Training Log Archive: bradc

Event: TAY Regional Event & Scottish O League 1
 

SOL 1, Auchingarrich. Woke up with a stinking hangover, rather too much vino collapso drunk at Will's 30th birthday meal last night. Jogging to the start just made me feel sick, so I started very slowly - the only option in that grot anyway. Wobbled at #2 (eyes barely open, neurons firing very slowly), then completely lost it at #3 and stopped way too soon. Lost ca 5 mins. Bit shakey en route to #4 too, but after that I managed to get those neural pathways a little unclogged and jogged gingerly along for the remainder of the course with only one minor woblette. Perhaps this relatively accuracy was down to the extremely gentle pace...

Not the greatest area in the world. But, hey, the sun was out. Which made yesterday, the day of our race, the only duff day in over a week. Cheers, God.

Event: British Sprint O Champs
 

No chance for a run today... slaving over a hot computer, and hovering whilst JonX and Robin did all the hard work with the start times for race 2. SI software really is a piece - no, several pieces - of rancid squirrel poo.

Planned to get out at lunchtime but it didn't happen - rushing to get work done in order to get home early to prep for tomorrow's event. Not encouraged by starting to get yet another head cold too.

I was keen to get out for 3 days in a row to keep up the effort to get the legs used to running every day again. It was a gorgeous day to be out - hot in the sun! I wasn't concerned about speed, which was a good thing because my legs felt very slow and jaded. I headed out from the Alba Centre up towards Bellsquarry - noticing on the way that the wee bit of wood is called "Wilderness Wood", not exactly the most apt of names, but some would argue that all of West Lothian is a bit of a wilderness, I guess...

Arrived early for the FVO club run from the uni, so went for a wee jog beforehand. Legs felt like lead.

Finally realised at 18:20 that I'd got the time wrong for the run, so headed off myself!

Around the campus, up to Witches' Crag and onto the muir, along to the upper CP, down then along the top of Hermitage Woods to finish back at the uni.

Legs were utter rubbish. It was 30mins in before I even vaguely felt like I was actually running.

I was looking after Jamie today, as he wasn't allowed to go to nursery after his sickness on Sun night and Beccy had to go to Glen Lyon, so there was no chance of going to intervals today; but Louise generously offered to look after the wee lad for a couple of hours to let me get out. He was on such good form today and we were having such a grand time that I was almost reluctant to hand him over, but it was grand to get out, and he loved running around Louise's garden - thanks, m'dear!

I went to Doune to do the run along the Teith as shown to me by Dixie around Xmas time, but it was a wee bit warmer today - singlet and shorts were the clothing of choice! I still don't feel as if I'm back up to running fluently and easily, but for the first time in ages I felt like pushing along in places and did so. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

FVO Pilates - feeling quite strong today!

(incl jog there and back). Legs pretty stiff after the road running at the weekend; left ankle twingey too.