Training Log Archive: Big JonIn the 30 days ending Jun 30, 2011:
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Thursday Jun 30, 2011 #
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Surveying Dunalastair 4 hours. Finished all for this trip - still a small extension to add and a couple of corners to finish off.
steady run 25:00 [3]
Dess Woods with Sarah, then she turned back above Iain's and I carried on to fields. Heard a couple of buzzard calls when I got to the end of the track, climbed the fence and WHAM got hit on the head by the buzzard. Straight in, first time claws to my scalp - cut my losses and returned straight home. Link to photo of scratches: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32677799@N02/sets/721...
Wednesday Jun 29, 2011 #
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Surveying Dunalastair 6 hours - nice short day!
Tuesday Jun 28, 2011 #
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Surveying Dunalastair 7 hours
Monday Jun 27, 2011 #
steady run 20:00 [3]
Hill of Banchory, feeling pretty good
Pilates 1:00:00 [1]
Matwork, good session. Left knee a lot better - managed all the exercises.
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Surveying Dunalastair 5 hours
Sunday Jun 26, 2011 #
orienteering 40:00 [2]
Collecting controls at Ballogie, jogging bits very slowly with a lot of walking.
Saturday Jun 25, 2011 #
orienteering 1:20:00 [3]
Hanging controls for event tomorrow. Feeling like sh1t, completely wiped out by week's survey.
Friday Jun 24, 2011 #
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Surveying Dunalastair 5.5 hours. Tired
Thursday Jun 23, 2011 #
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Surveying Dunalastair 8 hours. Tired
Wednesday Jun 22, 2011 #
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Surveying Dunalastair 7.5 hours
Tuesday Jun 21, 2011 #
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Surveying Dunalastair 8hours. Soaked to skin twice in the day - returned to B&B at lunchtime and changed clothes. Not had a day survey as bad as this for a LONG time.
Monday Jun 20, 2011 #
steady run 12:00 [3]
Wee jog round Hill of Banchory
Pilates 1:00:00 [1]
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Surveying Dunalastair 5hours
stretching 12:00 [1]
Sunday Jun 19, 2011 #
steady run 2:00:00 [3]
With Sarah, round Canadian road, into Glen Cat, across to south side, Caper enclosure and back via Corsedarder and Ballogie - great views and pleasant route.
Saturday Jun 18, 2011 #
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Pishing rain all day - stayed in and drew up Cambus and did jigsaw!
stretching 12:00 [1]
Friday Jun 17, 2011 #
cycling 53:00 [3]
Cycle with Sarah to Ballogie and back
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Surveying Ballogie, 30 mins - checking a couple of patches of birch growth.
orienteering race 18:00 [5]
Sprint Race - Newmillhill, lovely forest and good course - enjoyed it, but a bit messy at a couple of controls. 3rd behind Sasha and Josh.
steady run warm up/down 8:00 [3]
Short jog to start and from finish.
stretching 12:00 [1]
Thursday Jun 16, 2011 #
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Surveying Cambus 6 hours
steady run 32:00 [3]
Steady run round Dess Wood - mostly in terrain or on soft paths. very pleasant, but a bit tired from 2 hard days surveying.
stretching 12:00 [1]
Wednesday Jun 15, 2011 #
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Surveying Cambus 4.5 hours
Tuesday Jun 14, 2011 #
orienteering 40:00 [3]
Hanging controls in Bellwood for school orienteering, lovely warm sunny morning. Knee pretty good (though I was on good paths most of the way)
orienteering 20:00 [3]
Collecting controls in Bellwood. Warm day - topped out at 21.5C later in afternoon.
Monday Jun 13, 2011 #
steady run 12:00 [3]
Easy jog round Hill of Banchory, drizzly and very wet undergrowth.
Pilates 1:00:00 [1]
Pleasant session, using thera bands - working upper body quite a bit. Left knee Ok in all exercises.
Sunday Jun 12, 2011 #
steady run warm up/down 15:00 [3]
With Ewan to white start, then jog to my start. felt dreadful, left knee very painful and feeling weak, legs tired and lethargic. Not in good state of mind at start - thinking about jacking rather than attacking course!
orienteering race 1:06:00 [5]
SOL Culbin, short Brown course, felt terrible physically and not clued in to O at start. Wobbled badly at 1 & 2, lost time at 4 & 6 then a few more wobbles. best bit was last 8-10 controls - just ran straight as hard as possible and picked off big features. Finished 4th, only 3 mins down - amazing it was so little, given I missed at least that amount!
