Training Log Archive: schnitzer

Woodland Fell and Blawith Common. Hmm not the best today dunno what I was doing got so lost first at 5 and then at 13 the latter even considered retiring cos I just couldn't find the flag relocating (wrongly!) about four times too high up the slope. I blame the fact it was open - if there were lots of trees around I wudda made sure of my position a lot more coming into the circle haha. Approx 27mins time loss on just those two so no wonder was an hour behind the winner Ed Nash. The actual event, course and area was proper good tho the 1:15000 scale making the contour detail really intense!

Back slightly better than yesterday which is kinda surprising considering slept in the car last night. Never felt tired at any point even with probs too much food/drink in my pack but then being so lost gives you a good rest eh?

Event: Warrior O Trial
 

Moor Top. After what was probably the best ever run from Poole to the Lake District in the Schnitz (don't you just love the motorway network on a Saturday?) just about managed to get the last start. Oh yes deciding against the BNC and the regional the next day somewhat closer to home was defo the right decision. Maybe others will disagree but I think there's nothing better than a bit of tuff Lakes forest with lots of green and contour detail (except perhaps a more runnable version) to get your groove on with. Just a shame I hadn't stretched all week and my lower back was even more twisted up than earlier in the week - quite painful hence not quite full race intensity. Also got a bit lost - 1, 4 and 7 were totally my fault all fairly big misses but 9 I think was a bit iffy in terms of feature selection and (dare I say it?) Bilbo's map. Nah, probs me.

Sidbury Hill. What a lovely place this is - forest blocks the size of cricket squares and tank-churned clay pretty much everywhere else, not the sorta day you want to be tired for nevermind. Very easy nav only lost time on 9 ran too close to the big reentrant and had to circle back around to the depression which was incidently further back up the hill from what the map was suggesting and then ran the wrong way out of it towards an imaginary 10. 18 I took a long-cut along a very churned up clay track ignoring the more direct ultra-fast white forest next to me. Probs no more than a minute time loss in total. Rich B beat me by 3mins, Dave R by 6mins so obv running quite slowly today - still having lower back issues and the very slight glitch in my right lower calf I picked up yesterday is now worse.

After enjoying almost 15miles of the (highly recommended) B3084 from Romsey (controversial route from Poole/Bournemouth) at full Schnitzer efficiency I turned onto the A338 (traditional route) right at the end of a road closure diversion! I could hit 10 red lights in a row after that and I'd still be smiling.

C • Smiling 2

Warm up, jogging between miles, warm down.

Bournemouth University. Hooked up wih me WSX homos Gavin, Dale and Ian and did some interval training - a bit early in the season going by my most recent perception of periodisation but hey I wasn't going to turn up and then say no thanks I'll just do my own thing. Felt a bit twisted in the lower back and lower legs today so didn't go crazy - started to loosen up after the first couple of reps. Got stopped dead on the fourth by a car pulling out of a driveway - so inconsiderate.

1) 6:40 (1650m)
2) 6:27 (1615m)
3) 6:19 (1650m)
4) 6:03 (1530m)

C • Stopped dead? 2

To hills.

Canford Heath. Hilly route - 2.4km each way 165m there, 145m back. Tried to keep the same steady effort consistent throughout - did five reps...

1) 17:05
2) 17:00 (slow due to some accidental clay surfing)
3) 16:56
4) 16:39
5) 16:50

From hills.