Training Log Archive: philm64

CSC round 1, Cwm Lickey, Blue Men, 5.5km, 290m (tough!). Hungover.

Steady start, small misses at 5 (too high), 7 (too low - towed by Marcus Pinker, he was also a bit low), 13 (looking for knoll not depression), & annoyingly, 14, where i was sure my compass was right & it was, but i mis-identified a "knoll" & ran up to it - wrong!! Then the M60 lot (Gavin C. & Charles) dragged me across a vile marsh at the end - should have ignored them - they had a different control. No losses of >1 minute tho.

A bit cheesed off that the best bit - 8-9-10-11, i was accurate, enjoying it, in control, in contact, good APs - but was well off the pace on these legs. It seems i'm best when in "point yourself into the distance & run like the clappers" territory. Sad.

Found the uphills very tough & the "tussocks" a bit hard/ knackering to run over.
Hamstring pain mild enough to not bother or worry me. Better than last Sunday by a fair margin!!! Good.

Clive cocked up very badly at no 2 (4 mins lost), so i won. I assume BOK got through.... on my course we were 1-2-3-4.

Result http://www.swoc.org.uk/index.php?id=47
Splits - Clive nosed ahead just before messing up no 15. http://www.swoc.org.uk/Results/Results2017/CwmL_Co...

https://www.strava.com/activities/897695331

C • Clive 6

Sport climbing in Wye Valley - Wyndcliff quarry - with Clio

Good day, about 6 routes, all fully bolted & therefore very sanitised.

Got a 6b in near the end then finally a 6b+, which we both dogged, then redpointed straight off . Very pleased. First climb at this grade for nearly 4 years. https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/c.php?i=372655

Shoulder troubling me, sadly.

Cycled 30 mins in evening, but worse than that, I drank too much in the pub & was basically drunk. Oops. Does cycling home sweating beer count as "training"? Is it legal?

Rest day, apart from cycling to Liz's & back for a LH hamstring/ buttock massage. Featuring a "wedgie".

Tired today; a bit stiff from yesterday's tempo run.

10k mostly flat run with Angela Copeland, she often bangs out 16km in 75 mins, so i wanted to see how she does it.

Quite brisk running out (5km), 23:42.

Stretched; started back. at 4:08 pace. Too quick! She tied up, I tied up, i had to stop & stretch calf out.

Passed her on hill at 5:00mins/km pace. Last mile was tough for both of us. A good run - nice day.
Then played guitars for a few hours as her chap was once in a band with me!

out - https://www.strava.com/activities/893540398
back - https://www.strava.com/activities/893540520

Knackered.

Left hip quite stiff, nothing major. #rightdirection

1305 ranking point for my muddy plod on Sunday? really? some mistake surely.

https://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/index.php?p...;

Steady hours' run mainly on tarmac, some paths & fields, but keeping away from slidy stuff as everywhere is wet these days. Intention was 5min/kms for an hour, or 12km. Quite flat.

Felt OK, and chugged along, to my surprise, found at km 5 i was knocking out 4:15 - 4:19 said Garmin.

Slowed at 8km as shin hurt a little. Ran on verges & across a field.

2 mins jog w/down to make it an hour's moving time.

Osteopath: shoulder improving; finger improving.

https://www.strava.com/activities/890888997

C • too quick for us. 4

Cycle to town, 22 mins, back again 3 pints later, 23 mins.

"Cat" pub in Bristol. Great evening.

Bloc bouldering: careful with shoulder; RH index finger taped.

Fairly OK. Did a few red problems (top end 5c). Probably shouldn't have.

I'm injured, but not badly, & keeping climbing is better than stopping totally.

Burned a few guys off (middle aged beer belly types). Felt very light again. My spinach leaf diet is clearly paying off! :)

FIT LIGHT STRONG.

Bristol super trad superstar Hazel Findlay climbs F8c in Spain - post massive shoulder injury - incredible! this is world class climbing. I'm at 6c on a good day.....
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item/70974/news_-_...

short clip: https://www.facebook.com/hazelfindlayathlete/video...