Training Log Archive: SKWilson

Approximately 100 minutes walk/jog putting out controls for CLYDE training at Dunrod Hill. Right knee significantly better.

Drumchapel parkrun #110 in 26:44. Heavy-legged plod on a moist morning feeling a week of races in my legs (especially the 10K only 14 hours earlier!), but good to get out. Right knee sore after a tough week.

Tour of Clydeside #5 - Bella Belter 10 K Road Race at Pollok Park. Felt surprisingly good after 4 races in 4 days. Trying hard all the way on a new (better) course with two laps (partly following the parkrun course) within the park on a damp evening. Gradually being overtaken all the way, but kept pushing and managed a sprint finish at the end. Official time 47:23, about a minute quicker than the corresponding event in 2016.

Overall, a good week of races with quicker times in all four of the races I'd done before. Only downside is that both knees are quite stiff after all that pounding on hard surfaces.

Brief warm up and down.

Tour of Clydeside #4 - Dumbarton Dream 7K. A two lap trail race turned into a 3.75 lap road race with a short, sharp climb on each lap in a surprisingly nice park on a surprisingly nice evening. Steady effort with some of the same people as earlier in the week, but gradually overtaken on laps 2 and 3. Official time 33:57.

Gentle warm up before the race.

Tour of Clydeside #3 - Canal Canter 8K. Out and back along the canal with occasional climbs at the locks on the "out" and therefore occasional descents at the locks on the "back" in an official time of 38:28. For the third night in a row, pleased to better my time from 2016 (39:47).

Gentle warm up.

Tour of Clydeside #2 - Garscube Gallop 7K Trail Race. One "small" and three "large" loops of Dawsholm Park on muddy trails with several short, sharp climbs (with a couple of sets of steps) on each lap on a damp evening. Steady effort all the way. Robin overtook me on the climb on lap 1, but I went back past him at the end on lap 3 and just managed to stay ahead to the finish for an official time of 33:42. Pleased to be slightly quicker than 33.57 back in 2016.

Brief warm up.

Tour of Clydeside #1 - Lochwinnoch Loosner 8K. Racing all the way along on an out-and-back course along the flat and straight cycle path from Castle Semple Loch, gradually overtaking a few people all the way (which was nice). Out in 18.02, back in 17:47 = 35:49, much quicker than my only previous visit back in 2016 (37:53).

Gentle warm up and down.