Training Log Archive: Olivia

Warm up and down around the field

Physio app tomorrow and I guarantee I will be told no hard training after it so I put an intervals session in today instead. I jogged around the field by the house and it was an 110m loop, so I put controls out along the route and ran 2 loops per interval. The cornering was pretty tight so it wasnt the fastest, 12 intervals with 30s rest between, times ranged between 64-67s.

Very stiff and sore this morning, both hips and my calf giving me problems so decided not to push it and take a rest day

Another dander up Cavehill, wearing the Garmin this time so distance is more accurate. Legs absolutely knackered and it showed as I was 2.5 mins slower to the top than last time, but knocked a few seconds off the downhill. At least now I have definite targets next time I run it but not sure when that will be....

WEE Series - Antrim Castle Gardens. I struggled tonight, I think its the cold but I felt like I had nothing in the tank, it started off ok although I took a slightly wobbly route to 2 as I forgot how big the ditches were and then had to run round it as I didnt feel like falling in this early. Took the slightly longer route to 4 then ran around 3 sides of the feature to find the control..had I looked to the left as I crossed the fence I would have seen it. Royally screwed up 10, I lost about a min faffing around the thicket the control was on without going far enough in to actually see it. The rest of the course went pretty well - apart from falling into a couple of ditches. Got some abuse from ph and Susan on the way to the last as I was mincing my way through the mud trying not to get my shoes dirty.......

Needed to get outside so headed to Parkfit for an easy class, it was just my luck that James had food poisoning and Taff was taking it instead. Thankfully he didn't push me too much when I had to give up on some exercises cos I just didn't have the energy for loads of hill sprints (they were making me dizzy) so it ended up being tougher than I expected but just what I needed!

Woke up with a sore throat and feeling dizzy, thought it might improve as the day progressed but I was wiped by the time I got home, so no intervals for me tonight.