Training Log Archive: Big Jon

Long terrain run in Tentsmuir. Started steadily along north dune line then out to open towards point and turned south. Back inland and onto main track (ran on verge too save legs) to ice-house, then turned inland again at next bridge onto new map and back through the competitors. Very tired by end. Right hip/bum achey in car on return trip but nothing too bad.

Checking controls at Corsedarder for event in 2 weeks. Pleasant run out, struggling on hills - legs lacking strength. Right hip etc seems mostly OK, a tiny bit of clunking on return along track. Seems to be improving each day just now.

5 hours surveying. Tired by end.

1 hour surveying, then most of day in town faffing and helped at after-school club with S. Too drained and hungry to train when got home at 6-30.

Sure ey 2 hours - before 6-Day meeting in Aberdeen.

Night training Shooting Greens - what a beast of an area at night, even with the bracken down the rocks are grim in much of the area... lost count of the number of times I put a leg into a knee or hip deep hole. Managed to avoid any injury, so bonus.
Burnt off b yhte youngsters on first section downhill till 4 (they just hurled themselves down slopes I was mincing down). But caught them up at 6 (partly due to my stopping short at 5), then stayed with them as they mostly missed the technical controls (large boulders on the lower slope) and was involved i the race to the finish.
Good points - I was orienteering fairly smoothly, my compass work was better than last week, I only missed one control (no flags out).
Bad - I was desperately slow on uphills and also downhills (for different reasons), my compass work wasn't good enough.

10 to start, got clunking after about 4-5 minutes but not too badly. 14 back from finish - feeling OK leg-wise, just very unfit on long climb back to car park.

Leg/hip felt better tonight than yesterday, so perhaps running in terrain is mobilising things. Will try to do more terrain running over next few days and see if this helps.

Surveying 4 hours, feeling tired and wooly-headed from the start, struggled to cover much ground.

Lap of Dess Woods, largely in terrain as right side doesn't like path running. Once on fields did slalom across the ruined walls - good fun and also a lot more aerobic than plodding along. Hip/pelvis still clunking on every step when on a flat track.

Wee run at Hill of Banchory - hip/pelvis clicking on right side, well more like a clunk, on every step.

Good session, tough.