Training Log Archive: OJ

Wet end of weekend jog up Loxley to get the blood pumping after the drive home.

Fairfield, first champs race of the year. 14th and 5th (5th!) counter for Dark Peak. Great team performance, but a bit lacklustre personally. Followed my plan nicely at the start and just tucked into the chasing pack on the steep climb, making sure to keep the needle out of the red. Hit the ridge in good shape and settled into a comfortable pace, but began to tire on the final climb to Fairfield summit and lost ground to the group, as well as getting caught by a handful of the chasing pack. Rallied a bit here and pushed on for the descent, legs full of beans again. Passed a few stragglers but lost sight of the next group at a critical moment and found myself crag bound on the bad step just before the final drop. Doh, swung my way down off a tree and tried in vain to make up the lost ground along the track run. Bit annoying but that's my fault for not recceing. Outstanding run from Jonny, 7 DPFRs in the top 23, bodes well for the rest of the season, just got to keep up the momentum!

Oh my, that was a bad night. Too tired to function and drove to the Lakes to stay with Bilbo, so sacked off the planned run.

IW, BHP.

HFW, feeling tired.

Cruise out to Wharncliffe after a tiring day. Impossible not to enjoy winding my way through the forest on a gorgeous evening. The main event was a fast effort down the ramp to blood the quads ready for the weekend. Stiff r calf but otherwise good.

IW, tired when I set off but eased into it and felt good by the top of Parkwood. Scorchio already!

HFW via Blake Street for some reps. 50, 50, 51, 49, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 52, aiming for 1 min jog down but ended up a bit faster. Felt shocking when I jogged up the hill to drop my bag off, but fine once I got going, although really struggled on the last two. Times looking better with the effort level pretty much the same, so all good.

Spoon lane run. Felt tired when I set off but soon started moving quite well and turned it into a moderate tempo trying to keep up the effort both up and down.