Training Log Archive: SarahD

Decided to avoid running today. Walked round to pick up a few controls after junior training.

Roll downs, hundreds, shoulder bridge, clams, side bends, plank.

Dinnet Muir test event. Set myself the 10% challenge as my target for the day (all legs < 110% of straight line, unless non straight route optimal). Think I achieved it on most legs. Mistakes were at 2 (crossed ditch further E than I thought), 3 hesitant, 7 got confused by re-entrant after crossing track, 9 bananed the end of the leg, 12 bounced off road and slight overshoot.
Fantastic terrain but tough going. Was out earlyish and on my own the whole time, which was great. Can't wait until the full area is mapped ;-)
Stiff around the core by the end again, and R foot tendon seized up again after.

After downloading GPS trace found I actually only scored 9/16 in the 10% challenge. Something to work at.

Long jog / walk in and out to start, but didn't run that much of it.

Hanging some extra controls for TD5 training at Balnagowan. Slow hobbly stumble round the woods. Out for 40'

10/10

Got dropped off by J at the track just beyond the gliding strip heading up to Braeroddach. Followed this to join the wee path from Balnagowan then over the spur and down towards Loch Davan. Path kind of disappears on the other side, but picked up 4x4 line down to the farmhouse. Onto Dinnet Muir and round by the hut circles near Loch Davan, along to the witches house, dragonfly bog and up to meet J at the pull-in on the BoV road.
Felt ok once I'd got warmed up, until ~40' in and going down through terrain, then my whole core got v stiff and awkward again. After that it was a bit of a hobbly plod. This is getting to be quite a problem that I need to do something about. Going to try and do some more regular S+C for the core to see if that helps.

Roll downs, hundreds, clams, side bends and plank.
Will try and do this 3-4 times each week and see how that helps.

Good session. Mostly felt ok.

10 x 1'+ 1' reps round H'head. Taking them a bit cautiously, but legs feeling generally ok.

To and from start / end of intervals. Started tightening up towards the end - right hip stabiliser sore again.

Seized up quite badly after run. Feeling a bit better after stretching.
7/7 ;-)

Headtorch down the track and back up the DW with E. Good to get a short blast of fresh air after a long day. Hopefully back to DR intervals next week.

Made the most of the in-service day to go over to Glenlivet and check out the new bike trails. Did two loops of the blue trail (~9km). Really enjoyable tracks with nothing technical on the blue, but lots of nice roller-coaster ups and downs. Challenged E at the start of the second loop to see how fast we could do it (39'), which was a bad move, but certainly gave me a good workout.
Looking forward to trying the 22km of the red trail next time.
Never thought about my quad until half way through the second loop, by which time it had taken a good thrashing.

Feeling good if tired.