Training Log Archive: Big JonIn the 30 days ending Apr 30, 2020:
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Thursday Apr 30, 2020 #
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Rest day (from running or cycling, at least). Feeling very tired from too much heavy gardening work, so took day off.
Feeling a bit more lively by evening.
PS right knee has felt pretty good today - maybe over the worst of it - phew!
Left knee hasn't had any twinges, though I haven't done huge amount of activity today.
PPS finished the 5000 piece jigsaw this afternoon :-)
Feeling a bit more lively by evening.
PS right knee has felt pretty good today - maybe over the worst of it - phew!
Left knee hasn't had any twinges, though I haven't done huge amount of activity today.
PPS finished the 5000 piece jigsaw this afternoon :-)
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020 #
steady run 20:00 [3]
Got dropped at Aboyne - S heading to Co-op for our weekly shop :-)
Walked to Boddomend to warm up then slowly ran back from there - both knees feeling a bit sensitive. Left one gave a few slight twinges but nothing too painful, and was clicking a bit behind the knee towards end. Right knee felt a bit stiff and awkward but little pain.
Walked to Boddomend to warm up then slowly ran back from there - both knees feeling a bit sensitive. Left one gave a few slight twinges but nothing too painful, and was clicking a bit behind the knee towards end. Right knee felt a bit stiff and awkward but little pain.
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2 hours later - right knee feeling much more mobile.
Left knee has no extra sensitivity.
Left knee has no extra sensitivity.
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about 4 hours digging and barrowing.
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020 #
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Right knee very sore when bending it so no exercise - I'll save it up for later ;-)
Some gardening but awkward esp when going downhill.
Some gardening but awkward esp when going downhill.
Monday Apr 27, 2020 #
Pilates 1:00:00 [1]
Harder session than last week (or maybe I was already more tired).
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Right knee now very tender on kneecap - felt it last 2 days on cycling up hills. Not suer if pilates aggravated it.
Hey-ho another week another niggle...
Hey-ho another week another niggle...
Sunday Apr 26, 2020 #
cycling 2:48:00 [3]
home- Pitmurchie Road - Tornaveen - Echt - Crathes bridge - Falls of Feugh - Shooting Greens - home
Chilly and even a few spots of rain (what is this cold wet stuff??) but really enjoyed ride to Echt - tail wind for much of exposed section so whizzing along. Stopped at Br of Feugh for a bit of food then up Feughside, bit of a grind up to Shooting Greens but OK after that.
Chilly and even a few spots of rain (what is this cold wet stuff??) but really enjoyed ride to Echt - tail wind for much of exposed section so whizzing along. Stopped at Br of Feugh for a bit of food then up Feughside, bit of a grind up to Shooting Greens but OK after that.
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Various bits of light gardening in afternoon.
Saturday Apr 25, 2020 #
cycling 1:32:00 [2]
Home - Potties - Shooting Greens - Finzean - Coresdarder - Aboyne - home. Lovely warm afternoon and mostly gentle pace, but struggling on hills - too long in sun earlier in day while gardening.
Friday Apr 24, 2020 #
steady run 35:00 [3]
Same loop as Tuesday but 5 mins quicker (15 mins) and almost felt smooth at times. Quite a big step forward but still not running properly - hobbling, maybe to protect from pain, maybe from other problems (glutes?). Slight ache from knee for much of the run.
Then straight into a descent to the river for a week dook and back. Water much lower and less cold than last time but only managed about 3 minutes total in 3 dips - had to get out and walk back up as current is faster than I can swim!
Then straight into a descent to the river for a week dook and back. Water much lower and less cold than last time but only managed about 3 minutes total in 3 dips - had to get out and walk back up as current is faster than I can swim!
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Branch chopping and moving bags of soil around. Hard enough in the heat.
Thursday Apr 23, 2020 #
cycling 2:45:00 [3]
Trip out with S on road bike. Lumphanan, Cross Roads, old military road, Muir of Fowlis then west to near Towie, Boultenstone, Tarland, Aboyne.
Wonderful day with wall to wall blue skies and only a little eastern breeze.
Fairly tired by end.
Wonderful day with wall to wall blue skies and only a little eastern breeze.
