Training Log Archive: OJ

Long run starting at the mountain biking at Bamford rec, up to Bamford edge, Cutthroat Bridge, Back Tor, Strines, Ughill (class place name), Rivelin and home. The sun came out and I got really hot, started dreaming of a cold coke. Stopped off at Rivelin Inn before I could make it home. Bumped in to all manner of people, started the run with Clare, Kelly and Jen, saw Pete H and Rach on the way up to Back Tor and Dickie Wren at Strines. Very tired by the end.

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Taking it easy on the first and last part of the run.

Road run in the rain from Grandparents' house down in Bristol. Feeling much better today.

pre-breakfast run up Loxley valley. I was in a bad way this morning, my legs were not impressed at all. Then headed down to Bristol, just beating the new wave of flooding - at one point the train had to go along some submerged tracks.

Seemed like a great idea to go along to Hallamshire tonight despite having really sore legs after the fell race. Unsurprisingly it hurt. Middlewood Park, 3x2.40ish, 3x2.10ish with roughly equal recovery. A hilly loop part on grass, part on track. I felt reasonable for the first 4 reps then suffered on the last 2.

Run out to the intervals and run home with Mike.

Bamford fell race, hp and down Win Hill. Loads of DPFR there and a tough field. This was a bit of a shock to the system after a few weeks without any high intensity training. I started hard (impossible not to) but as soon as we hit the hill Little Rob, Phil and Craney moved away from me in a different gear. I proceeded to suffer all the way to the top and got passed by a few more to finish 7th, a full minute slower than last time I ran this race in 2003. Oh well, it was a nice evening and good to get out into the Peak.

Warm up and warm down along the road and path to Thornhill. Feeling pretty bad on the warmdown, legs and guts a bit of a mess.

Easy recovery run up to Bolehill and the stables.

Spent most of the day wallowing in the Blue Lagoon, a geothermally heated rocky pool near Keflavik. Then headed home. This was the first holiday that doesn't involve any kind of orienteering that I have been on for about 10 or more years, and it reminded me that it is possible to have a good time without a map and compass. We didn't really intend to do so much running on our honeymoon, but it was by far the best way to explore and just kind of happened by accident. Now to readjust back to busy Britain...

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