Training Log Archive: SarahDIn the 31 days ending Oct 31, 2016:
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Monday Oct 31, 2016 #
Note
(rest day)
Got a busy couple of weeks coming up. Not going to worry about any structure to training, just as and when suits / feel like it. Should probably be taking a bit of a break sometime in any case.
Sunday Oct 30, 2016 #
Running warm up/down 15:00 [2]
Feeling rubbish. Not enough sleep last night (can't blame the kids tho). Trying hard to block tiredness and thoughts about how far it was going to be
Orienteering race 1:45:00 [5]
Felt ok once I got going and nav was mostly pretty good. Missed a couple of mins on no 6 and don't think I went far enough round on the long leg. Then got really tired and had to focus hard to hold things together. Just about managed until the last few legs in the green when my brain had really gone. Brilliant course and really enjoyed the challenge. Tired now though.
Saturday Oct 29, 2016 #
Running warm up/down 15:00 [3]
Running late so a swift jog to the start.
Orienteering race 43:00 [5]
Culbin middle distance blue. Raced off from the start without engaging brain then realised I had no idea how far I'd run to no 1. After that pretty clean. Bit of hesitation on the first one in the green and ran along the spur without seeing it. Tried to keep the tempo up but felt hard.
Running 30:00 [3]
Extended warm-down including the lookout tower.
Friday Oct 28, 2016 #
Note
(rest day)
Feeling a bit weary and lots to do. No harm in another rest day.
Thursday Oct 27, 2016 #
12 PM
Running 38:00 [3]
DW to the river then along the bank. Soul miles.
4 PM
Running 30:00 [3]
Hanging and collecting controls at Bellwood for after-school club.
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016 #
Road cycling 1:04:00 [3]
Back home from Ballater by the SDRd to Aboyne, then NDRd. A bit blustery but a nice tailwind. Legs feeling pretty good. 12 C warmer than yesterday = over-heating this time!
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 #
11 AM
Running 46:00 [3]
Took advantage of being up at Crathie for work to enjoy some upper Deeside trails. D****d chilly though... only realised afterwards that I had some gloves with me. Lovely autumn morning.
7 PM
Running warm up/down 25:00 [2]
To the green and a briefer dynamic w-u than sometimes.
Running intervals 17:00 [5]
2 x ~2', 2 x ~1:15, 2 x ~1:00, 2 x ~0:50. All with 1' recovery between = 10' of effort. Didn't go with any intention of doing a proper session so it was ok, if a bit random.
10 PM
Stretching 15:00 [1]
Monday Oct 24, 2016 #
Note
(rest day)
Sunday Oct 23, 2016 #
Running warm up/down 20:00 [2]
Orienteering race 1:00:00 [5]
SHI relays. Really enjoyed this. First time I've felt so hyped up for an O race in a long time and was really happy with how most of it went. Pretty much clean through to the spectator control, then a stupid error after (!). After that struggling to hold things together, and slowed quite a lot, but didn't miss anything major. Saw Welsh leg 3 at the 2nd last control and although I was pretty sure RL was ahead I had to try and out-sprint her as it could have counted otherwise. I failed but it didn't matter... great team performance to do enough today to take the overall win :-))
Saturday Oct 22, 2016 #
Running warm up/down 20:00 [2]
Orienteering race 1:49:00 [5]
SHIs at Newborough forest. Made a lot of mistakes early on (similar story for many) while trying to figure out the map / terrain / what to use etc. Caught Irish lass at no 1 and saw too much of her before being caught 3' by BH at no 7. On my own after that but managed to get my act together and didn't make too many more mistakes. Turned out that confident compass was as successful a technique as anything. Got pretty tired by the long leg to 19, but dug in and kept fighting... Pleased with how I handled that. Ended up 4th Scot not far behind FG and KS but we were well gubbed (as expected) by the English. Good performances in the rest of the team, so all to fight for tomorrow.
Left foot sore again, but in a different spot. Should be fine to run through any pain tomorrow.
Left foot sore again, but in a different spot. Should be fine to run through any pain tomorrow.
