Training Log Archive: Old Daniel

Purdown, went round the grass at satellite tower rather than through the mud. Ran ok -thought I might have been a bit quicker

Had intended to do the night O but after my run I was very weary. Pressures of work and not sleeping well has caught up. So its a pity but decided to give it a miss. Hopefully will enjoy tomorrow more as a result

Downs 9*2 mins with 90 secs. Pretty poor session -flat shoes (wrong), no headlight (wrong)- a bit dark and muddy. Some too short, some too long, all too slow. Mind really on agro and failure at work. Won't do this again in the dark in a hurry. Should have taken road option despite knee as original plan

I almost don't believe this happened Its been a horrible week at work - pretty much everything that could have gone wrong at work has and there have been some quite difficult people issues. Outside work more of the same. Not great. Some of the background as to why it was almost 9 pm when this run started.
Blaise Castle, strong frost and mist decided to cut run short as was a bit short of time but did run a couple of hills. 'Tweaked' knee a little right at the end. (This kind of run probably has no benefit at all to fitness!)

Abbey wood. Pyramid as previous 30 ses to 3 mins with max gap 2 mins.
Still quite cold with only light drizzle. Did not feel great - particularly on longer ones (breathing) - perhaps a bit optimistic concerning pace.

BOK run from the Barn- Nailsea. Dark night, raining and cold but probably 6 degrees warmer than yesterday so I was overdressed. Opted to do more road than sometimes here- not a bad idea. Nice to run in a group. Not particularly far or fast but good to put in another run.

Purdown and E side of the Frome. Dry crisp evening with heavy frost. Decided it (I?) was too cold for intervals so steady run. Diversion around sewer replacement now also closed -so bigger detour but missed a bit of hill. Perhaps a bit faster -less mud. Knees seem a bit shot after Sunday. Need to take more Ipobrufen.

NGOC Coopers Hill galloppen,
Really nice sunny but cold day. New stretches of steep but pleasant and largely runnable beach wood. Lots of climb and decent. Not too disappointed by the run or time. Actually did ok. (small time loss at 5) before 17 (a depression) and after 19 lost paths. (18 was omitted) and then ran ok to the finish. Like last week silly loss of time when starting to tire and get technically sloppy followed by error at the next control. My stamina certainly improving As Chris Kelsey who beat me said all we need to do is run faster.
Good conversation with Alice- she ran Blue today. A bit shorter than she wanted but found herself out a little longer than ideal on Brown last week (Wye Forest) -it seems I am not alone it being a bit too slow in physical woods.

Warm up and return to assembly