Training Log Archive: Leon

Drumchapel parkrun -1st, 18.23

A tough 3 lapper with 2 big hills each lap, mostly trail.
Didn't feel great and had to ease off a few times to avoid blowing up, with second place not far behind as well
Not a bad time all told and followed the early leader the wrong way at the beginning which also cost some time, should have been 2nd quickest on this course (though usually a low turnout, not today as 1st birthday), could have been just under 18 on a good day.

Knavesmire

Sort of ABC watching with Matt and Chris

River south - lovely running weather

Up to Harlow Hill for the CLARO event, nice route through Valley gardens and lovely trail across the brow of the hill, back the same way
The actual course was grotty and very overgrown and the map needs updating. To be fair the planning was OK although there controls 7 and 8 were horrible to get to.

Tested out the route choices to #1 from yday

N - Scarborough Bridge, 0.31mi
S - Lendal Bridge, 0.25mi

So about 90m difference which equates to 22s at 6.30 per mile

C • So turning round was sort o... 2

Just watching and timing at the track tonight, a session would have been silly

York Urban, 1st

A better run than yesterday
Took the wrong route to #1 going over Scarborough bridge rather than turning round at the start
Otherwise good, spotted the key legs into #5 and #21 well in advance and planned accordingly
Small wobble to #11 while worked out it was under the bridge, to #15 while I worked out I could cross the small fence and to #18 while I went the long way round the bike shed.
Post race spotted a better route to #24 as well, but probably totalling no more than a minute all those things
Pace was good at the end at sub 6 miling once got out of the school, though if it was as warm as Wetherby wouldn't have managed it!

Wetherby Urban - 2nd 46.55

All fine, except
#9 - should have turned R at second road crossing after 8 and took road/path down to railway, would have save climb, and thrashing through indistinct path which I followed L away from where I should have gone for a brief spell
#10 - gambled on going further W from 9 and in from the N, instead of above #1, not sure on that
#11 - Path down to railway in between crags certainly didn't seem to cross another path at 90 degrees, so I ended up above a crag. Then compounded things but not going straight over railway but S for a bit, making things more difficult and slower
#12 - Big error, didn't drop straight down but followed path W which became v rough and I couldn't find the gap S to path, eventually had to go N and into 12 from the NE. V.stupid.
#27 - Went to lower level, not sure how was meant to know fence was at higher level from map / CDs

Missed the gap before the wall to get into field above start on way to both #2 and #29

So, a bit scrappy in the middle, otherwise OK