Training Log Archive: paul c

Training just didn't happen...

Event: London Night Series #4: Wimbledon Common
 

Really well planned course on the common and easy to get caught out.
A few people must have run on the road to the first and last controls looking at the splits.
Didn't go far enough in to 2 but ok, stayed high for 3 and saw Rob punching it. Went straight past 9 for 4 and gained a little here but a high risk strategy.
Went safe ish to 5 aiming off. A bit slow to 6. Started on the track but came off and went near the stream. I think the quickest route would have been straighter but again high risk. Rob caught me up here who had gone around the outside. We were pretty much together to 7 but he went in early and veered right. I saw Dorte who helped me into the control and then I managed to get away.
8 was fine but at 9 I went around in the circle to the left and had to climb over the rootstock. 10 was fine but I wish I had looked for 11 first as I dropped a minute searching the area.
12 was good but I was way left in the circle at 13.
A safe ish run only dropping up to a minute on the worse controls and always in contact which is important at night.

Night-O Long - Splits

Steady spin on still tired legs.

200 fs
200 pull
2 x 25 fast
25 x 100
did 1-5, 11-15 and 21-25 fs whilst the other 10 were pull
50 wd
Good session and it went quickly.

Took a day off and went for a walk around the Devils Punchbowl.

Event: British Night Championships / MV Regional SE League (UKOL)
 

Easy drills.

Ribs were still hurting before I began so pumped myself full of paracetamol and cracked on.
Went through the green to #1 and hit it ok. Then it just got scrappy and made my biggest mistake of the night. I didn't go high enough for #2 and started searching on an earth bank too short. Lost about 1.20 here. Scrappy for the next 2 but just off bearing. I took 10 seconds to work out the long leg and went north which cut out the climb. Unfortunately I was slow in to the control and ended up on the thicket to the SW.
Slow again to 6 but then it got better. I did lose 20 seconds going out the wrong way to 10 but still got the quickest leg over Geoff and Rich.
Clean to 19 only dropping 10 seconds on 15, 16 and 19. I hit #20 well going on the Eastern route. This seemed much better than everybody else who went West. I went through 26 on the way to 21 and picked up Tom at #24. Stupidly followed him to #25 which he went too far right on and had to readjust.
Ok to the finish. I was never really able to attack the course due to my ribs but I think this was a blessing as I was able to read the map well and never lose contact on a potentially tricky area.
Ran 10.5km.

Course 2 - Splits

3 laps in glorious sunshine.

Mapping part of RP for the night o.

Drills session. At no point did this feel very good but expected after last night.

From Newlands, Shere, Peaslake, Holmbury, Leith, Gomshall and back.
Legs not liking the hills but a lovely day out.