Training Log Archive: Big JonIn the 30 days ending Nov 30, 2020:
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Monday Nov 30, 2020 #
Pilates 1:00:00 [1]
steady run 30:00 [3]
Academy run club. 28 youngsters! With RC and WB, Tarland Way, 8 x short hills - 4 out and back then 4 stop start up to road. Managed to do a few surges but with slows at back and track was crowded!
Sunday Nov 29, 2020 #
steady run 3:58:00 [3]
With S and ME, Munros to east of Glen Shee. Lovely weather, mostly sunny, just a bit of cloud on last hill - coming and going in places as wind blew in from the south, very atmospheric. Pace was perfect, but started to struggle a bit after Tolmount and it got a bit gritty esp the last 3km up the road to the top carpark.
Out for quite a bit longer than I had hoped for but a nice round so hey-ho, just need to relax tomorrow.
Out for quite a bit longer than I had hoped for but a nice round so hey-ho, just need to relax tomorrow.
Saturday Nov 28, 2020 #
Note
rest day
Friday Nov 27, 2020 #
Surveying 6:00:00 [1]
More of the same
Thursday Nov 26, 2020 #
Surveying 4:00:00 [1]
Tough area, hilly and some thicker plantation. Nice day and still light at 1540 :-)
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020 #
steady run warm up/down 10:00 [3]
At Stonie before DNC
orienteering race 36:00 [5]
DNC Dunnotar Woods. Off that was hard work - a flat out blast on straight line or paths (often v close to straight line!). A couple of wobbles in control circles and a couple of bananas on compass but mostly pretty clean.
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020 #
Surveying 1:10:00 [1]
Short spell in afternoon. Brain and legs tired.
Monday Nov 23, 2020 #
Pilates 1:00:00 [1]
Realised I'd forgotten all my kit but saved by finding a couple of bungees and a towel - and being able to borrow a mat from the Dance Centre (it hadn't been used since March!)
Feeling fairly strong but still left glute weakness.
Feeling fairly strong but still left glute weakness.
steady run 30:00 [3]
Academy run club with RC and WB. 26 youngsters, round Queen's Loch. Speedy finish - a group with some pretty nippy runners here :-)
Sunday Nov 22, 2020 #
cycling 17:00 [2]
To Potties for club training
orienteering 22:00 [3]
Collecting some controls after training - lovely bit of forest and good going - dry!
cycling 24:00 [2]
back home - took it steady up hills :-)
Saturday Nov 21, 2020 #
steady run 2:02:00 [3]
Got dropped near Dinnet and back via hill complex west of Balnagowan, visited tops of Balnagowan northern range ;-) and over past old mill on Mortlich south side. Struggling through Coull but got a nice rhythm going once onto good track and moving fairly well along Deeside Way from Boddomend.
Lovely morning (started at 0750...) with a tail wind and bright sunshine.
Lovely morning (started at 0750...) with a tail wind and bright sunshine.
Friday Nov 20, 2020 #
Surveying 1:30:00 [1]
More Bellwood survey - just about done... woo-hoo.
cycling 25:00 [2]
Home from Bellwood
steady run 26:00 [3]
To Aboyne to pick up our sole vehicle from its service and MOT. Feeling OK, just bit achy leg-wise.
Thursday Nov 19, 2020 #
Surveying 1:00:00 [1]
Short spell in the afternoon - once snow had melted ;-) Nearly there...
steady run 33:00 [3]
Finzean 10k route from church - Tom's Cairn. Pacey effort so...
pace run 30:00 [4]
working awfie hard on the climbs to stay with the group.
C • Yes 8
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020 #
steady run warm up/down 20:00 [3]
Decent warm up - over til and out to track end, bit of a grovel back - but had the excuse of walking with E :-)
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020 #
Surveying 3:00:00 [1]
legs tired.
Monday Nov 16, 2020 #
Pilates 1:00:00 [1]
steady run 30:00 [3]
Academy run club, 23 kids plus RC & WB. Castle grounds, drills, sprints and man-hunt :-) Hard work!
Sunday Nov 15, 2020 #
steady run 1:45:00 [3]
With S and JS, Dinnet bridge to Glen Tanar north ridge, west and back via Dee Castle.
