Training Log Archive: phatmaxIn the 31 days ending Aug 31, 2011:
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Wednesday Aug 31, 2011 #
running warm up/down 15:00 [3] 3.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: sarva ms
Very rare mid-week O session. This was the assocaited warmup and warm down run.
orienteering 54:50 [4] *** 8.7 km (6:18 / km) +120m 5:54 / km
spiked:15/21c shoes: sarva ms
Took the opportunity to have a rare mid-week o run. It was a reasonable area, but the map could have been better, and I was pretty rusty. OK through the 1 and 2, but a bit sloppy with the exit direction from 2. 3 was a short leg and I did it as a loop rather than straight, 30 seconds. OK then till 12. Control was higher up the gully than I initially thought. Mainly because I didnn't read the complete description which said head, about 20 seconds. 15 required crossing a green ditch, and I hesitated a bit. Dropped a couple of minutes on 16 when I had trouble making sense of the map. Lost of tracks and large earth banks, the mapping of wich needed to be updated. Picked up the wrong track out of 16, so ended up not were I expected and had some extra running to do. Another couple of minutes. Fairly clean to the from there to the end. As I say a reasonable area, but needs a better more up to date map.
Still nice to have a run on a map for a change.
Still nice to have a run on a map for a change.
Tuesday Aug 30, 2011 #
running 48:15 [3] 10.3 km (4:41 / km) +140m 4:23 / km
shoes: brooks trance 10
Lunchtime run. Took things easier than yesterday. Pleasant conditions.
Monday Aug 29, 2011 #
running 49:30 [3] 11.1 km (4:28 / km)
shoes: brooks trance 9 mk 3
Tempo type run.
Sunday Aug 28, 2011 #
running 1:07:40 [3] 14.0 km (4:50 / km) +50m 4:45 / km
shoes: brooks trance 9 mk 3
Long weekend in Normandy and Brittany, so an opportunity for a run in a different location. Stayed in Dinan so ran down the hill to the Rance and then along the river and back. Lovely area. Climb was all in the last km coing back up hte hill to the town from the river.
Spent the day on the tourist trail. Mont St Michel followed by walking round Dinan. The church in the centre of the town has a stained glass window dedicated to Saint Roch.
Spent the day on the tourist trail. Mont St Michel followed by walking round Dinan. The church in the centre of the town has a stained glass window dedicated to Saint Roch.
Friday Aug 26, 2011 #
running 45:00 [3] 9.5 km (4:44 / km) +100m 4:30 / km
shoes: brooks trance 10
Up to the top of ST Marks hill and then down again, out through Laverstock, but went along Duck Lane instead of up and over. Squeezed the run inbetween the rain showers.
Thursday Aug 25, 2011 #
running warm up/down 18:50 [3] 3.9 km (4:50 / km) +30m 4:39 / km
shoes: brooks trance 10
First and last parts of the days run at a slightly slower pace
running tempo 26:20 [4] 6.0 km (4:23 / km) +50m 4:13 / km
shoes: brooks trance 10
The middle part. Felt OK after the initial section so decided to the pace up.
Wednesday Aug 24, 2011 #
running 57:20 [3] 12.2 km (4:42 / km) +120m 4:29 / km
shoes: brooks trance 10
Bit of a mixed bag. Felt good on some sections, but struggled a bit on others and felt like I was running on the spot. Included a new bit of off-road route through Winterborne Dauntsey.
Tuesday Aug 23, 2011 #
running 46:50 [3] 10.1 km (4:38 / km) +50m 4:31 / km
shoes: brooks trance 9 mk 3
Wet day, so waited until teh evening. Out and back via the hill to St Marks roundabout. Inbetween along the river track and back.
Monday Aug 22, 2011 #
running 48:15 [3] 10.2 km (4:44 / km) +140m 4:26 / km
shoes: brooks trance 10
Boscome, Allington loop. Nice day, and not too many large puddles despite the recent heavy rain.
Sunday Aug 21, 2011 #
running 1:02:40 [3] 13.0 km (4:49 / km) +150m 4:33 / km
shoes: brooks trance 9 mk 3
Different route this morning. Out through Laverstock, but then took the Clarendon footpath toward Pitton. You need to go though a farm yard to get on the track. Then there is a steady climb of 60+m to but once up to the top it is a nice area.
Heading along the farm track there was a flock of about 30 young pheasants. I thought they would just move out of the way, but they started running along the track in front of me. Went for a couple of hundred meters with me herding the birds along. They would have to be one of the ost stupid birds I have met.
