Training Log Archive: Magic

Tried to get a bit of life into my legs. Didn't happen.

Clumber Park local/district/whatever-the-hell-they-are-these-days event. Haven’t run here since ’91, can only remember it being flat and boring, and so wasn’t expecting much. And not much was delivered. Map a bit out of date; brambles everywhere and paths changed, but for what the event was it was grand (£7 a bit pricy though).

Legs were dead from the off so quickly decided not to push very hard, which was a good idea. Tried to take the straight option as much as possible, this was not a good idea. Lovely sunny day though and nice to be somewhere different for a run, plus free massage from some local students, so hopefully my back now won’t ache so much.

Legs knackered; moving hard.

3 hours mapping Wentworth Castle demesne; back aching like bejesus by the time I was done so no appetite for a run. Was given an outline boundary of a few fields and a bit of parkland to map, when I got there it was clear that this was the central part of the new deer enclosure, so it made sense to map to the enclosing fence, only I didn’t have enough base map to do this the whole way around. Think that there’s enough there for what ever they want the map for though. Nice little area; great for beginners.

Cakes at lunch and a big dinner so had to squeeze a wee run in. Well tired but still managed to run, so fitness must still be going the right direction.

Feel sorry for all those who live in places that you can’t go for a run like this; two hours, parks, hills, woods and moors and all from the centre of the city and with less than 10 minutes on roads. What a great place to be.

Felt like I had to do a long one after the last three days, lovely evening and felt good, but had a sudden energy crash at 1.15 so the run back home was accompanied by hunger and tiredness. And all this after a full day of work, cracking.

Work – study – home – food - bed

Just not enough time to do eveything.

Tired, busy and lazy. Very tired.