Orienteering44:28 6.16 km (7:13 / km) +159m6:23 / km ahr:146 max:166 shoes: VJ Irocs
CATI at Muiravonside - Blue (5.1km). Meh. Hamstring sore from the off and legs pretty dead, so this was a 50% affair, alas. Not concentrating as a result and duffed a few, including the long leg. Very muddy and slippery - should have worn dobs! TRIMP 93.9.
Turning over the legs after a day at Edinburgh Castle with Jamie. 3WU then 10/10/10 in gears 6/7/8 - steadily increasing effort. Felt fine. TRIMP 61.2.
Intervals (Hills) 57:39 10.02 km (5:45 / km) +313m4:59 / km ahr:152 max:172 shoes: VJ Irocs
Time to start making my one run a week a GOOD run. I can "do" soft and I can "do" uphills, so: hill reps up Kippenrait Glen it is, then. Jogged out along the Darn Path then 4 reps (800m, +65m). Path very muddy, sloppy and rooty, but today was always going to be about solid rather than spectacular. Splits 4:44, 4:49, 4:41, 4:49. 2s off the 3:48 Strava CR on reps 2 and 3; fastest on rep 1 but it mis-registered the start.
"Enjoyed" every step until I hit the tarmac at Pisgah. Buttock/hamstring twingeing within a few steps, really niggling within 400m, and I had to stop soon thereafter. Yup. Can't do tarmac. But I'll be happy enough if I can still do hills! TRIMP 137.3
Intervals: 5WU then 2 x 3(1) hard with (2) rest; (1) then 6 x 30(15) sprints. 3WD. Good HR effort, happy with recoveries too; still a bit weak from the weekend. TRIMP 71.7.
I was more interested in mobilising my back than getting a hard workout today, but I had intended to work harder than this: I just couldn't get the b!@@dy machine to do what I wanted. I nearly got off and gave it a damn good Basil Fawlty thrashing. TRIMP 57.2.
Gym (Cross-over) 10:01 ahr:147 max:161
"Intervals" on the cross-over - again, more about LBP managment than a hard workout. TRIMP 21.1.
Strength training (Gym) 17:18 ahr:104 max:133
Stretching, core, and took out some frustrations on the punch bag. TRIMP 10.8.