Heading along the farm track there was a flock of about 30 young pheasants. I thought they would just move out of the way, but they started running along the track in front of me. Went for a couple of hundred meters with me herding the birds along. They would have to be one of the ost stupid birds I have met.
Friday Aug 19, 2011 #
running 48:15 [3] 10.3 km (4:41 / km) +80m 4:31 / km
shoes: brooks trance 10
End of the week. Almost perfect conditions for running today.
Have had an interesting issue at work, which has finally been resolved with a literally priceless twist. Had some equipment shipped from Australia to the UK for a joint trial, but when it arrived at the customs agent the contact it was addressed to was away and the office clerk refused to sign for its clearance, so it sat with the agent. Had to get a letter signed and stamped from Australia to get it cleared. The delay meant that instead of going to teh original address once released from customs it had to be redirected. The customs agent said they couldn't do that. If I wanted it sent to a different address I had to arrange my own courier. The equipment had to go from near Heathrow to the west coast of scotland over night. This is normally a two day delivery, but finally found a compnay that said they could do it. Rang and made the arrangements; and glad to say it was collected and delivered on time. Had a phone call from the courier company this morning to say that the person who had booked the tranport in had made a mistake, and that you have to have an account with them as they only work with commercial client who have accounts. They do not have a means for non-account customers to pay, and are trying to work out what to do next. As the add says
Analyser $100000
Shipping from Australia $2000
Final delivery - priceless
Have had an interesting issue at work, which has finally been resolved with a literally priceless twist. Had some equipment shipped from Australia to the UK for a joint trial, but when it arrived at the customs agent the contact it was addressed to was away and the office clerk refused to sign for its clearance, so it sat with the agent. Had to get a letter signed and stamped from Australia to get it cleared. The delay meant that instead of going to teh original address once released from customs it had to be redirected. The customs agent said they couldn't do that. If I wanted it sent to a different address I had to arrange my own courier. The equipment had to go from near Heathrow to the west coast of scotland over night. This is normally a two day delivery, but finally found a compnay that said they could do it. Rang and made the arrangements; and glad to say it was collected and delivered on time. Had a phone call from the courier company this morning to say that the person who had booked the tranport in had made a mistake, and that you have to have an account with them as they only work with commercial client who have accounts. They do not have a means for non-account customers to pay, and are trying to work out what to do next. As the add says
Analyser $100000
Shipping from Australia $2000
Final delivery - priceless
Thursday Aug 18, 2011 #
running 41:30 [3] 9.2 km (4:31 / km) +50m 4:23 / km
shoes: brooks trance 9 mk 3
Wet, wet, wet. A months rain in a couple of hours. Stopped long enough in the late afternoon to make a dash for it. Biggest challenge was finding a route that wasn't flooded at some point.
Wednesday Aug 17, 2011 #
running 58:00 [3] 12.2 km (4:45 / km) +100m 4:34 / km
shoes: brooks trance 9 mk 3
Went along the path that follows the trainhhgets into a bit of woodland.
Foot seems to be OK and healing well, although the two toes and the knuckle are still a bit swollen.
Foot seems to be OK and healing well, although the two toes and the knuckle are still a bit swollen.
Tuesday Aug 16, 2011 #
running 43:20 [3] 9.4 km (4:37 / km) +50m 4:29 / km
shoes: brooks trance 10
This felt better than the preious couple of days.
Monday Aug 15, 2011 #
running 46:35 [3] 9.8 km (4:45 / km) +110m 4:30 / km
shoes: brooks trance 9 mk 3
Another day, another run
Sunday Aug 14, 2011 #
running 49:10 [3] 10.2 km (4:49 / km) +100m 4:36 / km
shoes: brooks trance 10
Weekend trip to Ironbridge, so took the opportunity to run along the Severn. Most of the climb was in the last 1.5k heading back from the river to the hotel in Brosley.
Saturday Aug 13, 2011 #
running 39:10 [3] 8.0 km (4:54 / km)
shoes: brooks trance 9 mk 3
Early run (well not too early) along the river. Really humid tis morning.
Friday Aug 12, 2011 #
Note
Prior to the 6 day had completed 5 ranking events. Day 1 meant I got the 6th event and went up 1000 places in the rankings. Still room for improvement.
running 42:00 [3] 9.0 km (4:40 / km) +60m 4:31 / km
shoes: brooks trance 10
A bit better than yesterday.
