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Sunday May 9, 2010 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 1:28:32 *** 11.31 km (7:50 / km) +229m 7:06 / km
ahr:141 max:159 spiked:20/28c slept:6.0 (injured) shoes: Walsh PB Trainer Ultra
INT SOSOL at Calderwood: Brown (9.5km +230m).
Feeling the effects of last night's visit to the Alloa Beer Festival, I wasn't in the best form for racing! So I decided that, if I was going to be slow, I might as well run the longest course. That's Irish psychology for you.
Anyway, slow I was, taking it pretty easy the whole way, and I orienteered reasonably well until I became a tad tired towards the end of the course and made a couple of minor fluffs - in particular blowing ca 2 mins at #25, then utterly failing to find #27 and wasting 4 minutes or so.
Still a pleasant place to run. Knees a bit creaky today, and heel hot/sore afterwards.
Feeling the effects of last night's visit to the Alloa Beer Festival, I wasn't in the best form for racing! So I decided that, if I was going to be slow, I might as well run the longest course. That's Irish psychology for you.
Anyway, slow I was, taking it pretty easy the whole way, and I orienteered reasonably well until I became a tad tired towards the end of the course and made a couple of minor fluffs - in particular blowing ca 2 mins at #25, then utterly failing to find #27 and wasting 4 minutes or so.
Still a pleasant place to run. Knees a bit creaky today, and heel hot/sore afterwards.
Friday May 7, 2010 #
8 AM
Cycling (Road) 40:30 16.33 km (24.2 kph) +235m
ahr:145 max:168 (injured) shoes: SPDs
Late again so parked up at Donaldson's School in Linlithgow and took the same route 'over the top'. On Bertha today so noticeably slower than on Monday.
4 PM
Cycling (Road) 40:15 16.27 km (24.3 kph) +215m
ahr:143 max:167 slept:8.0 (injured) shoes: SPDs
Straight back over the top to Linlithgow, no time to take a more devious route - visiting crumbly to entertain. Stiff easterly, mighty crosswinds... but a bonus on the 1km uphill stretch heading due west :-). Great views from the top, ca 50 miles across the Forth bridges to beyond the Bass Rock; great day to be on a bike.
Wednesday May 5, 2010 #
1 PM
Running (Trail) 58:09 12.97 km (4:29 / km) +105m 4:19 / km
ahr:155 max:163 slept:5.0 (injured) shoes: Asics Gel Cumulus 11
Trying to be sensible in my old age - no way I should be doing a hill race with bad bursitis, even if it is Dumyat :-(. So, went out for a decent lunchtime outing from the office in Livi instead. Feeling OK, if not very fast; heel ache went away quite quickly. Legs tied up a bit after the 10km mark, I've just not been doing enough running of late!
Nice wee jaunt in the sunshine up through Wilderness Wood, Bellsquarry, along Muireston Water, around Linhouse circular then return via Livi South station and the playing fields back to Bellsquarry and the Alba.
Nice wee jaunt in the sunshine up through Wilderness Wood, Bellsquarry, along Muireston Water, around Linhouse circular then return via Livi South station and the playing fields back to Bellsquarry and the Alba.
Tuesday May 4, 2010 #
Note
slept:4.0 (rest day)
Well I could have / should have got out for at least a gentle wee run... but somehow didn't find the time during the day (frustrating work!) and then it was committee meeting time. Tomorrow...
Monday May 3, 2010 #
8 AM
Cycling (Road) 37:13 [3] 16.31 km (26.3 kph) +230m
slept:8.0 (injured) shoes: SPDs
Running late, so I parked up at the top of Linlithgow (by Donaldson's School) and cut out that first 2km and 80m climb. Lovely morning for a cycle but freezing - wish I'd brought my winter gloves! On the speedy road bike today - much faster than Bertha commuter, though a bit of a rough ride on those crappy country backlanes over Cairnpapple.
Forgot Garmin so no HR/route data.
Forgot Garmin so no HR/route data.
5 PM
Cycling (Road) 47:05 [3] 20.1 km (25.6 kph) +272m
slept:8.0 (injured) shoes: SPDs
Return route, alternate via route 73 to Bathgate and over the road from Ballencrieff Toll to Linlithgow. A bit harder, to make up for this morning's easy run! Very pleasant, apart from the tough 100m pull in 1.8km to the summit of the road.