Training Log Archive: ȷames

Post-breakfast runaround. Out towards Fen Ditton through various 'pieces' but a bit loopy trying to get my bearings. Strava optimistically gives me 40m climb. I'll take it.

Lap of Parker's Piece to CD

Short stop in Clumber park for a tempo type thing, good to stretch legs and see the last hills for some time.

Last day in the burgh, gonna miss those hills :(

Long one up round blackford, braidburn, craiglockhart, canal, meadows, then seat with euoc. nice.

Fast down to DVC cos I was late, caught the others and got down to killing fields for a brutal session after drills. 3-5-7-5-3 mins on with 1min recovery except 2 after the 7. Tom, Eddie and peds bailed at various points so had to keep up with a faster, smaller front group. Then 6 strides at the end.

Didn't split it up on garmin but probably about 7/8km of effort in there

Very slow back feeling rough and a CD

Solo on blackford, braids, braidburn for probably the last time before uni. Pretty chill pace as not feeling up to much - very foggy so didn't really get the classic views off blackford/braids. Nice after though.

WU - bit late so panicked, probably the hardest I ran all day :(

Inshriach SOL was fun - grotty area, grotty weather, grotty run - but still quite fun. Didn't fully expect the 1:15 map which threw me off a few times and probably explains my 100% record for errors in the first 3 controls. Cleaned it up in the grid, and then up the hill to a shaky 5, coming out of 7 I thought I was at 8, so navigated accordingly (depressingly I went so slowly overall that winsplits doesn't even recognise this leg as a mistake).

9 was fine, as was 10 although the enormous unmapped felling area was offputting. Bit dodgy through the technical section - couldnt really read the map tbh, and then 10 controls later pulled the same stunt at 17/18 as before.

Big trawl across the open ft. waist high river crossing and then another time sink at 19 before stumbling through the last section to finish.

Really pretty dreadful race but fairly clear what needs to be sorted out and glad to get the bad run out of me before JHIs in two weeks (and while everyone else is busy at JIRCS not paying attention to my crapness).