Training Log Archive: Shminty

Wold's Pit Fell Race

First fell race ever. Maybe it wasn't the best to start with being a catergory A race (at least 275 feet climb per mile) and that most of that was in the first mile.

Started off at what I though was a good pace but just felt ill from half way up the hill to the top and then took a k or so to feel ok again. Had to wlak a bit so a fair few overtook me. Also got a stitch running down off the top to do the loop of the hill. Ended up in some mini competition with 4/5 guys who would pull away and then come back every now and then. On the second climb nearish the end decided I would have to take them as they were better down hill runners and I would no doubt lose them on the huge descent. So overtook them and didn't see them again. Either I started running down hill like a fell runner or they were knackered. There were two guys quite a bit ahead who I didn't think I would catch but once they hit the road to the finish they slowed and I took them on the 'run in'.

Diodn't feel like I was going that fast even on the flat, I just didn't seem to be able to push and it was only in the last couple of km that I seemed to be running at any speed at all.

Don't think I enjoyed any of it, it was just pain pain pain. But maybe it will be better after I've done a few and whenever it hurts in o in can just think its not as bad as this fell race and just keep going.

http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-kingdom/brough/...

C • it may have been A 6

Bingham Park event. Shadowed eddie round orange. He seemed to grasp the navigation easily but started rushing near the end and so started making a few errors.

Feeling tired and hamstrings started to feel sore again. But after 3 days of high intensity training I'm not surprised.

Down goodwin with eddie.

warm up
bar warm up x 2
2*4 OH box squats
Back Squats: 10*60; 8*65; 6*65; 6*70
DB Split Squats: 3*10*12.5kg each leg

Upper body
chest/row: 10*10; 10*10; 8*12.5; 8*12.5
shoulder/chins: 2*10*7.5kg; 2*8*10kg/10,10 -33; 8,8 -26 - picked up 12 on 8s but wasn't going to happen.

Jog down to endcliffe and warm up/down

Parlaufs in endcliffe. Didn't know how the body was going to take this, being in the gym and right hamstring that was feeling a bit tight. In a pair with neil.

Shouldn't have worn long sleeves or gloves, thought it was going to be colder this eveining after a relatively warm day.

Ran well and felt ok too, although was knackered in last 5 mins. Hamstrings seemed to hold up which was good, feel like I'm getting somewhere.

Thought this was a few hundred metres longer when I measured it last semester but seems to have shrunk.

Good pace throughout hamstrings were good until left one had a similiar feeling to right one on sunday running up the hill at the end, so topped and stretched it and it was good again. Right shin was tight again when running on tarmac.

23.00 up
21.30 down

5 laps of endcliffe park field starting and stopping at the monument, with 1 mins rest in between each. Right hamstring was fine but left was tight, especially at start of second lap so moved more during the rest to stop it siezing up.

2.30
2.28
2.26
2.24
2.19

Not feeling like I was getting into top gear and again legs didn;t want to go any faster in the last few hundred metres of each rep. Am planning on getting down to track intervals next tuesday.

C • ooo 3

Started off with 40/20 for the first 6 sets then went onto a 45/15 for last 2 sets

Ran 75k last week which probably a bit more than I should have done coming back from hamstring problem. Have been feeling tired today so am thinking of about 60k this week, see how it goes.