Training Log Archive: philm64

See other entry - post race "training" - warmdown.

Merthyr Mawr Blue course (Welsh champs) - well.... rubbish? erratic. no game plan for no 4 and found no 5 first, 2 mins lost. no 6 - ended up on "wrong" spur... 2 mins. no 8, there was a path & semi open not marked - hesitant, overshot. 1 minute. No excuses for no 14 - I was lucky not to lose big time there, then fine til penultimate control - real sting in the tail - north side of a spur, confused, 1-2 mins.
The map's printing meant I could barely make out a) white forest (run), b) slow run (the green was near-invisible, c) the undergrowth was also hard to see. Some of the white & dark green bits had VERY obvious boundaries - so why no black dots (vegetation boundaries) around these on the map? It would have aided comprehension given the colour printing was rather difficult.
I would say I enjoyed my cock-up laden run, the course was really good, kept me very engaged, and near the end I was feeling disappointed it was about to end - so much so that I then went straight out, "ran" up the Big Dipper, then re-did nos 2,4,5,6,7,10,11, another 25 mins training. THis time I really could not find no 4 - lost 4 mins?
Also, countours were mapped very well - great to run on such an area - even if I had to eat humble pie - for first time in 31 years.....

Felt quite fit today during race, quite zippy & speedy, unlike yesterday when I felt a bit off colour & "viral". By the end of my "warm down" / extra training, tho , I was knackered! As is right.

SBOC Welsh short champs - Kenfig Burrows
Late start, so I'd been pre-warned.... hesitant to no 1 & no 2 lost the plot slightly, due to a huge waterlogged path, so 9 mins to no 2 , c2 mins down on where I *should* be. .
no 4 - totally hesitant, stood still on a hill, for 45 seconds, passed by Abi Weeds then I realised she was going the right way so started racing. Caught her just before no 6. This was supposed to be NORTH of a track, but we found it on the SOUTH side. She, I and another chap immediately said, "Wrong place", then to no 7 - easy? No. Nothing. No niche, no control. Abi ran to the other side to find it in a broad re entrant "that's wrong as well!".
No 8 I realised the northern path was waterlogged so got it OK (dropping Abi in the process), then ok to finish - a little perplexed that no 10 "between the knolls" was high up on top of a hill/knoll. It seems it had been moved up there to reduce the further number of complaints about it to zero. No one could miss it now.

7th, 32mins, Charlie & Clive 30mins, but it was a case of who had the least balls-ups induced by poor map, poor / erratic control placement, etc.
Apart from that , a nice day really!

Rest up for Welsh Champs. Admin all day, travel to Porthcawl later. Staying with the Adams family in an off-season seaside holiday let, chippy & tea on arrival. pub for a genial couple later. Excellent start to the w/e.

Gym - cycle there & back., 20 mins cross trainer (5.4km), then full weights sets x 2, not heavy tho. then 15 mins cross trainer (4km). Knackering but good. combined medium weights with 35 mins pure cardio on cross trainer, which gota good sweat on. The somehow cycle home. Ate a lot....

Still feeling a bit shit, though. Fighting a virus?

Easy steady run in park with a certain O map in my hand for "technique" "training".
Annoyingly, left Achilles hurt from the off and despite several stops to stretch my hips / hamstrings, it marred the run.
There was no Achilles pain on the w/e events, nor during my two intense road sessions last week, so assume it's just a blip caused by poor flexibility again.
After 33 mins I just stopped, and walked in the sun reading the map. Some days you've just got to give it a rest. Hope to be fine for Welsh champs, I won't run again til then. I'll get Liz to prod & probe the lower left calf/heel tomorrow or Thursday.
Ice & nurofen gel on it after. The perks of having no job....

Another rest.
Persued other interests, including wasting time on the PC as I'm not working this month......
Andy J Williams rehearsal & pub later. Starting to get creative...

Very tired legs.