Training Log Archive: FrostbiteIn the 31 days ending Mar 31, 2011:
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Thursday Mar 31, 2011 #
7 PM
running 28:00 [3] 3.0 mi (9:20 / mi)
Jog round West Park fields, Queenswood. Having a bit of trouble with the ticker. Not very happy.
Wednesday Mar 30, 2011 #
Note
I have a heart monitor from the hospital on again, for two days this time. When I had a monitor on for 7 days the hospital only analysed the first 24 hours and forgot about the rest. They did get round to it eventually but only after I had pointed it out to them.
Tuesday Mar 29, 2011 #
9 AM
Note
MRI scan. Lying in a big plastic tube for 1.5 hours keeping completely still and holding my breath while my insides get magnetised. Not fun.
6 PM
running 28:30 [3] 3.0 mi (9:30 / mi) +80m 8:46 / mi
School Lane, Stepping Stones. Very tired, very slow but not really all that bad - I was reasonably comfortable. Why is having an MRI exhausting? All you do is lie there.
Sunday Mar 27, 2011 #
12 PM
orienteering race 1:17:20 [5] 10.1 km (7:39 / km) +200m 6:58 / km
Northern Champs - Ray Demesne. I think the best I have run physically for ages - certainly since the Scottish Champs last year. Still not fast enough though, and on a course with no technical challenge I was well beaten. Steve W 71, Jase 72, Jon X 73, Andy T 74, Me 77, Nigel Wright 78. Still, it's a lot better than I was doing in March last year. Also everybody else claims to have lost time because of dodgy control numbers on the descriptions - I had the same issue but can only claim to have lost 15 seconds maximum double checking with the map descriptions.
Saturday Mar 26, 2011 #
5 PM
running 28:00 [3] 3.0 mi (9:20 / mi) +30m 9:03 / mi
From Eaglescliffe round the riverbank and back up through Egglescliffe village. Pleasant, mostly slow but did a couple of strides.
Friday Mar 25, 2011 #
5 PM
Terrain running intervals 25:00 [4] 3.0 mi (8:20 / mi)
Castle Hills - 4 x 3min/1min. Not going flat out - I was looking for style points more than speed. Good.
Thursday Mar 24, 2011 #
7 PM
running 38:30 [3] 4.3 mi (8:57 / mi) +120m 8:14 / mi
Stainbeck and Stonegate. 10 minutes at 130, 10 at 140, 10 at 150 then jog home. A bit tired from trying too hard last night, but ok.
Wednesday Mar 23, 2011 #
6 PM
running tempo 47:44 [5] 6.5 mi (7:21 / mi) +250m 6:34 / mi
ahr:159
Adel Crag. I tricked myself into doing this quickly - I thought it would be too dark to do the lot so I was planning to go fast to the crag and then see what happened. As it turns out I wasn't particularly quick to the crag - I set off within 5 minutes of getting home from work and felt a bit clumsy to begin with, but as I said I was pushed for time before dark. And then it was just about light enough to finish through the woods and I was going a bit better. That is actually my best time since May 2007 (before the operation) - although I could do under 45 then (on beta-blockers and after a longish break in training). In August 2006 I did it in 41 and a half.
Monday Mar 21, 2011 #
5 PM
running 14:00 [3] 1.7 mi (8:14 / mi)
jog down to Elmsall station
6 PM
running 46:30 [3] 5.3 mi (8:46 / mi) +80m 8:23 / mi
Leeds station to home, via Whitehall No1, the new footbridge over the river, then along the canal and up through Headingley like last week. Did a few faster stretches between 1/4 mile posts but mostly just plodding along. Walking yesterday seems to have taken a lot out of me.
Sunday Mar 20, 2011 #
Note
Walking with Stan - Hole of Horcum, Blakey Topping, Bridestones, Lockton and up the valley back to Hole of Horcum. I'd never been to Blakey Topping or the Bridestones before. Blakey Topping was not worth the detour. The Bridestones were interesting enough and the walk up the valley from Lockton was great, so half a good walk joined together by some boring bits. 10 miles, 500m of climb, 4 hours or thereabouts.
Saturday Mar 19, 2011 #
11 AM
running 1:17:00 [3] 8.0 mi (9:37 / mi) +350m 8:28 / mi
From Little Almscliffe, by way of Scargill and Beaver Dyke Reservoirs, the Sun Inn, Swinsty Reservoir, Sword Point, Lindley Moor. Very pleasant, lovely morning, not in any hurry except I put a bit of effort in up the hill to Sword Point. Nice.
Friday Mar 18, 2011 #
5 PM
Terrain running intervals 15:00 [5] 2.8 km (5:21 / km) +60m 4:50 / km
same as last week - terrain intervals in Castle Hills. Parked at Squire's Cafe this week which meant a longer run in, but much more pleasant. Also feeling a bit stronger in the terrain but still finding the uphills really hard. Started downhill this week. 3:08, 3:53, 3:10, 4:05, with 2 minute rests.
It was a gorgeous evening, golden sunshine lighting up the view across the Vale of York to the Wolds and a big moon sitting in the sky above Drax power station.
It was a gorgeous evening, golden sunshine lighting up the view across the Vale of York to the Wolds and a big moon sitting in the sky above Drax power station.
running warm up/down 28:00 [3] 3.0 mi (9:20 / mi)
Thursday Mar 17, 2011 #
7 PM
running tempo 28:44 [5] 4.0 mi (7:11 / mi) +120m 6:34 / mi
ahr:161
Not feeling great - not bad to Lawnswood but struggling a bit coming down the hill. I also got held up a lot, partly by crowds of people dressed as leprechauns on the pavements outside the pubs.
running warm up/down 12:00 [2] 1.2 mi (10:00 / mi)
Wednesday Mar 16, 2011 #
Note
(rest day)
Feeling like the weather - overcast, gloomy, damp, low visibility.
