Training Log Archive: BecksIn the 31 days ending Oct 31, 2018:
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Wednesday Oct 31, 2018 #
5 AM
Running 39:02 6.3 km (6:12 / km) +53m 5:57 / km
ahr:155 max:184
Some 90 x 30s into work. Felt better than I thought they would when I started. Ran into the sunrise over Charlestown - it's pretty lovely.
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018 #
6 AM
Running 35:01 5.66 km (6:11 / km) +51m 5:55 / km
ahr:149 max:167
The massage therapist at the airport and the speech therapist for the lump in my throat have both told me that everything is extremely tight. So this morning I tried to keep the run recovery and loose, and I think it worked. Consciously relaxing shoulders and all that jazz. Lovely morning.
Strength 35:58
ahr:98 max:124
Monday Oct 29, 2018 #
9 PM
Yoga 15:24 [0]
ahr:50 max:84
Sunday Oct 28, 2018 #
11 AM
Orienteering 1:19:30 7.78 km (10:13 / km) +184m 9:08 / km
ahr:171 max:184
Legs did not want to play ball today but really enjoyed being out in Rocky Woods - top little area and a fun course that made the most of the best bits. I had a couple of shocking legs and some dithering ones, but mostly it was just the legs. Sitting on planes for 7 hours is bad.
Thursday Oct 25, 2018 #
Note
Look who it is! This was just tweeted out by Deray, a crooked media podcaster and huge Black Loves Matter activist.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/25...
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/25...
5 AM
Running 41:14 6.32 km (6:32 / km) +168m 5:46 / km
ahr:168 max:184
Final spin around the moor - sorry to be leaving. Home is a fantastic place for trail running. Cold still seems to be on the edge of really turning into something - maybe I will escape?!
Wednesday Oct 24, 2018 #
Note
Who knows if I'm getting ill or not - my head feels solidly full of something but it's not developing yet. Ho hum!
5 PM
Yoga 15:13 [0]
ahr:51 max:81
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018 #
Note
It's taken so long that I'm almost back in the USA again, but today I think the back to Britain cold has finally arrived. Boo hiss!
Monday Oct 22, 2018 #
4 PM
Yoga 20:51 [0]
ahr:56 max:81
Sunday Oct 21, 2018 #
11 AM
Running 34:37 5.35 km (6:28 / km) +137m 5:44 / km
ahr:162 max:183
Woke up at 7.40 this morning without an alarm, so figured I'm starting to feel better! Run on the moor which was tough at the start but got easier. Great views, bit blustery!
4 PM
Yoga 27:58 [0]
ahr:63 max:85
Saturday Oct 20, 2018 #
Note
Still worn out today - sticking to strolling in the lovely sunshine.
10 PM
Yoga 20:47 [0]
ahr:58 max:87
Not my finest ever performance - shoulders are really sore from carrying a too heavy bag everywhere for 4 days.
Friday Oct 19, 2018 #
Note
Had a nice lie in this morning then spent the whole morning with Mum making apple juice with home grown apples. It was fun! And tastes delicious. After that took a stroll with Dad around the Moor, who's up to an hour of walking on tricky ground and still doing remarkably well. Then wandered over to Jen's to deliver her some "sleepy juice: (Nyquil), because she's got a terrible cold. Felt a bit too delicate to run today but it was lovely to be outside plenty on a glorious autumn day.
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2500038060771641643
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2500038060771641643
Strength 15:00 [1]
I kid you not, manually pressing apples is hard work!
Thursday Oct 18, 2018 #
Note
On the train to York, then Margaret and Alan drove me back home, of which I was very appreciative. Worn out.
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018 #
Note
Breakfast with Lobban, lunch will Ellen, dinner with Mhairi in Glasgow. Wonderful. The train to Glasgow is over ten times faster than my commute home in Boston.
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018 #
7 AM
Running 32:05 4.65 km (6:54 / km) +96m 6:15 / km
ahr:155 max:176
Early one out on Blackford as the sun came up - there's no words. Love it up there.
