Training Log Archive: Frostbite

More walking, just to get out the house in the sunshine. Went places I would normally run but tried a few different paths and generally paid more attention to the surroundings. Completely dead on my feet towards the end.

Beckett Park - Queenswood - Cow Field - Vesper Road - Hawksworth Woods - Butcher Hill - West Park - Oxley - Hollies and finally dragged myself up the donkey steps. 6.5 miles, 2 hours.

Went for a walk - lovely day on the Wolds. From the car park on Callis Wold, Deepdale, avoided the descent into Bishop Wilton with a bit of trespassing, Givendale, Millington, Sylvan Dale, Nettle Dale, Frendal Dale, then a bit more trespassing to get out the top of Greenwick Dale. I was hoping to follow the track on the map but it came out to the south of the (still active) chalk pit, so then I had to walk the long way round it and do an extra half mile on the road. Should have exited Greenwick Dale to the north and gone along that side of the quarry.

Just strolling really, 12 miles in 4 hours, but I was feeling very tired by the end, and both calves locked up afterwards, then in the evening I had cramp in calves and feet. Definitely things wrong with me other than a defective heart.

http://gb.mapometer.com/walking/route_3954957.html

Modified stepping stones - because it has been raining a lot and the stepping stones themselves will be underwater. It is more or less the same distance.

There is something odd about this run. Heart rate is clearly too high and I was struggling to run as quickly as I was, but I did not feel like I was having palpitations. There was clearly some sort of rhythm problem, but by definition palpitations are when you can feel your heart beating oddly, which I couldn't, so I can't call it palpitations.

I felt pretty much the same yesterday - no palpitations, just stuck at low speed. A week ago I was 4.5 minutes quicker for this run with the same HR. Extrapolating from there I could have been about 9 minutes quicker yesterday, and I would also probably have made fewer mistakes so I can probably claim I should have been 11 minutes quicker yesterday - so I think I got a decent result, at least with a bit of wishful thinking. Only 3 minutes down on Chas.

Anyway I think it is time to stop for a bit. Next run sometime in November.