Training Log Archive: Forest Demon

Down at Cramond yet again, although this time the toilets were open, which was an extremely welcome sight

5km attempt at Cramond.

Went off like a bat out of hell because: 1) I wasn't sure what I could manage, but hoped to be quicker than the 18:49 at the beginning of the year, and 2) I am an idiot.
So a 3'38 first km which was a bit ambitious, then a much more reasonable 3'47 and 3'46. Unfortunately by then had turned around into a very grim headwind so got a lot slower until my watch finally beeped at 19:00 dead.

Oh well! Not especially thrilled at the time, but I think I can't expect much more than that, given the recent training load.
Probably not too horrible really, it's quite tough doing it solo. I suspect I'm in much the same shape as I was in at the start of the year.

Think I should do some longer intervals instead of 400m reps, and some more mileage at the weekend... Onwards and upwards

Felt like a real effort to get moving, which didn't change once I was out and about. Few rest days now at least

Tempo on the meadows, 10 minutes this week (2.7km), plus 10 minutes easy before and after.

Saw Dad when I still had 2 minutes left, so went searching for him on the warm down. Went home via all the Turf zones I could think of, but tragically he had vanished into the ether

Easy with Emily on the canal to the aqueduct.
Good times as always