Training Log Archive: Davros

Oxford Mail League #3 inc. County Champs @Horspath. From the off the legs felt dead, maybe from the hills yesterday, but I'm happy with the performance on a tough course. Going backwards on the uphills but ended up 11th Oxfordshire and 2nd U20 I think. Julian came steaming past as per, but I held on to him for a while which was good.

Nice course at Kings Wood - good practice for quick planning and exit direction. Good execution with only a couple of 10s hesitations in the control circle

Collecting

Steady turbo - painfully boring after my iPad died at 20mins

New full body workout from a fitness app. Entered my fitness as ‘elite’ and then got absolutely shafted by the recommended workout. Think I’ll go for ‘couch potato’ next time lol

5 x 2 laps of the bank and pitches (1275m per rep) @120s rest
Lovely progression of rep times: 4:18, 4:17, 4:16, 4:15, 4:14
Reasonable effort but keeping a lid on it before counties on Sunday.
Followed by 3 x 30s feeling very sluggish but meh

Steady run with fiona - very pleasant
Shin wasnt noticeable, ankle swelling has gone down, big toe started to hurt a bit towards the end so I’ll see how it is later. Cold was still lingering but mostly gone now.

C • Pleasant 3

Decent core, glutes and calves session, although wouldn’t recommend watching worlds strongest man for inspiration as it is quite disheartening looking down from the TV to my sparrows legs.

Quick update on injuries:
Shins have been fine since ridgeway session, but I haven’t done much at all since, so it’s hard to tell.
My virus is still kicking about a bit but the worst of it is over
Woke up with a randomly swollen ankle a few days ago and it hasn’t gone away fully yet. Bit confusing as it doesn’t hurt much at all and I don’t remember twisting it.
After the Brutal run my big toe is really sore when I push off on my left foot. No idea why.
So an unfortunate Christmas period but hopefully I’ll be back on the bandwagon soon.