because it was um one of my, they're my second Australian mountain running championship race. And I was only maybe, I think I was about six or six weeks back running after a four month break from a stress fracture. So I didn't, I wasn't at the race with that mindset or kind of I've got all the training behind me, I've put in the work and I've got the consistency or anything. um It was more a case of going, I am so aware that everyone's potential lies further than where they think it is at any moment in time. So you can always do more than you think, if you just get your mind out of the way and let your body show you that it can. And I got
00:54:18
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really the way I got myself into that mindset and to fully believe that even though I think it was a 14k race and in the previous five months I'd managed to run 14k once and it was about two weeks before the race, and that was my longest run, and I hadn't got the training in. like I was in Queensland, I traveled up early, I stayed entirely solo, and I went like full hermit mode of I was listening to pump-up music all the time, I was spending all my time in the sun, I was ice-bathing in any creek I could find. like I was, yeah, monk mode of like hibernation, but then also every single thing I took in mentally was positive.
00:54:59
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and every thought I had, I wasn't chatting to anyone really, like, because I knew how to control my mind and how to get my mind in a good spot, but not with I had too much external noise. So I always think back to this one, in a way, because I just remember, I kind of had no right to stand on the start line going, I'm here to win, and I'm gonna win, because I like I knew who I was up against, and I hadn't put in the work. But I stood there with such belief in myself that I then when in the race when push came to shove like I've never actually pushed harder to win a race in my entire life. I still to this point because I was not like I lost my feet with like 400 to go and fell purely because I was that done. But I just at no point along the process believed that I wasn't going to win. um So
00:55:52
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For me, when I think about reaching potential, like it's almost a curse to have that race in the back of my head because I'm like, I know how hard I can push myself if my mind's in the right state. And so I think you can put in all the the consistency is needed to put in massive performances and the nutrition, the strength and conditioning, of all of those sorts of things. But you can have the perfect training plan, the absolute perfect nutrition plan, be fully rested and your mind can undo you on race day and you won't reach your potential no matter what you do. um If your mind is in a spot where it's not going to let your body show you that you what you can do. um So the races where I've done best and I feel like I've actually got to the finish line,
00:56:37
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And that was absolutely everything I had for the day. They're the races where in the lead up, I haven't had a bunch of whole bunch of life stress going on, where I've pretty much shut down from socials from, to i'm I'm an introvert, massive introvert, doesn't come across like that sometimes, but I can do 3, 4, 5 days of talking to no one, and I'll be in a really good mental headspace. um And just reading on positivity and the notion that I know you can do more. You can always do more than you think. Our bodies are absolutely incredible. And I go really deep down those sorts of thought waves and those sorts of things in the lead-up.
00:57:16
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to then let all the training come out, let the nutrition do its job, let the rest do its job. um And i I say this to my athletes all the time is your body knows what to do, and it can do so much more than you think if you just get your mind out of the way. um So that's the one thing I'm telling myself on start lines that i when and on this only I can only get myself into that mental space on start lines when you are tapered, when I have been looking forward to that one race. like I actually don't thrive and I don't think I will ever reach my major main potential or my most potential in
00:57:54
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races seasons like I've had this year where there's lots of races back to back because I do actually find pushing to your absolute limit is exhausting and i am after after I've done that I need a big break. So that's actually what excites me the most about the long distances um because I think that to me will work better with my mentality of I want one race off in the distance that I can look at, I can focus on, I can work towards and then I can take a break from.
00:58:22
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um And that's when I know I'm going to be at my best. So I hope that answers the question. I think it does. Yeah, I think that was really good. Yeah, a really good summary and answer really of of all like that, you know, relationship between the physical training and the and the mental training. And I think ah obviously it's easier said than done all of this. um Like, I mean, I probably would say... We would all do it all the time if we could.
00:58:50
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Absolutely. Like a year ago, I probably, I remember finishing the season thinking like my mind is my superpower and then I would say the last. two years, it it hasn't been. It's been my biggest weakness. so it's like ah definitely But then now I feel at a point where I'm really okay with that. with that And so now I feel like that's that's the process for me to move through is I will get out the other side and yeah being okay with it. But it is amazing because even if you can intellectualize that mental spirit, I suppose, cultivating it is a whole other thing.
00:59:23
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Sometimes. Yeah. Yeah. And like, I know that whatever else is going on in my life in terms of how stable everything else is in life. will 1000% affect whether I can or I can't actually get into a good mental headspace for a race? um like you can't You can't detach the two. i don't think Well, not from what I've seen for anyone I've experienced or myself. like if my And it doesn't even need to be there doesn't need to be things going wrong in external life, just if I've got too much going on, which is me most of the time this last couple of years and something I'm very much working on trying to fix.
01:00:01
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um because yeah it's It's a whole process getting your body to push to its act full potential, um for sure. But it's a pretty cool thing when it does come off. And I think a lot of runners are working towards that day where it can happen. A lot of things are lining.
01:00:22
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Oh, 100%. 100%. You will never forget the feeling of those finish lines. Like, I can, they're still the one, they're like beacons in my head of what would keep me running when shit gets hard.
01:00:34
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um for sure. Awesome. Well, thanks for those answers. And thank you for the question, Heidi. I am going to quickly run through some results that we had. And I may as well start with the race I was at. We're starting at triple top, triple tops mountain run. So yeah, 19K, 1200 up, 1650 down. And it was won by Alex Hunt, the lovely partner of the one and only Maggie Lennox.
