Training Log Archive: BrandNewMe

Woke in the night by Lucy, had to get out of bed and the pain in my foot was so bad I couldn't get back to sleep cause I was thinking that running today was not going to happen. Woke up to a different foot though. Much less sore.

I was entered on blue, but changed to short brown on the planners reccomendation. No regrets there. It was most fun. Lovely forest, great course. Too long for me, but all of it was so lovely - which bits would I wanted to have missed out on? None of it!

My nav was quite crap. Number 5 in particular I couldn't make sense of the contours. They didn't make sense coming out either, so I ended up comically offline to 6. Half hearted in the tough 9 and 10 dropped me lots of time, as did a 5 minute mistake at 12. Jase caught me at 12, and I was a bit gutted because although I had seen a few people around and about, I had been having a lovely lonesome run at that point, and I was too exhausted for a head to head sprinting session against Jase. I imagine he felt just the same way! I was seriously contemplating taking 5 mins out at 14 just to chill we could have our own forests to ourselves again, but there was always the worry of Nick beating me. Happily Jase didn't over take, and though I caught Neil Conway and some other bloke near the end, I didn't feel that my fun was compromised.

Spending time in such a special forest though - what's not to like?

The EGM approved the levy. Shame. I think the only thing that will 'fix' BOF is if there is a money shortage so bad that those with a financial / C.V. interest in the sport flounce off. Then I would be quite happy to pay whatever levy it takes to ensure the performance team is properly staffed and funded, sports development is run by clubs who tailor their approach in the way best meets their surroundings, and regional squads are supported, the national federation provides a forum for sharing ideas about how to run good events / training / mapping / volunteering / planning / organising / socialising etc...

I still hope it happens, but today's vote just moves it further into the horizon.

C • I tend to agree... 2

Blue middle distance, Culbin

Laurence's v first relay - at the inter areas. It says a lot about the atmosphere of today that Laurence had a control not register, and so the team mispunched, but still had probably the happiest day ever of his 9 year old life.

So my run was very much irrelevant, but I did the blue. Ran it harder than I would have perhaps chosen to, but I knew that Nick had done ~40 and my garmin kept pushing me on. I am so unfit, my achillies is not happy, and my pf bloody well hated the occasional pebbles on the paths - the result was better than I deserved, which is always pleasing. At one stage I thought I had torn my pf though, it was so sore.

Some slight misses. Stopped early on 1 as it seemed quite far, number 9 I was stood next to and didn't see it. I was a bit confused as to what to do, as I knew I was at the feature. 7 I was a bit offline the one near the mast I missed, and the last one in the green I got a bit confused and panicked as time was ticking closer to Nicks...

Beat him by 2 mins. TFFT! For an unfit oldie he can shift.

To the start, then did the yellow with Lucy (there was no white) as a warm down.

Got a cold. Off work.

Injured too btw. Slight left Achilles twinge at the gym on Tuesday when lifting weights, it felt odd after, fine yesterday, but definitely stiff this morning. This is not the Achilles that I had the problems with in 2013, but the other one. Time to get some calf stretches done. I know I can't face another Achilles problem!

To work, to the McK's, home.

It was a tiresome day at work. I had a cold, and nearly went home mid afternoon as I felt so shit. Loads of meetings though, so I drank an awful lot of caffeine and dug in. The last meeting (4pm-6pm) involved drinking wine, so after 4 glasses of wine and a heck of a lot of caffeine I turned up at trotettes, my cold the least of my worries. Had some fun around the Braids and Mortonhall at a steady pace. Managed not to end up in any bushes. I twisted both ankles pretty severely, but happily felt no pain. We bumped into Tessa, so even more chat as we went through Hermitage home.

Dalry and back.

For the first day in ages I can walk without limping. Time for the gym.