Training Log Archive: HWW

Gentle jog / potter round Epping South to hang controls prior to today's CHIG event.

City Runners' Sunday long run: the foot tunnel route. Essentially jogged / ran / jogged round with another City Runners guy, easing up a fair bit near the end as he faded.

Cycle from my house to Ashton Playing Fields for Southern Athletics League fixture.

3,000m steeplechase, Southern Athletics League fixture 2, Ashton Playing Fields
Ah, a return to the connoisseur's track event. Having attended a steeplechase workshop at Parliament Hill Fields last Saturday, I hoped to be able to put into practice some of my learnings from this, and generally see what kind of time I could do these days.

It hadn't helped that last weekend's workshop had mainly involved barriers at the women's height, so the man-sized barriers took a little re-acquianting. I tried a number of practice clearances (step-overs, I've not done enough hurdle technique work to make it worth me even trying to clear them) but alas my technique turned to mush by a few laps in.

No face, shin or other body part plants, but far too much stride chopping and near-double footed splash landings in the water jump. At least I didn't have any serious competition to worry about - I lapped one guy twice, another once and was 100m from catching the other two - and all in all I'd say I'm reasonably pleased with the outcome; 6 seconds off (slower than) my PB despite truely shocking jumps, so hopefully I'll be able to get sub 10:15 or 10:10 by later in the summer, once Berlin training kicks in.

Cycle back to Leytonstone from Woodford Bridge.

The usual, via Stratford High St, Bow Flyover (north side), Bow / Mile End / Whitechapel Rd

The usual.

Took my bike to Halfords in Mile End / Stepney and bought a new tyre, which appears to have done the trick. Cycled to Stratford Westfield and then home to Leytonstone.

The usual.

Having collected my bike from the visiting Ultimate Bikes repair service team at work (assuming they'd changed my tyre as requested) I began cycling home, only to get yet another flat tyre by Mile End - FFS!!! Locked the bike under the Mile End park bridge and tubed home.

Cycle to work... until I got a flat tyre in Stratford. While a very kind stranger gave me a new inner tube and lent me their tyre leavers and pump, this also burst almost as soon as I turned my bike upright, meaning I had to walk in (took around an hour).