Very busy day visiting people across the Uni - even made it out to Roslin, which is a lovely campus.
Very busy day visiting people across the Uni - even made it out to Roslin, which is a lovely campus.
Monday Oct 15, 2018 #
11 AM
Running 22:24 3.23 km (6:56 / km) +83m 6:09 / km
ahr:133 max:156
"Rest" week... from running at least! Little leg stretch before getting the train to Edinburgh.
Sunday Oct 14, 2018 #
9 PM
Yoga 20:03 [0]
ahr:58 max:87
Saturday Oct 13, 2018 #
4 PM
Running 33:00 5.15 km (6:24 / km) +115m 5:46 / km
ahr:155 max:174
Super warm out there today. A leg stretch amid a lot of work.
Friday Oct 12, 2018 #
9 AM
Long run 55:12 7.74 km (7:08 / km) +196m 6:20 / km
ahr:165 max:180
Thirty days of kettlebells is not designed for people also doing other stuff! Running today was exceptionally tough, and the weather was getting worse and worse. I found a nearly dead sheep and had to call mum to call the farmer, which was unpleasant. I thought it was completely dead then it blinked and I didn't feel I could just leave it.
Made it to Haworth to get the Bronte bus to Hebden, and will have a bit of a rest now I'm home and the storm has moved in!
Made it to Haworth to get the Bronte bus to Hebden, and will have a bit of a rest now I'm home and the storm has moved in!
10 PM
Yoga 21:11 [0]
ahr:71 max:97
Thursday Oct 11, 2018 #
12 PM
Running 39:18 5.38 km (7:18 / km) +154m 6:24 / km
ahr:155 max:185
1.2 miles of tempo with warm up and warm down. Knew I wasn't up for a non-biased tempo, so planned a route where I knew there would be plenty of down hill (a little bit technical, not just flat paving) and some flat, not much up. It was fun! Got some fast Strava segments despite stiles and gates and things, and feeling generally the best I have since I arrived.
There are so many fantastic options for running from home. It's great.
There are so many fantastic options for running from home. It's great.
Strength 15:37
ahr:128 max:158
Day 4 of kettlebells. Could definitely do with a wider variety of kettlebell weights!
10 PM
Yoga 27:59 [0]
ahr:70 max:109
Wednesday Oct 10, 2018 #
3 PM
Strength 24:03
ahr:103 max:155
Kettlebell Day 3 - some plyos. I was tight today.
Yoga 30:26 [0]
ahr:75 max:98
A much more relaxing yoga for Gardeners. Rest day from running today and needed this. My Garmin is telling me I'm unproductive.
Tuesday Oct 9, 2018 #
3 PM
Running 41:01 5.63 km (7:17 / km) +162m 6:22 / km
ahr:157 max:188
Up to the top of the Moors, then 6 x 90(30s) in the glorious warm sunshine. I have found the first thing that's better in Boston - people generally are in more control of their dogs! Many over zealous doggy encounters today despite trying actively to avoid the ones I saw. The gorse is flowering and I could see for miles - it was great!
Strength 12:28
ahr:120 max:138
Day 2 of 30 days of Kettlebells. It was quite boring and tough on the thighs.
Yoga 15:59
ahr:96 max:133
Adriene was tough enough today that AP thought this was strength, not yoga.
Monday Oct 8, 2018 #
12 PM
Yoga 17:00 [0]
ahr:73 max:96
3 PM
Running 33:40 4.73 km (7:07 / km) +149m 6:09 / km
ahr:162 max:184
Run over the moors to Jen and Pete's house. Forgot where quite a lot of the paths were. Windy but warm out there - lovely to be back on the hill tops.
6 PM
Strength 29:01
ahr:113 max:161
A session from 30 Days of Kettlebells with a 10kg Kettlebell that Jen lent me. Was supposed to do 4 rounds but only did 3 - 10kg was a bit much for the arm ones.
