Training Log Archive: SarahD

Jogging about the car park while the first 3 relay legs were out

Mixed sprint relay at Perth College. Good fun despite the weather. Nothing too technical. Lost a little bit missing the route out of the cp after 12. Otherwise smooth, but not quick enough to hold off Jo S.

Planned to finish off checking tags at Sluie, but got back too late to make it worth going out, and it really wasn't going to be too pleasant either.

Checking tags at Sluie. Decided to walk round to give myself some recovery, but it was a really unpleasant afternoon and I didn't get a lot of enjoyment out of this. Hope the forest dries up a bit before the event. Out for ~2.5 hr.

Long run from Braeloine, over the hill path W of Creag na Slice to Deecastle, then back across the track from Tombae to the Mount Keen track and back down Glen T by half way hut. Dreich morning and some squelchy underfoot conditions in places. 25.5km.
This was a bigger run than I remembered (probably last ran it pushing the buggy, so it couldn't be that bad - right?) and a lot of it was a long slow plod. Still tired from the dunes on Wed, and a bit of a niggle in the R hamstring above the knee. Felt stiff and uncomfortable on the climb back from Tombae, but thankfully things improved on the track back from Mount Keen. Did the last 10km in 1 hour, which isn't so bad.
Some good close-up wildlife with a heron untroubled by me and soon after a big herd of red deer crossing the path.

Recovery run on the way home at Countesswells for a change. Surprisingly tired after last night - must have worked harder than I realised.
Nice day.

DNC at Balmedie. Wanted to redeem myself after last week's fiasco so went for the slow steady approach, really trying to focus and read the map properly. It worked and I got my confidence back. Lost a bit of time in the broom at the south end, but otherwise no real misses. Good building block.

Arrived early (where was all the traffic at Hadagaun?), so no excuse not to get a w-u in.

Varied the core routines - getting too boring. Also some rolling on the ITB and inner calf (tender)

Long run / hill session with J up Clachnaben then along the ridge to the track down to Charr. Down to the point where the track turns "the wrong way" then cut through the heather to join the track back over the shoulder to the start of the Clachnaben path. Mostly feeling ok, but the last hill to the cp was a battle.

16 x 1' + 1' from the trees up almost to the summit of Clachnaben (could have squeezed another one in at the top).