Training Log Archive: nic.

Went for a long run while everyone else did parkrun. So went from the start of Newy Parkrun through Honeysuckle and out the breakwall and back, then up to King Edward park, down to Bar Beach and around the streets there for a bit to make some sweet gps art, and then finished off back up the hill to King Edward to meet the others. A bit longer than i had planned but we were to meet at the park and i did want a lift home... Still felt good enough to make it up that mother of a hill at the end though so im pretty happy!

Was not at all keen, but then it wasn't as hot as i anticipated and the tip didn't smell so ended up being good. Legs were pretty tired from yesterday though, i pretty much went straight from training to standing in the same spot for 6 hours at work so they were a bit achy all night.

15min warm up

6 x 90 second hills, jog down recovery. Legs were feeling pretty fatigued from yesterday in the warm up so i spent a good minute just standing at the bottom of the hill trying to talk myself into starting the first one after the warm up. Pretty happy with how it went though, didnt get quite as far on the 5th rep but i made up for it on the last one i think. Pretty warm already too so it was a tough one!

15min ish warm down.

Streeto at Cardiff, pretttty hilly! Got about half way time wise and realised i was really stuck for options route choice wise. Kind of had two options and chose the longer one. Was definitely not the week to be late so it was not a good decision points wise but im not fussed, it was much better for running purposes. And i guess thats what i get for not planning well at the start, would've gone much better if i had done the loop in reverse i think. Pretty happy with how i was going up the hills, only got a bit slack once or twice.

Easy jog around Walka. Didnt get a heap of sleep and felt pretty flat at the start but i got better. Did a few surges near the end to make my legs not feel so stiff.

Finally got a helmet so i went for a little cruise to bring home some groceries.

Sunday morning long run with Malin :) Really thankful we decided to leave at 8 instead of 9 because it got pretty warm and i would've struggled if the whole run was in that heat. Went out to Walka via maitland park and then did one of the big loops there. Finished that at about 85mins and Malin kept me going to 90, which im really glad about because i would be pissed now if i hadn't kept going aha. Ended up going like straight through the triathlon changeover area at Maitland park which was a little awkward, we may have even featured in a photo... Not a particularly hilly run but Malins watch said 16km so im happy with the pace