Training Log Archive: Frostbite

Compass Sport Cup, Cringle and Cold Moors, Short Brown. Very enjoyable but really quite easy romp round the moors. A bit on the physical side, lots of heather, bracken and hills to contend with, but I coped ok. Had a bit of company on the way round from Luke Parker and Alexander Mathers but I got away from both of them in the end. Also saw a lot of Rob Baker who started and finished the same time as me but on the Brown course.

3rd place, 1 minute behind Al Powell and a whopping 14 minutes behind Duncan Archer, who cruised past me about 1/3 of the way round.

Jogging round Meanwood and the Hollies with Tasha. Very very slow.

Stepping Stones, big effort. Only 12 seconds slower than my best time last May and tonight was muddy and darkish. Fast to the beck, then lost time getting up the muddy bank up into the Hollies, then fast from there.

Adel Church, moderate pace. Feeling a bit sore after yesterday, both from scratches and from struggling muscles.

Terrain intervals at Castle Hills on the way home from work. I last came here 6 years ago, when I said it was a pleasant wood mostly free of undergrowth. Unfortunately the few bramble patches there were then have now expanded to cover half the wood. This meant the direct route I was taking from one end to the other of the wood last time was now a bit painful, and I had to take evasive action. Slow and confused, each leg was different to all the others. Never felt comfortable.

720m downhill 3:47
750m uphill 5:10 (includes getting stuck in the quarry)
730m downhill 3:43
720m uphill 4:37

I'll need to try somewhere different.