Training Log Archive: AllyBeaven

I made a point of wearing the outrageous tights that my sister got me for my last birthday (photos to follow I'm sure) but actually it was pretty mild today. Jogged ten minutes, peed behind a tree, ran through some leg swings and stuff by the car.

Started reasonably conservatively, muddling along with a few others as Finlay gradually buggered off, not even working hard enough to merit taking off his waterproof. I caught up to Javier then moved into second about 12 minutes in, then stayed there for the rest of the race, way behind Finlay but nowhere near far enough ahead of Javier and Stu to feel comfortable. (Can you stop making Stu faster? It's making me nervous.)

Definitely felt like I was working as the race went on. Yesterday's right quad was evident on the downhills and got a bit sore towards the end. On the last climb it felt like both my ITBs were an inch or two too short and my quads felt pretty beaten up as I wandered around afterwards. That said, I managed a sprint finish to get under 1:10 so I can't have been in too bad a state. Pleased to be comparatively close to Finlay, though I'm sure he was phoning it in.

Right quad is a little tender to the touch, top half on the lateral side. I'll go very easy the next few days, maybe ride my bike if the weather allows or watch some TV on the turbo.

And now recovery ale!

Another chilly one. Decent warm up in the house. Maybe working a little too hard the first 15 minutes or so as it's net uphill and I was trying to stay warm, though my watch's KM splits make it look pretty even.

Quads were getting tired from about halfway through, which is a new one. Right one in particular getting a bit sore in the last couple of kilometres. Fine apart from that though, perhaps a little general fatigue from the FHC yesterday.

Gentle rolling and stretching afterwards, then a film from the 1940s.

A little snow on FHC hill today, but as Brett Sutton says, perfect facilities are just an excuse for the weak (and it was totally fine).

Same setup as last week; ten minute jog, then all the warm up exercises, then another ten minutes with a few strides/speed variations built in. Circuits went well, more tired on the last than the first but not sufficiently to impact on form. Easy jogging back down between each set. No niggles. 25 minute jog back to the car afterwards.

Ordered some road shoes from run4it then ran along a canal tow path; I don't know who I am anymore.

These sessions may end up being speed variations normally as I've no particularly local football pitch, though I can probably improvise one at the Hayfield. As it was o was in Inverness today so did it there. Less stiff than yesterday, jogged two out and backs along the canal with diagonals in between. Soggy, snowy pitch, might have been better to wear newer shoes with better grip but it worked well enough if I eased into them and didn't try to turn to sharply at the beginning and end. Probably prevented me doing them too hard as well.

Weather: the very definition of dreich.

Leg a bit stiff today in hamstrings and glutes. Went through some warm ups and eased into the first few kilometres. Stiffness never went away but it did ease somewhat. Strides improved matters, a little more sprightly the 15 minutes back to the house afterwards.

A little gentle yoga then sofa time before the gym this afternoon.

Today's gym mission: come out with better legs than I went in with.

Front raise 5kg
Dumbbell bench press 15kg
Bicep curls 10kg
Pull ups 15kg
Bench dips 25kg
Hamstring curls 1xAlly Beaven
Step ups - first set unweighted, second unweighted with a hop at the top, last set 5kg with a hop.
Lateral lunge 8kg
Split squats 5kg, focus on form
Squats 10kg goblet squats, 20kg barbell front squats, form.
Deadlift 60kg

10' spin on the bike at the end. Mission successful I think.

Car garage faff(again!) so spent the morning mincing about Aviemore. Combined with with the gym yesterday I thought this might be a grind but in the end I got into it pretty quickly and it was grand. Out and back on the Speyside way(which I remember as being flatter than it is), tailwind out and headwind back helped prevent getting carried away early on.

Hamstrings and glutes knew they'd been worked but legs turned over fine throughout and nothing felt like it was tiring more than anything else.

ECG appointment this afternoon so ran together running and gym in the morning. A bit of warming up inside because it was minus a few outside. Right ankle a little stiff at the beginning of the run but eased up after fifteen minutes or so. Maybe the right adductor getting tired in the last ten minutes, or perhaps I was just thinking about it.

Gym session was fine. Continuing the trend of being conservative with the weight.

Front raise 5kg
Dumbbell bench press 15kg
Bicep curls 10kg
Pull ups 5x15kg
Bench dips 25kg
Hamstring curls 1xAlly Beaven
Step ups 15kg
Lateral lunge 10kg (I find this challenging mobility wise so keep it light)
Split squats 10kg dumbbells
Squats 40kg front squats
Deadlift 5x85kg