Training Log Archive: ba-ba

ahha, Power of 10 has finally realised I'm a fell runner as well and all the results I've entered as Pennine this year are now attributed to me. Excellent.

3 good weeks of training done, planning on keeping it going for another 3 weeks, keeping it sensible still (don't want to be 'that guy'...) - a bit of soreness in my quad to keep an eye on but it rubs out (whay!) well - before having an easy week into FToP and, most importantly, SPOOK weekend!

Long un from Leek with Dolph Lungren lookalike Will Neill. Decided not to race Passing Clouds and it proved a good decision, felt a bit tired after yesterday although wasn't staggering around as much as I could have which is good but felt far from fresh. Out around Tittesworth Resser, N along the Roaches, looping about Gradbach and back over Gun. Managed to round out a 100km week as well, always a bonus (although 49 of them came in the weekend!).

Morning shake-out to rid myself of the vestiges of a hangover (SPOOK prep). For fans of pottery, I passed Spode and Portmerion.

Back on the XC. Felt like I paced it well. Course had some clarty bits - wasn't as smooth through these as I can be due to heavy legs - but was generally pretty firm, a shame as I'd heard tales of a mudbath in previous years. Pulled away from some of the training group after the first lap (although one had lost his shoe). Ahead of some of the guys who normally blitz me on a Tuesday, but they are more middle distancers which fits.

9th place (had a good battle in the last mile, still got a sprint finish though) in a fairly strong field, 6th and final counter for the team, a handy debut after John said somewhere between 5-15th was what I should aim for. Pleased with my run.

http://www.nsccl.org.uk/results/2013/NSCCL-race-2-...

1 Alex Brecker City of Stoke AC JM 35.20
2 Seb Duffy City of Stoke AC SM 35.38
3 Stuart Doyle Vale Royal AC M40 36.18
4 Jack Ross Staffordshire Moorlands AC SM 36.50
5 Felix McGrath Keele University AC JM 37.04
6 Marc Hartley City of Stoke AC SM 37.05
7 Callum Dillon City of Stoke AC SM 37.06
8 Steve Bazell City of Stoke AC SM 37.40
9 Nic Barber City of Stoke AC SM 37.43
10 Julian Goodwin Boalloy RC M40 37.44

C • Good going! 6

a very steady warm down, including watching Mike searching for his right shoe in the muddiest section of the course.

Man people moan a lot at XC, even the winner! It's too muddy, it's not muddy enough, I'd rather it was one or the other, it's too windy (it wasn't), I don't think we ever dropped below 6min/mile. Moan moan moan!

Was all geared up to go out, then the heavens opened and, as I was on a tight schedule, decided that a full day off wouldn't hurt after the last few weeks.

Pennine Thursday headtorcher. Cracking. Downfall route to the top of Sandy Heys, then down. Struck out on my own from there as needed to get back to the pub to pick up mum. Booted it down the road with bats in my headlamp beam. Windy, can tell there's some weather on the way in.

Pretty knackered after 2 early starts in a row but wanted to make the most of the last light evening. Staggered past Stoke City training ground and into Trentham common, starting to feel much more human once on the way back home.

in my pants, phwoaaar!

So after charging the garmin last night (always try and keep it at 100%) it decided it wasn't going to play ball tonight. As such all times/distances are good estimates.

4 horseshoes of the grass round the stadium, checking my XC spikes are as they were.

28min warm up moving towards a good pace (6)
minimal strides .1
6x3min(2min). covered around 940, 950, 930, 900, 920, 930 (6.3)
4 laps in lane 3 wd (1.7)

Felt OK on the first 2 reps, but then the weekend and an early start this morning took its toll. However got going a bit again in the last 2. Quite happy I can churn these out when jaded.

purely for vanity purposes:
1 Oliver Johnson/Lloyd Tagart Dark Peak Fairbrook Dark Peak Fell Runners Open 3 1:23:57 0:00
2 Graham Gristwood/Tim Davies Mercia A Mercia Fell Runners Open 3 1:29:17 +5:20
3 Nic Barber/Nat Winfield Pennine Open Pennine Fell Runners Open 3 1:30:25 +6:28
4 Pete Hodges/Jonny Malley Dark Peak Grindslow Dark Peak Fell Runners Open 3 1:33:22 +9:25
5 Kim Collison Eden runners Eden Open 3 1:33:51 +9:54
6 Tim Ellis CVFR men's A Calder Valley Fell Runners Open 3 1:34:32 +10:35
7 Harold Wyber SpringfieldStridersA Springfield Striders Open 3 1:34:57 +11:00
8 Todd Oates Ambleside AC Men Ambleside AC Open 3 1:35:15 +11:18
9 Matt Fortes Eryri Team 1 Eryri Harriers Open 3 1:35:18 +11:21
10 Steve Birkenshaw Borrowdale Vets Borrowdale Male Vet 40 3 1:35:37 +11:40
11 Joe Mercer Horwich Open Horwich RMI Harriers Open 3 1:36:49 +12:52
12 Rick Stuart Helm Hill 50's Helm Hill Vet 50 3 1:37:03 +13:06
13 Konrad Rawlik Carnethy A Carnethy Hill Running Club Open 3 1:38:03 +14:06
14 Mark Palmer Mynydd Du Open Mynydd Du Open 3 1:38:09 +14:12
15 Quentin Harding Bowland MV40 Bowland Fell Runners Male Vet 40 3 1:38:51 +14:54
16 Brendan Bolland Horwich Vets Horwich RMI Harriers Male Vet 40 3 1:39:16 +15:19
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26 Anna Lupton/Hollie Orr BCR Ladies Black Combe Runners Female 3 1:42:53 +18:56
27 Mike McIver BCR Open Black Combe Runners Open 3 1:42:54 +18:57
28 Ian Symington CVFR men's B Calder Valley Fell Runners Open 3 1:43:20 +19:23
29 Ian Nixon P&B Open Pudsey & Bramley AC Open 3 1:43:59 +20:02
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32 Greg Hull and Emu Leeds City AC Leeds City AC Open 3 1:44:53 +20:56
50 Lee Langdon Pennine V40 Pennine Fell Runners Male Vet 40 3 1:51:05 +27:08

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Felt pretty pooped but again, once out the door felt really good so pushed on a bit more than intended at times.