Stretching 10:00 [1]
Friday Oct 21, 2016 #
Note
(rest day)
Planned to go for a jog but didn't feel like it in the end.
Thursday Oct 20, 2016 #
Walking 2:00:00 [1]
Brighter day today so headed up round a loop of some of the Carneddau tops - Pen yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Llewelyn and Pen yr Helgi Du. Out for 4:20
Wednesday Oct 19, 2016 #
Mountain biking 1:00:00 [2]
Rain stopped play with Plan A, but maybe no bad thing as I could do with getting some recovery ahead of the w/e. Plan B involved a potter round a bird reserve, and then an easy spin round the lake at Llanberis. Only problem was it's not really designed for biking all the way round. All good on the first half, then up a steep road before dropping on a track to find the next bit was 1km or more of bike packing up a steep wet slated path through the woods. Almost worth it for the next stretch through some gorgeous oak wood and then a nice bit of parkland on the edge of the slate mines. Enough for today.
Tuesday Oct 18, 2016 #
Walking 2:30:00 [1]
Plan was to have a crack at the Snowdon horseshoe. Weather not looking too bad, but cloud down on the ridge, some blustery wind and the rock all very wet. Got to a tricky step on the main face and had some difficulty route finding. J decided to head back but E and I found a line and carried on. Wasn't anything majorly tricky, but had to be really careful on the wet rock. Made slow progress but must have been close to the summit of Crib Goch before we decided to turn round as it was going to take a long time and I knew there was trickier stuff to come. Returned to the Pyg track to climb to the summit looking out for J but managed to miss him. Bought a sandwich in the summit cafe ( J had mine :-() before going back the same way. Met a couple of others we had seen earlier who had also bailed on the ridge - the right decision for the day. Don't remember it being so full on 25 years ago, but I reckon if the rock had been dry it wouldn't have been anything like as intimidating. Something to come back for another day. Out for 4.5h total.
Monday Oct 17, 2016 #
Mountain biking 1:10:00 [3]
7stanes at Mabie. Started on a section of the red as blue didn't look too exciting. Mostly ok, but off the bike on a couple of scary sections and a few rocky bits of climb. Then continued round the blue loop which was mostly a slog on forest roads. Felt I worked a bit harder today.
Sunday Oct 16, 2016 #
11 AM
Mountain biking 1:20:00 [2]
7Stanes Kirroughtree blue. Didn't feel too relaxed today. Single track sections were a lot rougher than I remember from the last time we were here. Not so keen on wet tree roots and rock either. Some great sections of trail though. Caught the worst weather window, but once we were wet it didn't really matter.
5 PM
Running 55:00 [3]
Brightened up nicely in the afternoon and couldn't resist a wee bonus jaunt up Criffel. Bottom section of track was really good but above the forest the path was a boggy mud fest. Calfs feeling it big time on the steep climb (500m in 2.5km). Big smiles at the top.
Saturday Oct 15, 2016 #
Mountain biking 1:30:00 [2]
Newcastleton 7Stanes blue loop plus a short section of the red and an extra loop on the bottom of the blue. Good fun. Feeling really unconfident technically - so long since we've done any proper MTB - but happy to take things steadily. Escaped the lashing rain in the north for a lovely bright afternoon.
Friday Oct 14, 2016 #
Running 40:00 [3]
Foot passed the "run up and down the stairs" test, so went for a run round the woods and fields. No problems while out or after. All good. Mingin' day but caught a break in the worst of it. Bumper apple harvest in too.
Thursday Oct 13, 2016 #
Mountain biking 30:00 [2]
Hanging and collecting at Cambus - all on tracks and paths
Mountain biking 1:10:00 [3]
Cycle home from Cambus on the DW. Bit dreich, but otherwise a decent blast.
Wednesday Oct 12, 2016 #
Mountain biking 50:00 [2]
Foot still causing some issues, so trying to keep off it as much as possible for a day or two. MTB round Bellwood to hang and collect controls with a few forays into the terrain (just enough to get another 2 sets of wet kit). Foot was ok, but being really careful and avoiding too much flexing / push through.
