Training Log Archive: SarahD

Shadowed juniors in the forest at Maroc junior training.

Ran a couple of hilly laps of Dess woods. Once warmed up, I felt pretty strong on the hills, so worked a bit harder. Found myself 2/3 of the way up the monster rep hill without thinking about it and continued comfortably to the top. Best I've felt for a few weeks ;-)

Had planned to do a long run today, but still feeling tired, so decided to scale things back. Parked in Glen Cat and ran up by the forest tracks onto Craig Lash, then along to Corybeg and Lamahip. Dropped off the W of Lamahip and followed the mown path back N to the forest and the car.

Rest Day
Feeling tired - have done quite a lot in the last week, even if it's been mostly low intensity.
Went along to support everyone and socialise at the Detox. Brilliant runs by Carolyn and Oleg.

Drove up to Linn of Quoich for a picnic and a short walk. I then ran back along the N side of the Dee to Invercauld while Jon drove round with Ewan, then Jon ran on to the far end of Inver where we picked him up. Tracks were really icy, with the rain having frozen as soon as it hit the ground. Pretty dreich day, but an enjoyable family trip out and a positive start to 2009.

Headed out to Glen Gairn and parked about 1km E of Gairnshiel. Ran back along the road for 10 minutes to pick up the landrover track onto the hills to the S. Followed the track up onto the ridge to Carn Dearg and round eventually to Geallaig Hill, before dropping to the road at Braenaloin, then a couple of km back to the car.
Great to be out in the hills again. Most of the climb was reasonably gentle and I managed to settle into a steady rhythm to run a lot of it.
Tendon in left ankle was quite sore by the end - same one that was niggling in October.

Parked at Shooting Greens and ran down to the river. Did some intervals along the river bank and then ran back up the hill. Almost had a refusal on the hill, but just made it. Feel like I can't make myself work yet and have decided not to run the Detox - I'm not fit to race it but it would be hard to just run it steady. Need to focus on getting fit and healthy instead.
Another walk in the afternoon while Ewan rode his bike along the railway from the gliding strip. Beautiful day.

5 x 2' + 1' along the river bank. Struggling to make myself work.

4:15 by the time I managed to force myself out of the house for a run, so had to take a mini petzl with me. Ran across to the other side of the woods by the main track, did a few sprints, then jogged back.
Still hoping to run the Detox 10k on Friday. Cough hasn't cleared up yet, but only got set off once I came back into the warmth at the end of the run.
Had a pleasant walk earlier in the day; along the railway from Dinnet with Pat and Martin, with Ewan riding his new bike for most of the time - made for faster progress.

Did 10 x 30" + 30" sprints. Felt good to be running faster again.

Time to start getting back to some discipline again!