Training Log Archive: SarahD

GMC Glenshee B course day 2. Felt surprisingly good today. First half of course seemed much more runnable than yesterday. Slightly disappointing in terms of covering a lot of the same ground, but I suspect that was inevitable given the restrictions of length etc. O section at the end was quite technical again, but took it really carefully and spiked them all nicely. Dalrunzion really is a mess and hard not to get thrown off line in places. Managed to finish with a sprint and legs feeling a lot better than yesterday. Not sure of overall position yet but happy whatever.

C • Good effort 4

A combination of other people's mishaps and some slick orienteering at the end let me sneak through to take the win by 19s after 10h - dead chuffed ;-)

GMC Glenshee B course day 1. Tough but good. O section in Dalrunzion was quite technical and lost a few minutes here, but not as many as most! Tough running in the early part of the day meant that by the time the going got a bit better my legs weren't capable of much. Cramp threatening from 2.5hrs in, but managed to stave it off. Very stiff and sore by the end. Think I got the routes more or less right. Weather pretty good considering the last few days. Dry with cloud only on the higher hills. 3rd place and first F overnight, ~20' down.

Had planned to do a wee jog round the woods, but really not worth it in this weather.

From sawmill at Finzean did a loop through the woods to the north on forest tracks. Have run through here often enough on long runs, but never done this loop before. Really pleasant recovery run. Legs feeling fine, but head completely spaced out today. Hopefully all part of the energy recovery process.
Some great terrain in there, with lots of shape even on some of the bigger slopes. This forest should be really high on the mapping project list.

Some much needed R+R in the lead up to the w/e. Slight tweakiness in the R groin too - drills probably!

Plan was to do a half session 5 x 2' + 1' with the aim of going 500m+ on each. Felt tired on the warm up so decided to try the first and see how it went. Still felt awful but distance was good, so made myself continue. Almost hit my target which is good in the circumstances. 510, 490, 510, 490, 470m. Last 2 were into the wind.

To the railway and home after intervals

Went up to DR with E. W-u to the green, some drills, 1 full lap fartlek round the green and back, then jog back to community centre. E enjoyed it - good!

Home to Potties, Mill of Cattie, Marywell, Balfour, Aboyne and A93 home. Bit fresh. Thought I was under-dressed initially, but worked out ok. Nice Monday morning wakener.

At AR club, including a couple of times up the hill and a race back down to the gate - dangerous!