Tuesday Oct 11, 2016 #
Running 40:00 [2]
Hanging and collecting for holiday camp at Dess. Out at 08:30 and didn't feel good at all. Strange pain under the arch of left foot after I got back... comes and goes but can't put any weight on when it comes. Best not to do any more today.
Monday Oct 10, 2016 #
Road cycling 1:03:00 [2]
Chilled ride out over Pitmurchie and on to Tar Rd, then back by church brae to Lumph and DAP. Roads a bit greasy, so taking it carefully. Legs not too bad at all.
Sunday Oct 9, 2016 #
Running 54:00 [3] 8.8 km (6:08 / km)
Guiding for Run the 3 Dees. Loop round Loch Kinord from BoV then up to the viewpoint and Vat. Stunning morning with the mist still clinging to the loch, but sun breaking through in places. Darned cold too - never got hat and gloves off. Very appreciative group. Think many will be back.
Stretching 15:00 [1]
Saturday Oct 8, 2016 #
Running 4:40:00 [3] 31.0 km (9:02 / km) +1100m 7:40 / km
Guiding for Run the 3 Dee Glens round the Loch Muick munros loop. Cloud stayed high, plenty of sun and not much wind. Roaring stags, hare and ptarmigan. Brilliant day, brilliant fun group. Finished with an ice bath in the Muick.
Friday Oct 7, 2016 #
Running 2:00:00 [3] 17.0 km (7:04 / km) +370m 6:22 / km
Guiding for Run the 3 Dee Glens. From Linn of Quoich cw loop round Mar Lodge, Glen Lui, over to the Quoich by Clais Fhearnaig and back by Devils Punchbowl. At the back for most of it and a very easy pace walking all the uphill. Took over at the front on the Quoich track and had to work hard for a while to catch the "Swiss" guys before they missed the path down to the punchbowl.
Stretching 15:00 [1]
Thursday Oct 6, 2016 #
Running 30:00 [2]
Easy day. Hanging and collecting at Bellwood for ASC.
Wednesday Oct 5, 2016 #
Running warm up/down 10:00 [2]
Orienteering 37:00 [3]
Control pick in Glen Dye. Spiked first 11 nicely, then a hesitation on 12 and error on 13 (both in the tricky lower vis bit). 14 and 15 fine. Good wee session. Felt v tired on the w-u, but was ok once I got going.
Tuesday Oct 4, 2016 #
11 AM
Running 28:00 [2]
Checking out woodland behind Strathdon school for new map.
7 PM
Running warm up/down 15:00 [2]
Drills 12:00 [2]
WBs dynamic w-u and drills
Running intervals 18:00 [5]
Session was meant to be hard round to church then jog back across green off 3' (x 12, but I only planned to do half). Realised after the 2nd that I was only taking 1 1/2' round to the ch (never mind the faster folk) so decided to continue hard for the 2' giving 1' recovery. Pretty useless session for most folk tbh. Probably quite good for E, but pretty much everyone else needs to be doing longer reps with less recovery. About time DR got their act together and planned things a bit better.
9 PM
Stretching 15:00 [1]
Monday Oct 3, 2016 #
Road cycling 43:00 [3]
Got dropped at the top end of Glen Cat by J and cycled home. Pleasant spin to loosen off the legs.
Sunday Oct 2, 2016 #
Running warm up/down 15:00 [2]
Orienteering race 1:41:00 [4]
SOL 6 Faery Knowe and Doon Hill, brown course (=JEC M18). Tough course. Oing ok at times but made a lot of errors and didn't seem to be finding good lines through the terrain. Think I was looking down at where my feet were going too much of the time, distracting from bigger picture and focus on the map. Got stuck in some serious grot a couple of times, not to mention the knee deep mud swamp near the finish. Enjoyed the overall experience though and feeling quite strong running in the nicer bits of terrain :-)
Saturday Oct 1, 2016 #
Running 45:00 [2]
Walk jog up onto Ben An (Trossachs) after JEC relays. Lovely wee hill.