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Training Log Archive: Jon X

In the 7 days ending Nov 16, 2008:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m	load
Running	4	2:26:33	9.85		15.85		330	668.7
Trail walking	2	2:15:00	5.53	(24:25)	8.9	(15:10)	480	135.0
Pilates	1	45:00						90.0
Circuits	1	25:00						175.0
Stretching	1	10:00						10.0
Total	5	6:01:33	15.38		24.75		810	1078.7

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Sunday Nov 16, 2008 #

Trail walking warm up/down 1:25:00 [1] 6.0 km (14:10 / km) +240m 11:48 / km
shoes: new Inov8 Roclite

Walked out from Surprise View on Hathersage Moor, out to Higger Tor and Carl Wark......

Running 10:00 [4] 1.5 km (6:40 / km) +70m 5:24 / km
shoes: new Inov8 Roclite

.....with a hasty return to the car park early on, when I realised after ten minutes walking that I had left my Garmin and mobile both lying on top of the car......

Running 29:30 [3] 5.5 km (5:22 / km) +100m 4:55 / km
shoes: new Inov8 Roclite

....and finally a run from the car park down Padley Gorge and along the river to cafe in Hathersage, just in time for a late lunch including a very welcome pint of tea!

Saturday Nov 15, 2008 #

Trail walking warm up/down 50:00 [1] 2.9 km (17:14 / km) +240m 12:12 / km
shoes: new Inov8 Roclite

Met MC at Fairholmes near Ladybower and went for short walk up nearest small hill, Pike Low, and part of the way down again.....

Running 20:33 [3] 3.1 km (6:38 / km) +140m 5:24 / km
shoes: new Inov8 Roclite

....then ran back up Pike Low, along and down to Derwent Reservoir......

Running tempo 11:57 [4] 2.75 km (4:21 / km) +20m 4:12 / km
shoes: new Inov8 Roclite

.....then pushed on a bit more quickly alongside the reservoir and back to the car park down all the slippery steps by the dam.

Friday Nov 14, 2008 #

Running 38:27 [3]
shoes: Brooks Adrenaline Jan 2008

Long day at work but finally made it out at about 9pm in the wind and rain, headtorch was charged so no excuse for another day off! Didn't feel too sprightly but maybe that was to be expected. Achilles no worse but no better either.

Thursday Nov 13, 2008 #

Note
(rest day)

So...just for a change,today it was the first flight to Scotland from London rather than vice versa. Felt pretty wrecked most of the day, stayed late at work, convinced myself a late evening run would be counter-productive. Hmmm.

Instead I picked up a novel (A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz, from 2008 Booker shortlist). First ten words of dustjacket blurb? "Meet Martin Dean: the man his country loves to hate". Not sure whether I want to read any further now......

Wednesday Nov 12, 2008 #

Note
(rest day)

Early start as off to London for an all day meeting and evening function, no chance to run today.

Meeting attended by 24 people in total, 22 middle-aged white blokes in suits and 2 women. One of the two women was primarily there as organiser of the day's logisitics i.e. tea, coffee, lunch, etc.

Financial services is so very diverse and so far removed from the stereotyped image some people have of it......

C • Middle-aged! 6

Tuesday Nov 11, 2008 #

Running race 11:06 [5] 3.0 km (3:42 / km)
ahr:152 max:160 shoes: Brooks Adrenaline Jan 2008

Back on the track on FVO Tuesdays so time for the first 3km time trial. Nearly didn't make it at all but got there just in time to find everyone ready to start as one group which scuppered my cunning plan of running with the second wave. Could have run a tempo lap or two to warm up and loosen up, and then started. I didn't....

Could have been worse considering lack of warm up, plus short of sleep this week too. Felt pretty heavy-legged and didn't get pulse up as high or as quickly as I may have otherwise. Had thought I would run under 11 mins (did 10:33 in June) and probably would have done if better prepared. Just leaves lots of room for improvement next time!

And vdot does at least predict that even on this form I could run my New York qualifying time......it is more confident than me!

Running warm up/down 25:00 [2]
shoes: Brooks Adrenaline Jan 2008

Minimal warm up, could have done more warm down, maybe need to think about doing a longer warm down after Tuesday sessions in future.

Stretching 10:00 [1]

Monday Nov 10, 2008 #

Pilates 45:00 [2]

Plus circuits warm up/down

Circuits 25:00 [4]

A little better at the hopping thing this week.....but only a little!

jackb in control of the timing as well as the tunes this week........he seems to be better with the latter than the former.......

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