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Training Log Archive: Magic

In the 7 days ending Mar 19, 2017:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
Bike - Road	8	4:14:49	65.12	(3:55)	104.79	(2:26)	344
Run - Trail	3	3:09:51	15.69	(12:06)	25.26	(7:31)	996
Run - Terrain	1	1:16:58	7.0	(11:00)	11.27	(6:50)	382
Climbing	1	45:00
Run - Fell race	1	34:53	4.43	(7:53)	7.12	(4:54)	381
Total	13	10:01:31	92.24		148.44		2103

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Sunday Mar 19, 2017 #

1 PM

Run - Trail 2:40:01 [2] 20.59 km (7:46 / km) +812m 6:30 / km
shoes: Salomon Fellraiser 2016

Really interesting explore from Treorchy with Nicky and Richard. Definitely going to plan an MDC run talking in some of these trails. Hopefully whenever that is the weather is nicer as today was wet and windy, though thankfully not all that cold.

Nicky feeling slightly tender after a late night to start and both Richard and I feeling yesterday's race in our legs. Once out of town and into the woods Nicky started running well and it was a struggled for my tender legs to keep up, especially up the last climb and I didn't even try on the final descent.

Saturday Mar 18, 2017 #

1 PM

Run - Trail warm up/down 18:28 2.97 km (6:12 / km) +154m 4:56 / km
shoes: La Sportiva Crosslite (5)

Warm up up the first hill with Ben. Surprisingly warm, had to strip to just the singlet.

2 PM

Run - Fell race race 34:53 7.12 km (4:54 / km) +381m 3:52 / km
shoes: La Sportiva Crosslite (5)

Tor y Foel fell race. Sort of wanted to do this as the climb is so brutal, wanted to test myself on it, not so keen on the the descent as there's a long flat fast bit.
Managed to run all the hill, but not as strongly as I'd have liked. Got passed by Mark P about half way up but passed a few others and summited in 5th. Took a while to get the legs turning off the top, so much lactic. Followed Mark's route off the side of the main track, slightly shorter and a more consistent drop, but a bit rougher.
Surprised to be closing on Mark when we hit the tram track and tried to get on my toes and reduce my stride length. Got enough speed to pass him a close a little on third, but he saw me and got away again.
Tired after but quads not hurting like after the last few fell races (descent not too steep), so should be grand. Time was about 50 seconds off the old record (Chris', so happy with that, but the winner took quite a bit off it today). Good day out and I ended up with a prize as the winner had already left!

Run - Trail warm up/down 11:22 [1] 1.69 km (6:43 / km) +30m 6:10 / km
shoes: La Sportiva Crosslite (5)

Very slow along the old railway track. Ankle really not very happy.

Friday Mar 17, 2017 #

7 PM

Climbing 45:00 [1]

Good session tonight, much better than last week. Knocked 3 routes off on my first attempt that I couldn't do last week. Not so successful the rest of the day, several tough days of writing really seemed to have worn me down.

Thursday Mar 16, 2017 #

7 AM

Bike - Road 31:22 12.99 km (2:25 / km) +29m 2:23 / km

Saw a Kingfisher along the river. Either that or someone has lost an exotic bird. Half a decent effort this morning.

8 PM

Bike - Road 33:26 12.67 km (2:38 / km) +58m 2:35 / km

Long day behind the keyboard, fried by the time I left and made it home 2 hours too late to join in on hills. At least I don't have to go back in tomorrow.

Wednesday Mar 15, 2017 #

7 AM

Bike - Road 30:31 [3] 12.97 km (2:21 / km) +28m 2:20 / km

IW. Tried pretty hard but traffic was against me. Lovely morning.

6 PM

Bike - Road 31:07 [3] 12.84 km (2:25 / km) +53m 2:22 / km

HFW. Tried quite hard again, but no favours from the lights and also nearly took out several pedestrian and another cyclist who were bumbling along in the near dark.

Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 #

7 AM

Bike - Road 31:27 [3] 12.92 km (2:26 / km) +28m 2:25 / km

IW. Dark and misty but dry.

5 PM

Bike - Road 31:13 [3] 12.97 km (2:24 / km) +48m 2:22 / km

HFW. Enough of a head wind to make it feel like it was uphill all the way home.

6 PM

Run - Terrain 1:16:58 11.27 km (6:50 / km) +382m 5:50 / km
shoes: Salomon Fellraiser 2016

Last MDC run from HQ for the winter season. Nice group out and a very social pace. Field across the river was unbelievably muddy but once through that it was just nice and soft everywhere. Put a bit more effort in on the Garth climb. Nice evening, will be strange not to host another one for 7 months.

Monday Mar 13, 2017 #

7 AM

Bike - Road 30:15 13.02 km (2:19 / km) +29m 2:18 / km

IW. Left the garage to discover that my rear tyre was flat again. Need to have words that that Lucy... Returned to pump it up good and hard which it then remained. Lovely morning and feeling good.

7 PM

Bike - Road 35:28 [3] 14.42 km (2:28 / km) +71m 2:24 / km

HFW via P2C. Nice dry and crisp evening. Still feeling good despite tired legs, so different to last week when I had no energy. No complaints there.

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