Training Log Archive: bradc

Event: EUOC Big Weekend
 

Jog to the start, with Lorna. Went past their old flat, the scene of many a post-Meadows soup night; it's been over 10 years since they left, though, scary stuff!

Old man's course at the Edinburgh city race - 4.7km (straight line). I knew I really shouldn't do this, but it's such fun, and I deliberately kept my pace to a jog and my stride short, to minimise damage. Hm, it didn't help, really; my back/hamstring were sore within the first few minutes and just got worse. Did I stop? No, of course not. It was too cold to walk, anyway! Stiffened up quickly after finishing, and pretty crippled. Stupid. Very surprised to see that my HR was reasonably high given the langorous pace, but then, on the way home, the sore throat arrived. Ah. Hello, cold, it's been nearly two weeks since you last visited, I'd almost missed you. Not!

Well, it was a good course, well planned by Jamie - a couple of great humdinger legs thrown casually into the mix, just as you might have been getting cocky! 2 minutes binned at #7, but otherwise I was not too bad. There are advantages to going very slowly - you can actually read the map! Painful fun.

Overdid it yesterday - stiff and sore today. Some easy days required to let it settle :-(

Slightly niggly back; I decided to play safe and hit the cross-trainer. I needed a hard and fast workout, anyway. Fairly pasted it for the first 30 minutes then tired a little and gradually declined; it was still pretty near my PB, however. Good effort.

Stretching, core and light weights.