Moral of this weekend - don't do 3 races in 40 hours - body can't cope with it.
Moral of this weekend - don't do 3 races in 40 hours - body can't cope with it.
Saturday Jun 11, 2011 #
steady run warm up/down 30:00 [3]
Before Lossie event and shadowing Ewan round his yellow course. V tired at end, and hungry!!
orienteering race 53:00 [5]
Lossie urban race - started in Lossie Airbase - mostly straight forward, then into town. A few stupid errors - dead-ends and poor decisions. Eventually ran out of energy near end - too long since breakfast. Legs very sore, and left knee very painful - maybe an excuse to miss urban races...?
stretching 12:00 [1]
Friday Jun 10, 2011 #
cycling 1:20:00 [3]
With Sarah, down to Potties and up to Shooting Green, then back via lower track and out to Deeside Way, back via Potties. Good ride, lovely sunny day
orienteering race 18:00 [5]
Deeside Sprint Cup, Bellwood. 3.1km, 17-55 (long time since I broke 6's in a forest event! felt great running - left knee almost pain free and lots of power on uphills. Ended up first - but only 19 secs ahead of Sasha.....
stretching 12:00 [1]
Thursday Jun 9, 2011 #
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Surveying Cambus 5.5 hours - slow technical stuff, lots of tweaks and additions. Forestry work made a few monster tracks.
steady run 47:00 [3]
Dess Wood and cow shit alley, return over hill. Going OK, left knee a bit tired and aching after visit to physio.
stretching 12:00 [1]
Wednesday Jun 8, 2011 #
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Survey - Potarch 4 hours tired legs by end.
stretching 12:00 [1]
Tuesday Jun 7, 2011 #
Intervals 14:00 [5]
Deeside Runners at Glen Tanar, 7 x 2+1, feeling dreadful at start, but got into it, left knee fine, just lack of puff and leg speed limiting me (just!!).
steady run warm up/down 35:00 [3]
Usual Braeloine to bridge warm-up, then 2 bridges loop with intervals, jog back with Dave H. Pissing rain by end - got a bit cold.
stretching 12:00 [1]
Monday Jun 6, 2011 #
steady run 20:00 [3]
Hill of Banchory, nice morning.
Pilates 1:00:00 [1]
Tough session - bands and lots of upper body work, shoulders stiff in evening.
Sunday Jun 5, 2011 #
cycling 25:00 [2]
With Sarah and Ewan across to Deeside Activity Park (for a hot chocolate and fresh cheese scone, mmmmmmmm. Pretty technical and tough climbs for Ewan - he's coming on a treat on his bike.
stretching 12:00 [1]
Saturday Jun 4, 2011 #
cycling 42:00 [2]
Glen Tanar with Sarah & Ewan - Stable Yard to 2 bridges circuit, decent pace and fairly quick on return. Bod=y very tired from yesterday's efforts.
Friday Jun 3, 2011 #
cycling 1:45:00 [3]
Glen Gairn to foot of Ben Avon, felt tough on way out (early and slight uphill and into wind), great whiz back. track not good for a lot of it - badly repaired and very bumpy and jarring whole body badly.
steady run 2:10:00 [3]
Up Ben Avon, a lot of walking on climb, but decent descent on small animal paths and quad bike tracks. Made the east top, but main summit too far away to get to and back from with time to pick up Ewan from school.
Stopped at Cambus Bridge on return and had a few minutes swimming in hte river. A group of guys (and 1 girl) bridge jumping... looked a long way down.
What a day - car reading 27.5C on drive back down Deeside. Nowhere better in the world on a day like this!
Stopped at Cambus Bridge on return and had a few minutes swimming in hte river. A group of guys (and 1 girl) bridge jumping... looked a long way down.
What a day - car reading 27.5C on drive back down Deeside. Nowhere better in the world on a day like this!
stretching 12:00 [1]
Thursday Jun 2, 2011 #
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Physio visit - knee not structural but tightness/muscle imbalance, so a couple of exercises and some stretching/massage to do to try and help it.
pace run 58:00 [4]
Set off from Aboyne Green (dropped Ewan for Beavers), headed up Fungle and half way up decided to do hill race route - knew it would be tight for time so pushed on from here - knee a bit achy on hills and descents but nothing too bad, the real test will be sleeping tonight. Hot day- 27C on way to Aboyne.
stretching 12:00 [1]
Wednesday Jun 1, 2011 #
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Surveying Tyrebagger 4 hours - checking area after cartography - lots of little tweaks to make.
stretching 12:00 [1]