Thursday Aug 11, 2011 #
running 35:00 [3] 7.5 km (4:40 / km) +60m 4:29 / km
shoes: brooks trance 9 mk 3
First run for over a week and struggled a bit. Brisk walk yesterday didn't cause any problems, so decided to go for a run today. Again no issues with the laceration and stitches. A couple of areas of the foot still have a bit of swelling and bruising and are tender to prod. Stitches out tomorrow.
Monday Aug 8, 2011 #
Note
Change of dressing on the foot revealed extensive bruising as well. I thought it was black because it hadn't been washed, but alas no, black due to the bruising. Worse than some of the ankle sprains I've had.
Brisk walk showed no ill affects, so maybe a run in a day or two
Brisk walk showed no ill affects, so maybe a run in a day or two
Thursday Aug 4, 2011 #
Note
Foul day weather wise, raining heavily at times. Went out to the event but not able to run. Did the daily puzzle, so it wasn't a complete waste of time. However, frustrated at not being able to run. Then a trip to the dictor to have the dressing changed. Stitched up it looks much neater than the original open gash and appeared to be healing. asked the nurse if there was any chance of running the next two days. She gave me a glare and then banged the end of my toes, which sent jolts of pain through the effected area. I'll take that as a no.
Wednesday Aug 3, 2011 #
Note
Foot started the day very swollen. There was a certain irony in that he only shoes I could get on were running ones. Swelling and pain subsided during the day, and can almost walk.
Tuesday Aug 2, 2011 #
running warm up/down 10:00 [2] 1.5 km (6:40 / km) +50m 5:43 / km
shoes: sarva ms
From the car to assembly area and then to the start as pre-race warmup. No warm down.
orienteering race 1:13:00 [4] **** 8.3 km (8:48 / km) +350m 7:16 / km
spiked:11/14c shoes: sarva ms
Day 3. Bit of a mixed run. Missed the first control when I got one spur too far over and had to come back, cost about 3 minutes. Then ran OK from 2 to 7, although it was very physical and tough running. Heading out of 7 got a stick through the top of my left shoe running down ill. Hurt, but there was no obvious stick poking out, so kept going, but speed was reduced. Reasonably clean through 8 and 9, then dropped a minute on 10. 11 was OK, but hestitated on 12 in low visability pines, another 30 seconds or so, 13 and 14 were no problem. After the stick incident was hampered a bit by sore left foot, but managed to get round, although not as fast as I might have wanted.
Took the shoe off after the race and was greeted by a blood soaked sock, and a large gash which started on the outside of the second toe and then went between the 2nd and 3rd toes and round the base of the 3rd toe. About 3cm long, 5mm deep and 5mm wide. The top of the shoe and the sock had a nice clean hole punched straight through.
First aid gave it a wash and then it was off the the hospital casulty for a couple of hours. Had the gash washed out several times. It had gone down to the bone in a couple of places and torn through part of the muscle at the base of the toe. Plenty of local and 6 stiches. The area at the base of the toes is badly bruised and swollen. Have to keep the foot elevated for a day or two and no running for a few days, especially in the wet marshes. Plus a anti-biotics. Fortunately I had had a tetnus booster last year.
Bugger of a way to end the 6 days.
Took the shoe off after the race and was greeted by a blood soaked sock, and a large gash which started on the outside of the second toe and then went between the 2nd and 3rd toes and round the base of the 3rd toe. About 3cm long, 5mm deep and 5mm wide. The top of the shoe and the sock had a nice clean hole punched straight through.
First aid gave it a wash and then it was off the the hospital casulty for a couple of hours. Had the gash washed out several times. It had gone down to the bone in a couple of places and torn through part of the muscle at the base of the toe. Plenty of local and 6 stiches. The area at the base of the toes is badly bruised and swollen. Have to keep the foot elevated for a day or two and no running for a few days, especially in the wet marshes. Plus a anti-biotics. Fortunately I had had a tetnus booster last year.
Bugger of a way to end the 6 days.
Monday Aug 1, 2011 #
running warm up/down 12:00 [3] 2.0 km (6:00 / km) +30m 5:35 / km
shoes: sarva ms
Day 2. Warm up had a tough section of climb, and although not hot it was very humid. Sweating by the time I got to the start
orienteering 59:10 [4] **** 6.9 km (8:34 / km) +200m 7:29 / km
spiked:16/18c shoes: sarva ms
Good, but not brillant run. Was hestitant going to 4, but navigated directly to the control, and then late in the course a 30 second error on 16. Tough running for a lot of the course. Not te steep climbs of yesterday, but a slog through the marshes and rough open. Course was spoilt by a loop through the grren pines at the end. It didn't add anything to the course, and the area was navigationally simpler than the moor and forest, so another 500m in that would have been better.