01:01:01
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um and he won in 2004-21. I will say that there was a very close race going on up front between Alex and Sam Woolford, who came in second, I believe. um I have ah think i've done a little bit of research, but I believe based on Strava that Sam is an orienteer, and this was one of, if not the first trail race he had done.
01:01:26
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and he was absolutely sending the last descent and this last descent I think it has a 750 meter section that drops about 400 meters or so. So it has a section that is proper gnarly and he was sending it and was in the lead but I actually on this descent found myself coming to a complete standstill quite a number of times to figure out which direction was a gully that was just rock and which direction was the trail that was going to continue. And I think what happened was that Sam
01:02:04
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because at times the trail, like if you were going really fast, I think you pretty much just ended up going down a gully and off trail. um And so that gave Alex the opportunity to come through for a very close win because it was only 75 seconds or so back with Sam at the end. um But he had gone off course on the descent accidentally um because Yeah, it's not a dissent that doing blind, you can do very well blind, that's for sure. um Then in third was Angus Tolson who has done very well at Triple Top before in 206.51. On the women's side, I got the win in two hours 38. And then second place was Sarah Eliza Cook,
01:02:52
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who I believe was third the year before or so. So moving herself up in two hours 49.03 and in third was Mel Clark in two hours 54.45. And then the only other other results I'll quickly run through because we touched on them last week but we didn't have the full results yet.
01:03:13
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was four peaks. So the overall winners of four peaks were Matt Crean in first on the men's side, Ian Best in second and Ethan Pink in third. And then in on the female side, Sophie Broome was first, Tori Thomas was second and Melanie Townsend was third. So that was for the whole four days um four days put together for four peaks.
01:03:35
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And then Jess, you want to take us to Queensland?
Mount Glorious Race Results
01:03:39
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Yeah, so um we also had the Mount Glorious mountain trails running festival. So that's run through some trails that are sort of southeast Queensland, just north of Brisbane. And and the race is 22k with 1200 metres of vert upwards and 650 of descent. um And in the women, we had first place was Hannah lone reagan um in two hours 36 second was amber wood in two hours 46 and third was jessica batter ham in two hours 47
01:04:17
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was then Yeah. And then in the man, first place is Ben Duffus in one hour 41. Second was Aiden Hobbs in one hour 43. And third was Billy Curtis in one hour 45. So all pretty close between those three. Yeah. And pretty stacked for the field in terms of ah the level of runner. That was that's a cool battle to see and well done on Ben getting the win there. Yeah. There's quite a lot of um good trial runners that come out of Queensland. For sure.
01:04:50
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and And then, so we also had Booty Coastal Run on the weekend. So, well, did you say that one was Simp? New South Wales um was that one.
01:05:03
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who Not entirely sure where, to be honest, but we can look that up. but' say In the booty coaster run, um there was a 21K and a 14K. In the 21K, we had Alia back in first place for the women um in two hours 17.
01:05:24
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and second was joe nevin in two hours oh two hours 17 52 so she was about 40 seconds behind a bit of a sprint finish there um and then third was rebecca knapton in two hours 20 um and then in the man how do we say this name again zabynac canes yeah zabynac canes in first place in the 21k in one hour 45 and then second was John Pynchon in one hour 48 and third was Jonathan Forrest in one hour 55. Nice and I've looked up the location so it's in Kilcare on the central coast of New South Wales and the videos they've got on their website look absolutely beautiful.
01:06:15
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Nice. All along the coast there. Awesome. There's the results for this week. Coming up next week, there is the Run Bevelman Track Stage Run, which used to be called the Great Southern Stage Run, and I did it last year, and I highly recommend it. It's amazing.
01:06:32
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um All along Bibbulmun Track over in Perth. Then also Great Southern Endurance Run, a very big one on the Vic running calendar in Bright and around Hotham. The Stromlo Running Festival and then the first race in the trail running South Australia Twilight series is coming up.
01:06:51
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That's what's coming up race-wise for next week, but ah Sarah, you're getting to know Canberra. What's coming up for you in the next week or so? Well, i yeah, I guess I keep training towards the GPT stage race. So yeah, get get to go do a heel session tomorrow on Black Mountain somewhere. I keep thinking I want to call it Black Magic Mountain.
01:07:15
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I don't know, maybe I will keep it like that. um And then, yeah, just some fun exploring trail runs. I think that's going to be the main aim for the next little while, I reckon. can Do it. Yeah, awesome. Love the sound of that. Getting to know a new place, um getting some mountain legs underneath you for training, that'll be a bit of fun. And yeah, growing a Bubs at the same time. So you're an absolute powerhouse woman. And Jess, what about for you?
01:07:43
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um Yeah, just going to find my speed legs again tomorrow on the track, which will be fun. And then, yeah, just working and training and I head out to Cozy for a course working on the weekend. Very nice. Very, very nice. And I've got I actually start heat training. I've got a treadmill run in the heat tomorrow and another one on Thursday this week and a few saunas to chuck into my training, but otherwise just a few more long runs. Not much speed work, the opposite of speed work going on in my um my training world, but also I will be at Great Southern Endurance Run this weekend. I can't seem to get to spend much time at home at all, um but
01:08:28
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Yeah, I'll be at BRITE this weekend for Great Southern Endurance Run, working as a medic for the day, for the rent event, day and night. um Nice long shifts, but should be fun. And we will speak to you just before GPT ah next week, the episode I'm going to try and get out. the It'll be the Tuesday, so two days before GPT next week, and we'll do a big preview and everything. so keep your ears peeled for that one next week. But for this week, we hope you've enjoyed listening. This has been episode 31 of the Peak Pursuits podcast, and we will speak to you soon.