Training Log Archive: Whitesheep

Surrey Hills ride with Paul. Took in most of the Surrey hills plus a go up box hill which was good.
Absolutely shafted now but thoroughly enjoyed it. Now quite motivated to do something a bit more serious on the bike, maybe ballbuster and/or a long sportive.

Starting to feel quite "long term tired" after bumping up the training for 6 weeks or so. Could do with giving the legs a rest.

Went and bloody did it again! When will I learn. The pool closes at 7 on Friday.

Anyway an accidental rest day wasn't the worst thing as I'm feeling pretty tired.

Oak Hil Park park race
Had a few problems along the way getting stuck in veg and slipping and sliding all over the shop. Definitely the least "parky" race so far!

HFW
felt hard

SE middle champs
Leith Hill turned out to be much better suited to me and I was pleased with my run. Nothing more than a few hesitations amongst the thickets and high undergrowth, which is good going in a tricky area. Would have liked a bit more speed/strength in a couple of places (e.g. #9) but that was much less important here than in other races.
2nd to Richard Barrett by half a minute or so, which means, I think, that I went bronze-silver-gold in the SE champs, and while the first two were a bit hollow given I ran not so well and finished ~8th, this one feels like a good result.

Went for a nice extended warm-down jog as was feeling good.