Training Log Archive: Peds

Shake. A little tired and headachy again although am sleeping great this week. Undecided on the leg feels. Would be sensible not to fully hammer the descent this evening, but depends on if I'm in a battle with someone.

Cragg Vale Fell Race, 11th.

Rough one for me this year. Felt fast off the start but was immediately dropped by a big group of 8 or 9, with Martin leading it out. Thought they were going a silly pace but didn't take too long to realise it was just me being slow. Quads felt heavy up the 2nd half of the climb and HR not getting that high, not great signs. Hopefully just a result of a lack of hill reps recently but wondering whether I've done a bit too much racing too soon after the issues of the spring, I have been basically ignoring the lingering headache thus far. Following two Elijah (17) and a 14 year old from Keighley on the flat bit and keeping up but fairly negative mentally, letting the hurt get to me and weirdly tight shoulders too. Let them go on the descent and saved the quads a bit, Ethan came past too, but then put in a good sprint back through the woods to hold off the next chaser. Martin won by 1:30 and set a new record at 25:44!