Fairly tired by end.
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plus some digging/barrowing and branch cutting before and after ride. Making the most of sun and dry ground :-)
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020 #
cycling 1:20:00 [2]
with S - Pitmurchie Road, over to Tarland Road, east to Learney and back via Torphins and Footie hill to Kinker. Lovely day with a bit off an easterly wind. Feeling fairly good on long hills.
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Plus some log moving and a little bit of digging/barrowing.
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020 #
steady run 15:00 [3]
Another test run. Staying as flat as possible from here, new route past felled area, round back of hill and only one descent near end. Knee didn't give any sharp stabs of pain - so a step forward but still felt awkward and sensitive at times. Also still not running smoothly so right leg taking a lot of the impact. Need to keep working at it.
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Tree felling and then barrowing logs. Tired
Monday Apr 20, 2020 #
cycling 57:00 [2]
MTB with S, past ILPH, Bellwood and back via old road and cut down to Boddomend, Deeside Way and Activity Park. Lovely afternoon but wind a bit chilly. Didn't pass many other people.
Plus lots of borrowing and some log stacking. getting there... :-)
Plus lots of borrowing and some log stacking. getting there... :-)
Sunday Apr 19, 2020 #
cycling 2:35:00 [3]
Kinker, Torphins, McIntosh Plant Hire, Echt, Tarland Road to Crossroads, over top, down to Lumphanan, back via Activity Park. Lovely sunny day but chilly air. Had a fleece on till Echt then turned with the wind :-) Nor many cars but dozens of cyclists. Hills felt OK, maybe legs getting used to cycling?
Then spent afternoon building extra log store - managed to avoid barrowing ;-)
Then spent afternoon building extra log store - managed to avoid barrowing ;-)
Saturday Apr 18, 2020 #
cycling 57:00 [3]
Potties, Aboyne loop mid morning. Cold but sunny.
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Then lots of borrowing - 5 tons of topsoil has arrived ...
Friday Apr 17, 2020 #
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Another heavy day of digging and barrowing - earth, stones and hard-core for the track. Feeling knackered by mid afternoon so decided to miss training session.
Thursday Apr 16, 2020 #
cycling 1:57:00 [2]
Mountain bike, Dess bowl, Cross-Roads, Aberdeen Road than back road to Torphins, over top, diagonal past Sluie, Deeside Way home. Mostly very pleasant, trying not to hammer the hills. Chilly and feet got cold on long descent to Torphins.
Fra fewer cars - maybe quieter roads or maybe dull, cool weather means less "essential" trips out... :-/
Fra fewer cars - maybe quieter roads or maybe dull, cool weather means less "essential" trips out... :-/
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020 #
steady run 14:00 [3]
down lane to cottages, up to DW and back. Felt a wee twinge as soon as track started depending but after that some tightness and aware of incipient pain but nothing much. But I am still hobbling so a long way to go, though at least a step forward from last Thursday.
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Last 5 days done 2-3 hours digging, narrowing etc in garden. Felt really drained today so did as little as possible and encouraged E to take the lead :-)
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020 #
cycling 2:50:00 [3]
First long bike ride for a loooong time. Home - Aboyne, South Deeside to Balmoral bridge and back via A93. Chilly morning but not much wind (apart form a couple of breezy bits at west end).
Lots of cars from Ballater back to home... must be lots of essentials in Aboyne ;-)
Lots of cars from Ballater back to home... must be lots of essentials in Aboyne ;-)
Monday Apr 13, 2020 #
Pilates 1:00:00 [1]
First internet class - was very enjoyable
cycling 52:00 [3]
Went for a ride at 5pm and decided to do something a bit different. Time trial from foot of Deeside Way, Aboyne bridge, potties bridge and back to foot fo Deeside Way. 47 minutes (didn't notice seconds...).
Will maybe try this again in a week or so... hope to get faster :-)
Will maybe try this again in a week or so... hope to get faster :-)
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another few hours digging, carting, barrowing etc Felt left knee 3 times - when lifting a heavy bag of soil or manoeuvring a heavy barrow and twisting on the left leg. Nothing too painful but aware of it for a while after each occasion.
