Training Log Archive: murraystraining

First SHR champs race of the year - Criffel. Everyone said it was boggy. It was boggy. Boggy like a big bog. Like the boggiest bog in bogifornia. But on a 1:4 slope.
Anyway, turns out GG is a better bogtrotter than me and he pulled away on the second half of the climb. I dug deep to hang onto Fin and summited 5s behind him. I roughly held that on the slightly less boggy (but still quite boggy) bit across to Knockendoch but on the steep bit after that he just vanished. Well, at least i didn't see him as i was staring at the bog 2m in front of me and trying to avoid faceplanting in it. I reckon i had about a 99.98% success rate at that. The 0.02% wasn't much fun though.
Thankfully the guys behind me seemed to be floundering just as much so i held on for a comfortable 3rd place. Need to do a bit more hill work before the next ones!

C • Did I mention the Bog? 3

Hoka One One test day at Run and Become. Did a few km in a supportive road shoe but didn't like them. The off road Speed Goat with a Vibram sole were good fun but hard to see the question they are the answer for. I can't think of many off road runs in the UK I'd want to wear platform shoes for...

C • Hokas 3

Easy off road.

Meadows tempo+ work with Peter. 15,10,5,5,5. Aiming for 3:2x, 3:1x, 3:0x.
15- 3:24/km
10- 3:18/km
5s- 3:08, 3:07, 3:04/km.
Happy with that, apart from when Peter got a 20m gap on me with 400m to go on the last rep. Unfavourable wind on the 10, slightly favourable on the last two 5s.

Very much looking forward to a couple of easy days now before Criffel on Sunday.

Easy pottering with Peter and James. Good to catch up.

Treadmill Tuesday. 3x4', 3x3'. Heavy legs made this tougher than previous similar sessions.

Easy off road miles.