Training Log Archive: duncanarcher

LOC Level C event at Stickle Pike. Nice weather, and I guess more people turned up than they expected, so no brown maps left, and ended up on blue. Ran fairly hard, but messed up one control (silly) and ended up 2nd to Will Rigg.

At Pippa's aunt's 60th birthday party.

Long run out back of Gilesgate, edge of Sherburn, out to Elemore Woods out east, back through fields to Pittington village and back into Gilesgate Moor. Feeling quite strong, and good tempo. Very windy, headwind on the way back.

Hills and flat reps in Houghall Woods. One longish rep first, from the start of the woods along the bottom and up the middle track. Then jog to end of woods and back to middle track. Then:
1. Up middle track and along to top of steps (3.57), recover down steps (1.55)
2. Start bottom of steps, along flat and up middle hill (3.09), recover down to start of 1 (2.24)
3. As 1 (4.01 effort, 1.58 recovery)
4. As 2 (3.14 effort).
Feeling not too bad, especially after doing hills on Tuesday too. Blustery conditions, but dry underfoot (not really rained for a week, although it was raining by the time I finished running).

Longish warmup and drills, followed by 4 sets of 15/30/45/60s hills (so 16 hill reps in total) with 5 mins jog recovery in between. First time I've done hill reps in ages, feeling a bit sluggish, but they were only short so not too bad, and there was a bit of a tailwind up the hill!

Core stability and strength work.

Gentle to High and Low Shincliffe. Legs feeling very tired from yesterday's exertion.