Training Log Archive: philm64

Event: Compass sport cup final
 

Compass Sport cup final, Cannock chase (Haywood Warren), Blue Men, 6.5km/215m 4th. 4.5 mins down on Dave Peel. Clive 3 mins up.

Good run, started 1 min after Martin Ward who shamed me so badly 3 weeks ago at Pwll Du. Didn't expect to see him, espcially after so-so nos 1 & 2 - no 2 I had no plan B, didn't know where i was, and luckily saw the feature. Close call!

Twice encountered Hollie Orr - no 2-3 (track) & again 7 - 8 (same track) - the 2nd time I finally let her past & followed her to no 8, & out of no 8, and towards no 9 - she was dropping me all the way, but Martin messed up no 9 & I was on him.

Certainly Martin helped me get no 10 but then he went high to no 11 and i contoured in - he won, the control seemed very high.

His gap was enough that when i crested the hill to no 12, he'd gone. I doubted the map here - couldnt' make sense of it - went right, then left, then changed my mind & back right. An extra track here really confused me. I was lucky to only lose a minute+ From here to finish i let rip & was rewarded with fast splits. Too late! Martin had finished. Note: he & others had SI Air, and I wonder if now is the time to finally upgrade.

Pleased; best result for a while; some reasonable scalps taken; Ifor revenge was needed! Thanks to earlier starters for creating the tracks :-) & Undy for going out earlier, & Tim for breaking himself AGAIN, & Chas for hopping round in a frankly amazing time (he was walking on the fast track where I was banging out approx 4:00min/km pace & being dropped by Hollie......)

Finally, thank god i didn't know Simon (EPOC SPOOKSTER) was running, had I known I'd have certainly cocked up a lot more & done worse. I have never *knowingly* (*) beaten him (*) - ie. Known he is running too. Edit: he ran a kilometre (!) further than i did, so I count this as a loss now.

http://www.walton-chasers.co.uk/results/2018/csccs...

https://www.strava.com/activities/1918940611

http://www.walton.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#85&co...

Sadly, my easy run yesterday brought back sore throat, viral feeling & major tiredness later on into the evening. Gutted :-(

So i will storm through (fake it til I make it....) the gig tonight, just DO THE CSC race tomorrow, then have a week off, as I need to feel better than this, or i will need to take a major break from the sport. Thank god I'm not involved with OMM.

I felt rough after / before / during the Army race 10 days ago - I'm not right :-(

Huge gig on Weston Prom Pier - RNLI party - left home 3:40pm.

Big fee, played til 12:10am, home 1:50am, bed, sleep elusive.

Less than 4 hours sleep. Up at 6:20 for CSC coach trip with BOK.

thank god i have no desk to be at Monday morning, is all I can say! :-)

Nice steady sunny Stoke Park trot - blow off the cobwebs from yesterday & now "rest" up for CSC on Sunday :-) (apart from 4pm - 1:30am gig tomorrow but I'm not making excuses!) (yes i am)

Fingers crossed lurg harbouring has gone now.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1914224809

Didn't feel so ill. Hurrah.

Huge day . up at 6am, cycle to temple meads, 730 train to London,. meetings all day (am now a Trustee of Action for ME), home 6:30pm, straight out to band practice, last one before huge gig SATURDAY NIGHT (til well after midnight - won't be home before 1:30am), just thought I'd put that one out there.

https://www.actionforme.org.uk/

C • Excuses 2

Sinuses sore in night; & felt ghastly most of the day. Fuck.

I ran too hard last night, true: but this is possibly a lurg-harbouring situation. Rested all day cos of tomorrow. ie. didn't even go out & took to bed after lunch.

BOK Tuesday run

I overdid the pie/potato-eating beforehand, & tried to run off the indigestion.

Didn't work but my impression of Michael Hallett was OK

An excellent run, just squeezing the absolute max out of a golf course at night with headtorches on. Doing 6 consecutive sub-5 minute kms meant i wasn't having an easy time of it either. Kudos & thanks to Ifor & Tommi for that one - was great!

LH hip/buttock annoyingly sore. Hopefully temporary.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1909116554

Even more sniffly, & slept 9 hours.

Could do with not being ill this week.

C • 5 days 4