Training Log Archive: WillRigg

Not quite the confidence booster of a session before jwoc I wanted, but been feeling pretty good in all the others sessions this week so not all bad.

Absolute monster ques before ambleside so got delayed by like 15-20 minutes so did the shittest warm up ever. Didn't have a map either so had to improvise with a the flyer of the race with a snippet of the map on it. Also have lost my BCR vest so went for the sheek look of all black. Most hipster man on the fell.

Skiddaw Fell race (Uphill Only) correction 5th U23 +5mins to top u23 +8mins to top runner (A lot of hill works need to be done lol - to be up with the big boys) Can be a good time trial for me to do every time i come back to the lakes though ;)

Felt pretty strong up the first gradual climb leading 3 lads around my age up on to the fell. However after about 5 minutes of the steep gradient I got an absolute killer stitch which really dampened my effort levels (Never normally get a stitch uphill!) .I started moving backwards, lost my rhythm and came to a power walk at times (Think I may have eaten a bit near the race/ drank a bit too much as well). Managed to finally get rid of it after the steep stuff and re find my hill legs to gain back a couple of places and beat an u23 lad ahead of me to the top.

Quite confident I can run this a few minutes faster and I've got another chance to do that at the end of July when its selection for a few European mountain races for England u23's. Today was selection for SHI's with about 4 grabs up so didn't quite make the cut.

Need to get stronger on the really steep gradient stuff.

Jog back down with Chris, lad from Kendal who was reserve for the u20 Europeans, he was a minute ahead I think.

Easy on Birkrigg

Had to jump into to Sea Wood for a monster skog dump, felt better after that.

1:15000 Training on Betheca

Did part of an old training that bilbo planned me last year that i did't do all of. Orienteering well, a bit of loss of contact on the start of the long leg but figured out where i was pretty quickly. Everything else was good :)

BLA

5 x 2:30 [2:30]

0.83,0.84,0.86
Then turned around bit harder on these reps
0.79,0.8

Good session on a tough loop with tight bends and small rises. Had to try hard to accelerate out of corners.

Small warm up followed by a warm down jog to one of the control sites to examine how shit everything was. Conclusion, it was shit.

Shit area, shit map, shit control placing made this a shit training.

Great few weeks in Finland and Norway. Feeling strong and running well in Finland however getting a cold sort of a put a downer on training and racing in Norway. But got some good race practice in and have learnt a few things -technically and mentally before jwoc which is good.

Big shoutout for Håkon for putting us up! Good laugh over the last week and enjoyed the delicacy of Brown cheese with OJ Williams and Bonky P.

C • Brown or Gold? 2

Dow Crag and Old Man. Still a bit of a tickle in my throat but legs felt great today, just gradually got into it and putting a good effort into some of the climbs!. Got a few CR's on strava as well, good stuff.

C • Segments 2

Easy on trails around Høias with P, really enjoyable! Great views from the top of the tower. Feeling a bit better but still quite 'coldy'.