Training Log Archive: runnermdj

Family walk up Bo'ness road then a loop round the farm roads via Fisher S hill.

Kenny Wilson circuit session #9 - 20 x 35secs plus warm up/down. Blocks of legs, core, upper body & aerobic.

Warm up to Kettilstoun and back.

Scottishathletics virtual 30min challenge. Started from the top of the hill and ran three laps of the relatively flat Avalon Gardens and Industrial Estate loop. Well judged as finished about 20m from the start. Paced it fairly well, was quite a tough session to do solo. Fairly warm though bearable. Slight east breeze which was good. Target was 8k so just managed that. Watch hit 5 mile split with around 5 seconds to go so had to guess when I'd hit 30mins. Pleased enough. Mile splits - 5.56, 5.57, 6.04, 6.07, 5.50

Warm down to the industrial estate and back.

Out via Avalon Gardens and Braehead to Williamcraigs. Golf course open again with around 20 cars there and folk on the course so didn't bother with out & back path, so just ran back more or less the out route. Very warm and sunny for the time of morning.

Ran direct to the farm roads via Avalon Gardens then to Kinneil Mills as there was a route on the OS map which looked like a new loop I could do. Alas the path up the hill ended at a gate a third of the way up with no sign of a path up beyond the gate, just trees. Normally might've explored further but not wishing to climb gates just yet. Tried the path parallel to the river for a short bit but it was just depressingly rubbish strewn. So just headed home nipping up Parkhead Hill on the way back. Read a Falkirk Council document yesterday which referenced an Avon path all the way from Grangemouth to Avonbridge. Didn't seem obvious where it goes, if it exists at all, from Kinneil Mills towards Grangemouth.

Kenny Wilson conditioning session #8 - 20 x 35sec on/25sec off. More circuit than core this time, 5 exercises, 4 sets. Sweating!

Run up Avalon Gardens, Parkhead hill, Fisher's Brae loop anti-clockwise and back via Parkhead hill. Overcast and slightly cooler, but very pleasant. Took it pretty steady.

Run along Avalon Gardens, Braehead, Williamcraigs, Golf Course out & back then home. Nice sunny morning.

Out & back to Airngarth Hill monument via Avalon Gardens and Fisher S climb. Lovely sunny morning, very summer-like. Bank holiday so out slightly later. More runners/walkers about but not exactly busy.

Kenny Wilson workout #7 - 2 x 10 x 30secs exercises plus warm up/down