Bisham bash team score, in a team with Pippa and Mairead. We went for simple tactics and ran the first half together, then split up for a bit of harder running at the end. Worked out well and we scraped a narrow victory. All on roads and footpaths and OS map so not much challenging navigation, but a fun session anyway.
Down at Bisham Abbey for the squad planning weekend. Nice cruisy run with Craney, JD, GG and BJ on some footpaths around some dead posh places. Talked mostly about snake breeding techniques.
Running Drills20:00 [3] 2.0 km (10:00 / km)
Drills and sprints around a rugby pitch and along a cool grassy half-pipe sort of thing.
Tough interval session in Hillsborough Park. 10 mins of Harolds (120m x 15 off 40 secs - shorter set to avoid sore calves, but a bit faster, 21-22 for the ups and 20-21 for the downs), followed by 3x1200ish around the usual HH long loop off 5.30. Ran 3.51, 3.53, 3.54. The idea was to cruise the uphills and push on the downs, but after the Harolds it just felt hard all the way.
Doing a session like this on your own is enough to make track seem relatively pleasurable.
A few running and jumping exercises and a handful of map exercises that I had planned at the SYO clubnight. Really great turnout, about 30 people from ~12yrs up to ~70. The training exercises were probably a bit too hard for some, could do with some easier ones next time.