Sunday Oct 7, 2018 #
3 PM
Running 35:47 5.29 km (6:46 / km) +154m 5:54 / km
ahr:157 max:183
Dad's doing great! I took a mid afternoon run around the golf course, which was easier than I was expecting from yesterday but not as easy as it should have been. Lots of families with dogs out.
Went to see the Guilty Feminist in Manchester in the evening, and ate a tasty curry. Good day.
Went to see the Guilty Feminist in Manchester in the evening, and ate a tasty curry. Good day.
Saturday Oct 6, 2018 #
11 AM
Running 33:07 5.14 km (6:27 / km) +71m 6:02 / km
ahr:153 max:177
We weren't allowed to call till 10.30 today so went to Keelham Farm Shop and then I ran back to Jen's. I was super tired today but it was nice to be moving on beautiful familiar ground, and good that it was mostly downhill! I was so tired that I converted pounds to kilos the wrong way in my head at the Farm Shop and ended up with 2 kilos of sausages instead of half a kilo. We now have a new family joke and I've been happy to be the cause of light relief on a tough couple of days.
When we called at 10.30 they said Dad was doing great and ready to be discharged in the afternoon. He was looking fantastic when we arrived despite very little sleep, and after I was taught how to do the blood thinner injection we were out of there. Everyone very happy and relieved. I'm going to join Dad in taking some time out for myself the next couple of weeks too I think!
When we called at 10.30 they said Dad was doing great and ready to be discharged in the afternoon. He was looking fantastic when we arrived despite very little sleep, and after I was taught how to do the blood thinner injection we were out of there. Everyone very happy and relieved. I'm going to join Dad in taking some time out for myself the next couple of weeks too I think!
10 PM
Yoga 38:54 [0]
ahr:66 max:100
Friday Oct 5, 2018 #
Note
Up early to take Dad in to the BRI. He was whisked into surgery before 8am and in recovery two hours later, and was stable within ten minutes of coming out of anaesthesia. Of course this is the NHS so we didn't know that till 3pm. So some worried walking around Chellow Dean and then heading home for a bit. Very glad it all went smoothly, and left Dad in the hospital at 7pm before coming home and collapsing.
C • Dad? 10
Thursday Oct 4, 2018 #
Note
Mostly a traveling day. Nice flight, actually made it to deep sleep for the first time ever on a flight according to the Garmin. Walked from Paddington to Kings Cross, then got the train to Bingley, meeting Mum and Dad in Leeds. Quiet evening in with the whole family before a welcome night's sleep.
Wednesday Oct 3, 2018 #
6 AM
Running 33:54 5.68 km (5:58 / km) +49m 5:43 / km
ahr:154 max:172
This morning I did the same thing as last night and the answer this time was "much better, almost to coffee."
5 PM
Strength 32:39
ahr:110 max:138
Quick strength session before heading home to pack - all part of the tire myself old enough to sleep on the plane plan.
Tuesday Oct 2, 2018 #
4 PM
Running 20:02 3.29 km (6:05 / km) +18m 5:56 / km
ahr:142 max:165
I was tired and decided to just jog slowly and see how far I got, and the answer was Snickers.
10 PM
Yoga 34:35 [0]
ahr:63 max:81
Oh man, totally turning into a yoga person. Today's was mostly focussed on breathing and almost meditation, and it felt rejuvenating rather than boring.
Monday Oct 1, 2018 #
7 AM
Strength 36:20
ahr:83 max:125
Less rushed gym session - mostly upper body - fun but tough!
5 PM
Running 32:02 4.6 km (6:58 / km) +80m 6:25 / km
ahr:147 max:167
Very stressful day doing the financials of the grant I'm sending off. It got done but Rob took me to the Fells to calm down afterwards. It was cold and rainy and totally great.
10 PM
Yoga 25:12 [0]
ahr:62 max:97
Breeeeeaaaatttthhheeee.