Training Log Archive: murraystraining

Building up the mileage on the Sunday runs - through Sherwood Forest on the Robin Hood Way, instead of running the Midland Champs.
Ankle still doesn't like off-camber running. Yesterday didn't help much - good choice to skip the orienteering for the rest of the weekend.

English Nationalism. Adding some depth, if not particular quality, to the Highgate team which had hopes of team glory. We came up frustratingly just short of a medal (10pts from bronze, 27 from silver). No one was getting near Morpeth today - 6 in the first 40.
My own run was as good as I could have hoped for given recent disrupted training, aiming for top 60, set off easy and work through from 100th on the first lap to 57th by the finish. The course was brilliantly tough, with hills, claggy mud, rough ground and very little fast running which I think has flattered me a bit - there are a good number of respectable names behind me that I wouldn't have beaten on a easier course. Good battle with Rob Little through the middle of the race too.

Lunchtime in the Hermitage.

Lunchtime head clearer round Queen's Drive & Calton Hill.

Forgot my insoles so just circuits, no jogging. Cos, y'know, retired.

Itenburgh Ints: 6x3/1:30. Trailing a long way behind the Nationals silver medalist (projected) and slightly less far behind Coombs. Running around 3:08/km pace. Observation: sessions hurt a lot more when you're out of shape. Or did I not push sessions hard enough when I was in shape?

C • the psychological 3

Flat route MASH.