Training Log Archive: Mark3

Couldn't disregard the advice/admonishment of the M55 champion of, well, everything, and decided to walk round today.

Actually really encouraging; I've always hoped that I'd make fewer mistakes if I were going slower, but never really known, so it was nice to have the confirmed.

Didn't lose more than a few seconds on anything up to 11, then 12 I was in the S ditch which I thought was the N ditch and therefore ended up way too far S. But relocated fairly promptly. Bit of a mistake on 14 as well, failed to make the terrain match the map and was on the spur to the S, but again worked it out pretty fast (it helped that there were no other similar features for a long way).

Good map, good course, nice forest; shame not to be running but good to be out there. Looking forward to getting back to it!

http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/58942060...

66 lengths. Bit dull.

Struggling to walk :(

C • Swearing 6

I've done this race twice before and was just over 40 both times; it was admittedly better conditions this time (not windy) but still, a 6 min improvement is pretty good.

Ibuprofen gel on the achilles stopped it hurting (mostly) - at the time, if felt ok running and I thought it was pretty much healed.

Strong start; winning up until about a k (probably because did it in 3:27) then slowed down up the hill, still sub 4 min ks though, then 3:21 for the next k downhill and 3:48 along the flat.

Happy at this point, then got really bad stitch (maybe something about the course? Seems to have affected rcro too, and someone else from Friends mentioned also. It's not a problem I usually get. Air pollution maybe?) which wrecked my pace, a couple of 4 min ks along the flat which isn't good enough.

Then a 4:30 k up the second hill and a 4:10 along the flat at the top; really struggling now, couldn't sprint finish fast enough to gain any places.

Definitely possible to go >30s faster.

Achilles fine at the time but extremely painful after stopping and can barely walk now - hopefully will feel better tomorrow...

No running training again this week, just swimming and cycling again, hopefully the offroad at the weekend will be okay.

Wore HR monitor - cycling doesn't get it past 150 so isn't sufficiently aerobic :(

Found an app called TURF which is like a GPS based king-of-the-hill - its pretty good - you navigate to a zone and "capture" it by being there for 30s -this gives you points and maybe more points depending on how long it is until someone else captures it. Good way to explore new places.