Training Log Archive: ToddO

A warm-up due to some achey hammies.

Myrtyl Protocol with the added adductions, flexed hip abductions and also doing the flexed knee leg swings. Book-ended by the 40s planks with the leg lifts for the 2nd half of each. Felt strong doing the side planks with abductions.

Thought of doing more but legs were getting a bit tired.
Good stretch-out afterwards.
Did some foam rollering down the back of my legs once back home.

Robert, the housemate, drove us down to Eden Rock.
No greens were up so we mainly did blacks with the old whizz up a purple and less whizzy on the whites.
Gripping the crimpy stuff pretty well and not struggling on many grips.
R) ant hip playing up at the end.

30x eccentric Achilles

Event: Cumbria Cross-Country Championships 2014
 

Caught up with Anna Lupton and ran with her to the top of the course.

Down the steep hill and to the end of the lap. Took off the tights etc. and then headed up the course again.

Cut out the steepest part and headed off for final preparations by cutting through the field.

Drill, jog, stride and walk.
Butt kicks, high knees, cariocas.
Then the junior race dragged on so I did another 3 jogs followed into stride-outs.

Cumbria Cross-Country Champs 2014, Cockermouth. 9.3km.
(Little bit of guess-work at the time, results were not up).
5 laps of almost continuous ups and down. There was ~100m of flat running! Most fellrunner (read: uphill runners who are light) friendly cross-country course I've ever done.
Lots of Border runners on the start line but a few notable absentees (Carl Bell and Steve Heb spectating and me being the only Barrow Strider, other than Anna, in the senior race). Some fellrunner faces in attendance though: Rhys, Phil Winskill, Ben Abdelnoor, Jack Wright and Chris Edis.
Set off in the top 10 without having to go at break-neck pace. Adrian Holliday, Ricky Lightfoot, Alisdair Russell and James Douglas ran away from everyone. Matthew Grieve, Alistair Weymouth, Kev Bell and some older guy in a retro vest were all up ahead as a Border contingent. Rhys and Phil went past me on the first climb of the steep hill, closely followed by John Mason.
I was making myself run at a good effort level because the course was advertised at only 8km. Flew down the steep descent and went past John, Kev and a couple of other guys like they were jogging.
On the second lap I was overtaken by Jack, Ben and a young Border guy, yet again, on the steep climb. Then overtook the Ben and the Border guy on the descent (almost slipping over this time) and gained on Jack as we headed into the 3rd lap.
I thought I'd overtake him pretty swiftly as I went quickly up the harder ground of the farm track and gained a lot. I could tell that Ben and the Border guy were working harder but I ran out of hard ground and those two headed on to reel Jack in. I eventually got past him at the end of the 3rd. Thought I'd be able to overhaul the other two but started to get some gut-rot and did well just to keep up some pace to the end.
Wish I'd been able to go hard on the last lap but didn't really want to shit myself! Finished feeling a bit fresh still. Oh well!
Bit annoyed to get beaten by Ben but: horses for courses.
R) glutes sore afterwards.

With Rhys up toward the steep hill (having stopped for a "nature break") before feeling bad for the old dudes, still racing, that we were overtaking and heading across to the muddy gate and doing the rest of the course.

Did a loop from the house in the last of the light. Went along the bypass, down Orton Road (think Kev drove past and gave me a beep), and up Wigton Road. Felt the R) glutes a little bit on the slight uphills.
Good stretch-out afterwards.

30x eccentric Achilles

Good stretch-out afterwards.

30x eccentric Achilles

Feeling jaded all day so had a nap before heading to the gym. Unfortunately the gym was shutting at 7:30 so I did this and then headed out for a run.

From Morton school across Westrigg Road onto Winscale Way and then nipped onto Dalston Road down to Shaddongate and then back to the school along Wigton Road.
L) calf a bit tight on the uphills. Front of R) hip a bit iffy.
Good stretch-out afterwards.

30x eccentric Achilles

From the house down to Orton Road and along for a minute.

3x 5mins at Tempo pace on Orton Road. Nice to be mainly downhill on the 2nd but the 3rd was hard.

The 1st and 3rd recovery jogs. The 2nd recovery minute was spent re-tying a shoelace.

Most of the lit section of Orton Road and then home along Wigton Road.
Bit tired and calves feeling tight. R) glutes didn't seem too much worse.

30x eccentric Achilles