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Training Log Archive: graeme

In the 28 days ending Feb 28, 2013:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
Cycling	13	17:56:38	212.0	(5:05)	341.18	(3:09)
Running	20	17:43:50	107.3		172.68
BatSport	6	6:20:00	6.1	(1:02:17)	9.82	(38:42)
Orienteering	1	2:42:00	11.5	(14:05)	18.51	(8:45)
Unspecified	5	2:30:00	3.3	(45:27)	5.31	(28:14)
"Swimming"	2	1:00:00	0.51	(1:57:37)	0.82	(1:13:05)
Excuse	1	45:00	1.0	(45:01)	1.61	(27:58)
Total	28	48:57:28	341.71		549.93

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Thursday Feb 28, 2013 #

Running warm up/down 20:00 [1] 2.0 mi (10:00 / mi)

warm up & down

Running 25:42 [3] 4.1 mi (6:16 / mi)

KB dash.
Beautiful day, great conditions, racing flats, all set for a fast time.
Didn't happwn.

Running 55:00 [2] 5.0 mi (11:00 / mi)

Kb-FASIC-Waverley-home

Note

FASIC Doctors.
I've never seen a doctor actually look like they're enjoying themself while doctoring before. Lots of muttering, "hmm, interesting, lets try this, da di dah, You can do this? How odd. You can't do that? never seen anything like this before."

Diagnosis: not Gastrocnemius at all. Something behind which controls ankles and big toe tib post and FHL. Can't push my big toe - who knew?
Referred to specialist, McKinley, more for interest than hope of a cure.

An appointment well worth £40 for the sum of human happiness, though I'm not sure who should be paying whom.

C • Call in the witch doctor 4

Wednesday Feb 27, 2013 #

Running 45:00 [2] 5.0 mi (9:00 / mi)

Steady, round Craigmillar Castle.

Running 10:00 [2] 1.0 mi (10:00 / mi)

Jog to work

Note

Right calf sore, normally that's what you get after an interval session in sub-optimally aged shoes, but the asymmetry is somehow more disturbing than the soreness.

Tuesday Feb 26, 2013 #

Running intervals 1:20:00 [4] 9.0 mi (8:53 / mi)

Lab-home-meadows
5*1250 @ 4:42 45 42 41 40
-lap-home
Cold, still evening. Lots of people, ran with Clare, watch Edel, Chloe, Robin, ChrisG and Alastair stream by. Jane, James, Max, Tess Eades Ken all around too. Nice.
Everything above the knee in good functional order. No left calf, right ankle unstable. Felt OK, but awkward. Right calf sore afterwards.

Monday Feb 25, 2013 #

Running 52:00 [2] 6.0 mi (8:40 / mi)

Very tired slow jog round Braids, braidburn, hermitage. Nice cold sunny day. Some slippy slidy remnants of yesterday's snow about.

Sunday Feb 24, 2013 #

Orienteering 42:00 [3] 4.5 mi (9:20 / mi)

Test run a course at Tulliallan

Orienteering 2:00:00 [1] 7.0 mi (17:09 / mi)

General faffage and controlling at Tulliallan. There was a race going on!
First outing for the "active ankle" for several years.

Saturday Feb 23, 2013 #

Running warm up/down 2:00:00 [1] 3.0 mi (40:00 / mi)

Jogging around, watching, cheering, warming up and down at Falkirk.

Running race 49:38 [5] 7.5 mi (6:37 / mi)

National XC. 241/496 Ran OK, but feels a bit bloodless nowadays with no zip. Went off a tad fast, and spent much of the first lap sliding backwards, then stable or climbing on 2&3. Pretty similar to vets champs, not as good East districts.

c/f Tafase 38.41 Ian Stewart 46.21 DonP 48.01 AHindle 48.08 JJarvis 50.28 barefoot Colin 53.04.

Edel 9th, Tess 17 Clare 28 Fastest W50 about 1 min/lap faster than me:(

Note

Adidas spikes. Meant to be wide, but they're not wide enough that I could get them on at Forres - probable cause of sore feet&ankle. Solution is hardly rocket science, cut off the three-stripe logo. Why didn't I think of it before?

Friday Feb 22, 2013 #

Cycling 1:00:00 [1] 7.0 mi (8:34 / mi)

As transport. Kb-ocean terminal and back. Cold. after last week, I can feel the enthusiasm draining away.

Thursday Feb 21, 2013 #

Running 30:00 [3] 4.0 mi (7:30 / mi)

Blackford Hill reps 2x1min 5x2mins

Wednesday Feb 20, 2013 #

Running 40:00 [3] 5.0 mi (8:00 / mi)

steady round Craigmillar. sunny days.

Tuesday Feb 19, 2013 #

Running intervals 1:10:00 [4] 7.0 mi (10:00 / mi)

Lab home
5x1km 3:48 50 48 52 48
lap home
Just shit really

Note

Right ankle/foot still sore to run, left calf hardly there at all. Finally got a doctors appointment at FASIC after an evening googling threw up at least one other case which sounded identical - Gastrocnemius atrophy, tibial nerve at fault? Nobody who got cured though.