Monday Mar 14, 2011 #
5 PM
running 14:00 [3] 1.7 mi (8:14 / mi)
from work to South Elmsall via Trough Lane
6 PM
running 49:00 [3] 5.2 mi (9:25 / mi) +80m 9:00 / mi
From Office Lock to Kirkstall along the canal, then up Kirkstall Lane to Headingley and home via Wood Lane/Grove Road. It was just about light when I set off but completely dark by the time I got to Kirkstall. I was also feeling quite feeble - the weekend was quite hard work for me and it is difficult to eat right for these disjointed runs home. Plodding.
Sunday Mar 13, 2011 #
11 AM
orienteering race 39:53 [5] 5.1 km (7:49 / km) +160m 6:46 / km
Honley Woods blue course. I was tired and we were short of time so I did the Blue - and came 1st!
Physically I was pretty good to about half way, then started to struggle a bit. Technically I was fine apart from number 6 where I made a basic error. Control was a crag amongst an area of holly bushes (although not actually in a holly bush itself) with an obvious attack point - so I didn't bother with the attack point, cut into the green too early and wandered around for a minute and a half.
Physically I was pretty good to about half way, then started to struggle a bit. Technically I was fine apart from number 6 where I made a basic error. Control was a crag amongst an area of holly bushes (although not actually in a holly bush itself) with an obvious attack point - so I didn't bother with the attack point, cut into the green too early and wandered around for a minute and a half.
12 PM
running warm up/down 21:00 [3] 2.5 km (8:24 / km)
Jogging round the yellow course following Evie. She was too fast for me.
Saturday Mar 12, 2011 #
3 PM
orienteering 52:00 [4] 6.6 km (7:53 / km) +300m 6:25 / km
Brown course on the Chevin, from the event a few weeks ago. I was well tired and still stiff and sore in the calves so it was all hard work. I've never orienteered on the Chevin before. The map is a bit vague - the contours don't show the big shapes, so you have re-entrants mapped as point features with the underlying shapes just not being there. Anyway it was easy enough technically but very hard physically - just what I wanted.
running warm up/down 15:00 [2] 1.5 km (10:00 / km)
Friday Mar 11, 2011 #
5 PM
Terrain running intervals 16:00 [4] 2.8 km (5:43 / km)
terrain intervals at Castle Hills. Despite looking beautifully runnable it is surprisingly hard work, or maybe I am just really struggling. End to end, from the railway to the mast, is about 700m with a 30m climb or descent depending which way I was going. 2 min rest between efforts. 4:00, 3:20, 4:08, 3:16. My calves stiffened up while I was running, not sure why, but possibly because of arseing about yesterday
Terrain running warm up/down 20:00 [3] 2.0 mi (10:00 / mi) +50m 9:17 / mi
plodding around Castle Hills to warm up, then afterwards I had a look at the wood on the other side of the railways which looks more like a commercial wood and not so pleasant (Castle Hills is owned by Leeds City Council). My heart rate has been a bit unstable all day but it settled down as soon as I got going.
Thursday Mar 10, 2011 #
6 PM
Speed and Strength 15:00 [2]
Finally got rid of the monitor today and to make up for it I've been getting palpitations ever since. I couldn't really go out for a run anyway this evening coz Mrs Frostbite is away, so I settled for arseing about in the house (running up and down stairs and running on the spot, a few pressups) just to get the heart rate up to speed. I could get it up into the 130s and the heart rhythm stabilised so running would probably have been ok. I think I am just getting a cold maybe.
Tuesday Mar 8, 2011 #
8 PM
running 24:00 [3] 2.5 mi (9:36 / mi) +40m 9:09 / mi
Jogging, Oxley. Inactivity is bad for me - my right hamstring is sore and stiff and I am tired. I keep getting wrapped up in cables when I sleep. Moan moan moan.
C • Moan 4
Sunday Mar 6, 2011 #
12 PM
running 40:00 [2] 4.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
ahr:125
Very easy jog around Oxley, West Park Fields, Queenswood, Batcliffe Wood, St Chad's. Still wearing a heart monitor from the hospital.
Saturday Mar 5, 2011 #
Note
Controller's course, Ilkley Moor and Ilkley School. I quite enjoyed it - nice to get out on the moor and walk around with a map.
Wednesday Mar 2, 2011 #
6 PM
running 28:03 [5] 4.0 mi (7:01 / mi) +120m 6:25 / mi
ahr:157
Lawnswood, done properly this time, and a new fastest time since 2008. I am definitely quicker on the road than I was this time last year, but it doesn't seem to be translated to speed in terrain. Hopefully I can rectify this when the clocks go forward and get out in the woods a bit more.
running warm up/down 10:00 [2] 1.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
Tuesday Mar 1, 2011 #
7 PM
running warm up/down 30:00 [2] 3.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
running tempo 11:17 [5] 1.6 mi (7:03 / mi) +60m 6:19 / mi
ahr:156
Set off to do the usual Lawnswood run but by the time I reached the Tannery I decided I was too tired and would stop before the second climb. I was quite quick for what I done but ready to stop - I found the weekend hard work and I haven't recovered yet. I might do it properly tonight, and then I have to have a week of just jogging.