Training Log Archive: schnitzer

Shillingstone Hill. As this was the annual WSX regional event I was helping at the start all morning which me like cause you get to chat to everyone. Also starting last means that there are tracks thru the crap and any controls that are in the wrong place get put right b4 you run - don't ask. Anyway felt much better physically than yesterday and didn't lose any more than a minute on any one control and b4 you think that's cause the area was much more simple you try navigating to molehill sized knolls and dog bone pits. At least they couldn't hide the flags! Unfortunately for the second time this year I went 15, 16, er.. 18 but this time didn't realise until download. I am quite used to MP being written on my splits as I don't generally check codes in Southern woods but quite suprised to find no punch at all. More niggle woe ignored over the first couple of controls turned into a rather painful right ankle to calf tendon in the evening - bottoms.

Mynydd Llangynidr. Almost retired today, shin/ankle probs on the flat and esp the downhilll bits until 7 where things got better. However going slow helped me to find the controls pretty well using similar techniques to the Inshriach contour only experience a couple of weeks back. Lost approx 6mins on 15 taking a toss line from the pond attack point, probs lost about 10mins in total. Felt proper hungover afterwards, a delayed reaction from a moderate cider frenzy the night b4.

Canford Heath. Another lovely day and I couldn't resist one more run on me favourite training area. Knew I'd be a bit sluggish after yesterday so went off at a slightly lower intensity with the intention of really enjoying myself. However had a touch of indigestion pretty much the whole way round which kinda spoilt it. D'oh I only wanted to eat those hot cross buns once.

18th Oct 2007: (83:32)

1. 09:45
2. 21:13
3. 18:42
4. 18:30
5. 15:22

20th May 2007: (77:44)

1. 09:24
2. 20:02
3. 17:17
4. 17:32
5. 13:29

Now I'm not one to complain about the odd overgorwn path here and there in fact I like it as it adds a terrain element to the run but a couple on this route are now best described as quite simply gorse bushes. Only two choices really, re-route or spend hours with a pair of garden shears.

Canford Heath. Braved the gorse traps and did my usual route on the heath. Now correct me if I'm mistaken but I woke up yesterday heavier than I've been since Summer 06 like over a stone more than I was in April/May this year. So how did I manage the second best time ever recorded for this route? OK so no way near (three and a half mins down) my PB recorded on 10th May but this was a completely different experience. In May it was a tempo run - high intensity on the flats and downs but slowing to a walk on some of the steepest sections out of breath the whole way. This time I took it steady (apart from the last split which was more like intensity 4), unsurprisingly not feeling very fast or light plus some slight lower back issues, expected I guess. However, no shin probs at all proving that the pain I get every now and then is not necessarily to do with weight, although it would be illogical to conclude that weight is irrelevant. The big difference was the way I approached the many hill sections of the course only slowing to a walk on one hill, the steepest of them. All the strength and endurance work I've been doing recently is obviously paying off, shame I'm such a porker. I guess that increased weight might be a side-effect of increased strength but with my diet, who knows?

17th Oct 2007: (68:32)

1. 19:38
2. 14:50
3. 14:36
4. 19:28

10th May 2007: (65:02)

1. 18:35
2. 14:02
3. 13:55
4. 18:30

OMG what have I done to myself. I can't believe I can do hours and hours of running, walking and climbing over a few days and put on like half a stone. OK, so add the odd monster omlette from Pete's Eats here and there but half a stone wtf? I'm close to fucking this whole running thing off and doing rowing and MTBO instead. What's the point in doing endurance running related sports when you're constantly fighting off the second-row forward in you? Plus I like double burgers.

C • There is no point training ... 2

All 5*20...

LP - R4
OP - G7
BOR - 15+bar
FP - 35
RF - Y3
SF - G3

First weights session down the Bristol David Lloyd, a mixed experience. The chest/back fly cable machine was well out of order but no probs, I'll just do double barbell chest and back until they fix it, gutted when I started to feel a shoulder twinge on the bench tho, it's been six months since I had issues with the old right shoulder. Wasn't bad so I finished off the workout, pleased that the Multi Cross Over machine doesn't judder like the Leeds one - sweet. BTW I haven't really gone up massively on some of the cable exercises i.e. LP, RF & SF. It seems that Red level 1 in Leeds is the same as Red level 4 in Bristol. Obviously designed for Southern softlads like me.