Note

20-odd years ago, pre-National meadows 1km reps averaged 2:45.

Monday Feb 18, 2013 #

Running 39:00 [3] 5.0 mi (7:48 / mi)

Tired run out to Craigmillar

Sunday Feb 17, 2013 #

Cycling 1:05:00 [3] 10.0 mi (6:30 / mi)

Mountainbiking round the mountain behind Soo

Unspecified warm up/down 15:00 [1] 0.5 mi (29:59 / mi)

Stretch at 8am. Meant to run 3k, but foot was sore.

Saturday Feb 16, 2013 #

Running race 5:54 [5] 1.0 mi (5:54 / mi)

One mile track race, A step behind Freddie Carcas.

Running race 40:38 [4] 6.2 mi (6:33 / mi)

5pm. 10km race. 2 loops via La Santa, Tired, but legs OK. Still seems slow :(

BatSport 45:00 [1] 1.0 mi (45:01 / mi)

Squash with James

Running warm up/down 22:00 [1] 2.0 mi (11:00 / mi)

Assorted bits of warm up and down

"Swimming" 30:00 [1] 0.01 mi (50:17:31 / mi)

Another abortive attempt at swimming with various bit of floatation. Got chased out of the safe lanes at the edge of the pool, and didn't fancy spending time out of my depth with float held only between thighs. got some strap on stuff, but other were fed up with swimming by then. Spent an hour recovering from bad drinkage experience. Will I never learn?

Friday Feb 15, 2013 #

Unspecified warm up/down 15:00 [1] 0.2 mi (1:14:58 / mi)

8am Stretchy thing

Running intervals 25:00 [4] 3.0 mi (8:20 / mi)

9am Tim wanted to do a fast mile. Tried to pace him, but could only manage 2x200m sections @ 75 sec laps pace. Tried to follow with some 400s, but only managed 2 @82. Bit close to breakfast...

Cycling 3:30:00 [4] 44.0 mi (4:46 / mi)

Bike ride to top on the Tabayesco climb by Haria with Tim. Meant to be easy, but a big climb into the wind from Famara was tough (even with Tim on the front). Trolled out to the restaurant, then ate cake, then noticed an hour remains to get the 22 miles back again. Did so.

BatSport 45:00 [1] 0.5 mi (1:29:58 / mi)

More TT

Thursday Feb 14, 2013 #

BatSport 45:00 [1] 1.0 mi (45:01 / mi)

Squash with James

Unspecified warm up/down 15:00 [1] 0.5 mi (29:59 / mi)

Jog to do the pre run stretching. Jog back. No run.

Cycling 3:00:00 [2] 25.0 mi (7:12 / mi)

Leisurely cycle out to FireMountains and back, complete with tourist bus tour. With Max & Tim (briefly)

Running intervals 40:00 [4] 4.0 mi (10:00 / mi)

Some jogging, and pm session of 3*800 in 2:58 54 53. Tired at the moment, funnily enough, but it was fun.

BatSport 1:00:00 [1] 0.1 mi (9:59:45 / mi)

Various banging about of TT balls, and the boys' new game pipoc - badminton with TT bats. Works surprisingly well.

Wednesday Feb 13, 2013 #

Cycling race 31:02 [4] 11.0 mi (2:49 / mi)

Up the hill to Tanajo. Down the hill into the wind. No respite.
Team triathlon with Jane & James, went out first, Robin whistled by, taking over a minute out of me in total. 2nd back, 2nd fastest. alex passed James & Freddie to win, we finished 4th, one individual passed James near the end, and a woman, who he repassed in a sprint finish cheered by the other boys.

"Swimming" warm up/down 30:00 [1] 0.5 mi (59:59 / mi)

Swimming lesson. Perishing cold, failed to warm-up or concentrate, back to be for an hour to warm up.

BatSport 50:00 [1] 2.0 mi (25:00 / mi)

Tennis lesson, and jog there. back for a token, off to get a bat, back and home again.

Cycling 55:00 [3] 15.0 mi (3:40 / mi)

With Tim, Soo, Tinajo & back. Steady early, a bit tasty for the last 10mins into the wind.

Running 3:30 [3] 0.5 mi (7:00 / mi)

Couple of laps of the track, lane 5, first in 2 mins second in 90

Tuesday Feb 12, 2013 #

BatSport 25:00 [1] 0.5 mi (49:59 / mi)

Squash with James

Cycling 2:45:00 [4] 38.0 mi (4:21 / mi)

"experienced" ride. 70-90km, but so windy it got abridged, out around the East Teguise end of the island. started brutally quick to lose half the group, then a fun experience of riding in a pack. Generally found myself at the back all the time, which was Ok until the pack broke up and I was stranded with the slower group and a windy gap to bridge (or fail to). Nasty cross wind, spend a good 30sec on the front front in the entire ride. Which seemed to be taken as affront.

