Training Log Archive: mikeyA

Run to the start. Took longer than I had expected and caused me to arrive with only 1 minute to spare.

Southern championships 2015. Knew it was a long way and so started pretty steady. Small slip at 4 where I couldn't find the right depression in a group of holes. Straight to 5 and got stuck in some rubbish and wasn't sure where I was when I got to the slope and so hesitant into it. Intended to follow the slope on 8 but instead got pushed down into the valley by vegetation and so had to regain all the height I'd lost. Even then going into the control didn't really know where I was and got lucky coming across a pond near to the control. Got very confused at 9 and ended up below it whem I'd relocated. 14 was just a mess. The brambles where much worse than what they seemed on the map and I got pushed miles off and ran in lines back and forth until I saw it. Not good. The rest was basically clean. Overall maybe 4 minutes lost. Decent result. 7 behind Aidan who'd won and 4th 18/20 I think. Fairly happy really

Event: Southern Champs Weekend Short Event / Championships & Interland (UKOL)
 

Running about with / trying to find Julie.

The forest sprint on the Saturday. Can't remember the name of the area. Anyway, started 2 minutes behind Matt F and 1 behind Ali T. Not particularly hard just with some brutal hills at the start. Right calf awfully tight after them. Fairly clean all the way except 6 where I'd turned off the path too soon and too high up. Maybe 20 secs lost. Then the last control. Could see Ali in front of me going down the hill into the penultimate one and just ran straight out of it without looking and in the wrong direction. Stuck in some horrible green stuff and emerged by the finish punch and so had to do the run in twice. Lost 30 seconds which was enough for Ali M to beat me by 2 secs and Nathan to beat me by ~30 secs. Just ahead of Ali T though. Fairly enjoyable just very sore calf at the finish. Hopefully be ok tomorrow

After showering in the travel lodge. Mainly concentrated on that right calf.

3 km warm up, usual route around honley.
2km warm down, from station road to the Texaco garage and back.

~2 mile tempo. Usual one to the second zebra crossing and back

4 x 200m hills up station road. 200m recoveries.

Going to start logging this and attempt to do some most nights of the week as I know I'm quite stiff. 10 minutes after the warm up and 10 afterwards while I waited for dad

Warm up, 3km run out to Honley library and two laps. 15mins.
Warm down, slow 1km run back. 10 mins.

2 x 2000m honley library. About half way round the second 2km my left calf started feeling quite sore. Had felt like I'd done something before but couldn't decide whether it was just bad cramp or something else. (I don't know I've never had a muscle injury before!) So stopped after 4km instead of doing 1 more Km. Rolling and stretching and it seemed to ease off on the way home.