Training Log Archive: Jon X

Feeling a bit fragile after the party antics of the night before but went for a gentle leg stretch with Martin from Fairholmes. Knee swollen but bending okay so hopefully not too much wrong with it. Calf tight but I thought I would try the first 10 mins.....then the climb up the track on Haggside......didn't get any worse and so did the whole run. Judging by how it feels now then that may have been a trifle foolhardy......

SYO Awards event at Loxley Common, teams of 3 with score section to start (divide between you), then Short/Long/Medium course then another score section to be divided up. All team members to start the S/L/M section together and to finish together.

I had been here once before 20 years ago for some relays (SPOOK relays?), mainly memorable for the size of the hangover I brought with me in the minibus and for the mess I made of my knee during my second run of the day. Today I had no hangover but only got 1 control and 2 mins into the race before I completely mashed my knee. Nice and swollen and bruised with a big hole in it now. Luckily one of my team had early navigational issues so I could just cruise round the rest. Although my calf was quite sore again by the end too.

So injured immediately before going off to CLS, just like I managed last time. Tremendous.

C • boo 3

Lucky to get a flight back at all but delay meant I only arrived at the uni after the end of the night race, just time for a short reps session.

Once straight to top of hill from the bottom (3:06), jog back down then one loop of the hill rep circuit (2:53, 1:56, 1:04 with jog to each start point).

Slower than they should have been - definitely better doing them with others, however maybe the icy paths were a factor too, not totally convinced by that line though.....

Initial run round the loop to warm up and jog back down at the end. Not the wisest to go steeply uphill from the start in the cold after all the sitting still all day, right calf/achilles niggling away by the end.

late. inflexible. new year. same old story.

Circuits with route choice puzzles between stations. Gentle start back (25/10 then 30/10) but worked reasonably hard.