Training Log Archive: RichT

Loop around Eastern part of Great Tower trying to find yellow pegs wih Angus.

Four hill reps (to Angus' five!) up Gt Tower slope. Jog recovery to bottom.

Jog back to car.

10 x br as warm up. 5 x cr+br double length. 12 x br finale.
Legs and joints felt tired for first time in pool in 2012.
Took Florrie down - saw Paul Macca and Ann Plant.

Very wet day - Char asked for help.
Spent most of day dodging showers working in garden.

Jog/walk around Bigland looking at new footpaths through Wild Boar section. Then down boundary wall towards Dick Newby tarn to look for a crossing point and then back through Backbarrow allotment and back over Observation Tower. Wet, cold, miserable, low energy. Slipped and fell within 50m of the car to make clothes even muddier. Both knees still sore.

Twice round Haverthwaite field.

4 x 4minute intervals with 3minute recovery. Haverthwaite field sodden.

Jog around field again.

Meet in Ambleside by river and up onto Loughrigg with Dick Towler to check out map corrections. Frosty and icy on paths on top.

To UVHS to met Graham, then Swarthmoor loop with Florrie.
First time this year so not too fast - Graham ran back home.

Back to bigland for some more map updates. Tired after yesterdays race.
Another nice clear cold day - amazing light as sun was setting.