Training Log Archive: Leakie

Started out okay, contouring, accurate into everything. Wasn't really liking the rock and brashings underfoot though, then did my ankle right at number 8 and didn't want to risk it anymore when I wasn't enjoying it. Went for a nice run along some forest roads instead.

Event: Scottish Night Championships
 

EUOC training at Tilquhillie. 2 courses with all the line features and vegetation taken off the map. Walk/Jogged the first one just taking accurate bearings. Jogged the 2nd and found I used compass way more than just feature picking. Good.

Scottish Night Champs at Glen Dye- 3rd W21

About 70% good, love night o :) Really nice tricky area.
Got a little confused at 1 but then settled into the map. Lost a little bit of time on the uphill legs and at 12 where I fell and cut all my tummy & then overshot 13. Struggled on 14/15/16 too, tricky little depressions to find and wasn't clean into any of them!
Felt like I was running pretty well, using my compass and interpreting contours much more accurately than usual. Need to focus more at the end of a course & especially when there are others around - must be confident in self.

Nice cycle after physio, owch my ITB is bruised now! In for a sports massage on tuesday, major muscular imbalance going on.

Shins/knees fairly sore today so gym rather than hills. 70mins on the cross trainer & 20mins glute work.

To gym and home

Got back to Edinburgh too late for the long run so went to Aerobics. Loved it :D Actually the most fun class I have been to. Worked far harder than cross training and time flew by.

Did mother's run from Ledsham, across the woods to Fairburn, round the nature reserve, along the river and back uphill across the fields. Timed it and have gotten 8minutes faster in the last 3months. I really was unfit! Pushed hard at the end, hadn't eaten before so felt rather ill.

Been at a funeral all day, really tired when I got home and fell asleep. Will run in the morning.