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Sunday Mar 19, 2017 #
8 AM
Road/track running 22:00 [1] 4.4 km (5:00 / km)
Morning jog with Spongey
Trail/terrain running race 1:28:00 17.9 km (4:55 / km) +700m 4:07 / km
Criffel Hill Race. Scottish HR Champs race 1.
Also known as the national bog running champs (see Murray's log for a more eloquent description - http://www.attackpoint.org/viewlog.jsp/user_4231/p...)
Tom Martyn and Murray took it out at the front to start with. Murray hit the hill proper first and I tucked in behind him. He was moving very well up the first boggy part, but as it steepened I passed him and just kept up a steady tempo up the hill. Was aware I had a bit of a gap, but didn't really know how much until I hit the summit and turned around. Probably had 30 seconds (?) to Finlay Wild, with Murray just behind him.
I tried to not hold back at all on the way down, but on the steepest part Finlay came past me in a blur of improbable leg movements (mine definitely don't bend like that!). I increased my efforts to stay in touch, which seemed to mostly result in me falling face first into the mud several times.
I had a feeling that if I could stay within 10-15 seconds of him before we hit the 'flat', that I might still have a small chance, and so it proved. He was maybe 50-75m ahead when we hit the forest roads, and it was clear pretty quickly that I was moving quicker than him at this point. I got up level with him about 750m before the finish, and managed to hold a slightly higher tempo down the last road section to beat him by about 7 seconds.
I don't think I have ever run such a muddy, boggy race, and it was certainly the most competitive hill race I have run in Scotland. Good day for the orienteers with Murray 3rd, Spongey 5th and Doug top 10. Unusually I was very happy that there was a road section, as I am pretty sure Finlay would have beaten me otherwise!
Also known as the national bog running champs (see Murray's log for a more eloquent description - http://www.attackpoint.org/viewlog.jsp/user_4231/p...)
Tom Martyn and Murray took it out at the front to start with. Murray hit the hill proper first and I tucked in behind him. He was moving very well up the first boggy part, but as it steepened I passed him and just kept up a steady tempo up the hill. Was aware I had a bit of a gap, but didn't really know how much until I hit the summit and turned around. Probably had 30 seconds (?) to Finlay Wild, with Murray just behind him.
I tried to not hold back at all on the way down, but on the steepest part Finlay came past me in a blur of improbable leg movements (mine definitely don't bend like that!). I increased my efforts to stay in touch, which seemed to mostly result in me falling face first into the mud several times.
I had a feeling that if I could stay within 10-15 seconds of him before we hit the 'flat', that I might still have a small chance, and so it proved. He was maybe 50-75m ahead when we hit the forest roads, and it was clear pretty quickly that I was moving quicker than him at this point. I got up level with him about 750m before the finish, and managed to hold a slightly higher tempo down the last road section to beat him by about 7 seconds.
I don't think I have ever run such a muddy, boggy race, and it was certainly the most competitive hill race I have run in Scotland. Good day for the orienteers with Murray 3rd, Spongey 5th and Doug top 10. Unusually I was very happy that there was a road section, as I am pretty sure Finlay would have beaten me otherwise!
Saturday Mar 18, 2017 #
11 AM
Trail/terrain running 57:00 12.0 km (4:45 / km) +200m 4:23 / km
Steady from home round usual loop. Bit of a mud bath.
So much for an easy week - legs feel worse now than at the end of last week!
So much for an easy week - legs feel worse now than at the end of last week!
C • legs 1
Friday Mar 17, 2017 #
2 PM
Trail/terrain running 1:03:00 11.0 km (5:44 / km) +350m 4:56 / km
Easy on Dumyat and Sheriffmuir with Lewis
Thursday Mar 16, 2017 #
6 PM
Orienteering 1:00:00 8.5 km (7:04 / km)
Night-o Drummond Castle. Very nice.
Trail/terrain running warm up/down 12:00 [1] 2.2 km (5:27 / km)
Wednesday Mar 15, 2017 #
10 AM
Badminton 1:00:00 [0]
6 PM
Trail/terrain running hills 1:11:00 12.0 km (5:55 / km) +800m 4:26 / km
2 climbs up Dumyat from Menstrie. Not feeling very effortless tonight, and it was getting pretty dark in the end. Forgot to drink all afternoon, so was pretty de-hydrated too.
Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 #
10 AM
Road/track running 56:00 12.9 km (4:20 / km)
Extended Cromlix / Kinbuck loop. Was a nice sunny day when I went. It wasn't when I finished - cold, wet and windy.
Monday Mar 13, 2017 #
Note
(rest day)
Earned a rest day at home as well