Sunday Apr 12, 2020 #
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lots of digging earth, sieving, barrowing and moving rocks, decided to have day off exercise.
Saturday Apr 11, 2020 #
cycling 1:46:00 [2]
Road bike, Deeside Way, A93 to Potties, south side to Dinnet, (exactly 60 mins) stop at bridge for a bit to eat and a quick dip in the river - bloody chilly! The n back via Tarland, Aboyne and A93. Nice quite roads (until last bit of A93...) but over a dozen cars on Tarland-Aboyne road, is there a secret house party going on around there???
Friday Apr 10, 2020 #
cycling 1:27:00 [2]
Mountain bike (E had nicked the road bike...), Kinker, steep hill, turned left at North Footie, rough track to Glassel road, right to Torphins road, left to Lumphanan, into Dess bowl to Boddomend, A93 to Kinker and back up Deeside Way. Mostly very pleasant, some tough hills but nothing too bad and not totally flogging it. Nice and warm.
Thursday Apr 9, 2020 #
steady run 15:00 [3]
Short test run - down to farm, up to Deeside Way, cross it and back via dung heap. Knee still not 100% but also left calf was cramping on uphills. More rest and recovery very needed.
Wednesday Apr 8, 2020 #
cycling 1:56:00 [3]
Road bike (grabbed it before E could). Deeside Way, Activity Park, Lumphanan, Long climb, Tarland, Dinnet, South Deeside Road, Aboyne, home. Strong headwind in some places (;luckily mostly on flat or downhill sections :-) Pushed all uphills, energy bar and water near Dinnet, started to feel tired at Aboyne.
Tuesday Apr 7, 2020 #
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Spent too long sawing wood, carrying wood up hill to the garden , splitting logs and stacking them. Knackered from it and so took another rest day. Knee still occasionally tweaking but definitely improving. Doing a few sets of exercises during the past few days.
Monday Apr 6, 2020 #
Pilates 15:00 [1]
A test pilates class using Zoom. Seemed to work OK.
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Walk in the afternoon and a wee dip into the River - a bit chilly...
Sunday Apr 5, 2020 #
cycling 44:00 [2]
Cycling - Out to west on Deeside Way, Boddomend, turned right over to Dess bowl and back via Activity Park. Pumped up tires before starting - made a big difference to ease of moving :-)
Saturday Apr 4, 2020 #
cycling 1:10:00 [3]
Cycling, Dess bowl loop plus along A93 to Kinker and back up D Deeside Way (couldn't face the steeper shorter options plus i wanted to get above 60 mins :-)
Pushing hard on all hills (or at least it felt like it... Legs fairly short by end. Backside still not hardened to cycling, need to keep it up a while longer.
Left knee - only felt a tiny (0.5/10) twinge at one point when I was really grinding up a hill. Much more pleasant than the pains form running recently. Will stick to cycling for another 4-5 days and then see what a run feels like.
Pushing hard on all hills (or at least it felt like it... Legs fairly short by end. Backside still not hardened to cycling, need to keep it up a while longer.
Left knee - only felt a tiny (0.5/10) twinge at one point when I was really grinding up a hill. Much more pleasant than the pains form running recently. Will stick to cycling for another 4-5 days and then see what a run feels like.
Friday Apr 3, 2020 #
cycling 1:20:00 [2]
Cycle- started with S (on mountain bike, S on road bike) fairly quickly became apparent that I wasn't keeping up so turned left at Aboyne bridge and pootled back via Ballogie. Nice day but a bit of a westerly wind.
Knee fine apart from once where I tried pushing hard with a drop wheel. Will stick to cycling for a while to let knee settle, plus must do exercises more regularly.
Knee fine apart from once where I tried pushing hard with a drop wheel. Will stick to cycling for a while to let knee settle, plus must do exercises more regularly.
Thursday Apr 2, 2020 #
steady run 27:00 [3]
round Dess Woods, started with E down track and then up past WRs house. Knee clicking and calf got tight towards end. Need more of the exercises/stretching.
Wednesday Apr 1, 2020 #
steady run 23:00 [3]
down Deeside Way to west and back, tried to go quicker and managed it but knee aching by end