Unspecified 45:00 [2] 2.0 mi (22:30 / mi)

Kayaking on the lagoon with Jane and Tim. windy

Monday Feb 11, 2013 #

Cycling 1:20:00 [3] 22.0 mi (3:38 / mi)

Famara-Tinajo loop with Tim Brand. In cleats, which are nice

Cycling 36 [3] 7.0 mi (5 / mi)

Duathlon shadowing Freddie Carcas.
Up to Tinajo on the hill. Down again in the wind. Windy.
Tim won

Running 15:00 [2] 2.0 mi (7:30 / mi)

Shadow James in aquathlon.

BatSport 50:00 [1] 0.5 mi (1:39:58 / mi)

Table Tennis> Due to some mix up in results, ended up winning water in the plate. Overall winner a bit good though!

Unspecified warm up/down 1:00:00 [1] 0.1 mi (9:59:45 / mi)

"Fusion" stretching thing. quite some strain on the tummy muscles too.

BatSport 1:00:00 [1] 0.5 mi (1:59:57 / mi)

Badminton and TT with Carcasses, Eades, Galloways etc.

Sunday Feb 10, 2013 #

Cycling 30:00 [3] 7.0 mi (4:17 / mi)

With Tim up to Tinajo and back. Pushing quite hard, fun.

Cycling 35:00 [2] 4.0 mi (8:45 / mi)

and with Tim and Colin to La Santa, plus tooling in town and a good stretch home.

Saturday Feb 9, 2013 #

Cycling 30:00 [1] 6.0 mi (5:00 / mi)

To town, and back

Cycling 25:00 [3] 3.0 mi (8:20 / mi)

Mincing on the training bike, couple of pushes.

Friday Feb 8, 2013 #

Cycling 30:00 [3] 4.0 mi (7:30 / mi)

Intervals on exercise bike. Finally got something more upbeat on the ipod and after much faffing the HRM too.
2mins steady, then
6 x 1min on 1 off
then 3 mins
then 3 by 2 on/1off
then 4 mins steady
Much sweat developed, but HRM tells me I can't get it up to max within 2mins (even then, only to 140). Maybe this happens when you get old (or Garmin is slow, wish?) Still, it implies those 1 minute reps, though full of sound and fury, aren't achieving anything useful.

ankle still sore.

C • Runner on a bike 2

Thursday Feb 7, 2013 #

Cycling 15:00 [3] 2.0 mi (7:30 / mi)

Logging cycling as "effective run miles".

Exercise bike, 15min including 6*1 efforts.

Running 32:00 [3] 4.0 mi (8:00 / mi)

Inch park, couple of laps. Couple of push-fartleks

Wednesday Feb 6, 2013 #

Cycling 35:00 [1] 3.0 mi (11:40 / mi)

As transport Work-Scottish Parliament for Higgs event-home

Running 32:00 [2] 4.0 mi (8:00 / mi)

Inch park, testing.

Tuesday Feb 5, 2013 #

Cycling 30:00 [3] 4.0 mi (7:30 / mi)

Exercise bike. Fafftastic.

Running 9:00 [2] 1.0 mi (9:00 / mi)

Thought about meadows. Jogged home. Further thought unnecessary :(

Monday Feb 4, 2013 #

Excuse warm up/down 45:00 [1] 1.0 mi (45:01 / mi)

Jog home, some half hearted stretching and sit ups.
Ankle still swollen, seemed unwise to go running. Ice and ibuprofen.

Sunday Feb 3, 2013 #

Running 50:00 [2] 5.0 mi (10:00 / mi)

Around Penicuik estate with Jane. Not as easy as I might have thought :).

Note

For no obviously good reason, right ankle ballooned after running with Jane (was sore before we started). Probably some ligament tears during XC, but odd I didn't notice it then.

Saturday Feb 2, 2013 #

Running 45:00 [1] 3.0 mi (15:00 / mi)

Warm up and minimal warm down

Running race 32:28 [5] 5.0 mi (6:30 / mi)

Vets XC at Forres. 7th M50, 54th/119 overall. 1 min down on DonP, 30sec up on Dixie and Adam Ward. Bobby Quinn M45 in 27:21 Davie Thom (1st M50) 29:56.
Edel won ladies race.
Started steady, passed Dixie and Adam early in the second lap. Pulling steadily through until lost 5 places in field at the end and sprint finish. Course was very fast, landrover tracks with little mud. One big climb, but for Grant Park as flat as they could make it. Will have suited roadrunners.

54th is the same as last year, but then there were no M35s (12 ahead today) and a bigger field. Probably much the same then.

Friday Feb 1, 2013 #

Running 25:00 [2] 3.0 mi (8:20 / mi)

Recce for vets XC, Grant Park Forres with Jon and Edel

Running 50:00 [1]

Futzing around in a forest with Jon

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