Saturday Nov 14, 2020 #
steady run 38:00 [3]
Dess Woods and abbreviated northern loop - had to get back for JROS Zoom part 2... Pleasant out and legs feeling OK. Uphills not great
Friday Nov 13, 2020 #
Note
rest day
Thursday Nov 12, 2020 #
steady run 1:00:00 [3]
Loch Kinord 10km route with Deeside Runners. Nice pleasant social run but struggling for last 10 mins or so - not sure whether pace increased or I got tired!
Nice evening, mild, dry and pleasant company.
Nice evening, mild, dry and pleasant company.
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020 #
orienteering race 39:00 [5]
DNC Crathes. Nice short course (4.6) and all in the nice west end - and even better a large scale map! so I could read it easily (when I looked). Hd a few wobbles and then almost blew it at last control (thought I was south of hill and north of it instead... Just corrected without too much time loss...
Felt quite good in terrain - as long as not too steep uphill!
Felt quite good in terrain - as long as not too steep uphill!
steady run warm up/down 10:00 [3]
Out track to NE of car park.
Note
Taking Tuesday as a rest day has meant I'm feeling much fresher on Wednesday and thus have enjoyed the DNC much more than sometimes. But I'll wait till we have a really tough forest before claiming conclusively that this hypothesis is correct :-)
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020 #
Note
rest day
Monday Nov 9, 2020 #
Pilates 1:00:00 [1]
Lots of glute work again.
steady run 30:00 [3]
Aboyne Academy run club. Out towards gliding strip on Deeside Way wit ha few intervals chucked in. Very pleasant evening with mist arising along the river.
Sunday Nov 8, 2020 #
steady run warm up/down 20:00 [3]
Warm-up - welcome needed, lower right side of back very stiff and sore this morning (after digging and barrowing soil yesterday).
orienteering 58:00 [5]
O event Creag Choinnich, tough course, lots of climbs but well planned and lots of route choices - I certainly didn't get them all right!
A struggle on uphils- basically walked all of them, but very enjoyable, at least in retrospect. Got very cold after run but a stop at the Highland Bakehouse Cafe helped to warm me up :-)
A struggle on uphils- basically walked all of them, but very enjoyable, at least in retrospect. Got very cold after run but a stop at the Highland Bakehouse Cafe helped to warm me up :-)
Saturday Nov 7, 2020 #
steady run 56:00 [3]
To Kinker via DW then up Torphins direct road, back via fields and DessWoods. Lovely morning and plenty of stops to look at views.
Friday Nov 6, 2020 #
steady run 32:00 [3]
Dess Woods lap - feeling god leg-wise but struggling on hills. Lovely evening - brilliant red clouds to west initially and gradual fall in light as the run went on. Only had to use head torch for last descent to house.
Thursday Nov 5, 2020 #
Surveying 3:30:00 [1]
More GPS plotting. Just about done with this phase. Lots of major tweaking to be done before re-visiting to check the details.
Tired by end.
Tired by end.
Wednesday Nov 4, 2020 #
Surveying 2:30:00 [1]
More GPS logging - lots of features well off on old map :-)
cycling 17:00 [2]
To Aboyne on mountain bike to pick up car from MOT - it passed! :-)
orienteering race 42:00 [5]
DNC Haughton and Murray (Alford). Nice runnable area and felt I was moving pretty well (for me). Got a bit scrappy in middle of course, pushing too hard and not checking map enough, plus a few dodgy route choices cost me a bit of time.
6th which realistically I should be happy with given the opposition.
6th which realistically I should be happy with given the opposition.
steady run warm up/down 10:00 [3]
bit of running around, more than sometimes, less than ideal!
Tuesday Nov 3, 2020 #
Surveying 2:45:00 [1]
Walking round edge of area then some major tracks with GPS - to try to sort the major distortions in the map!
Hope the GPS works or else its back again tomorrow...
Hope the GPS works or else its back again tomorrow...
Monday Nov 2, 2020 #
Pilates 1:00:00 [1]
Felt tough - not sure if it was session or tired from weekend- maybe a bit of both!
steady run 30:00 [3]
After-school running club - First session, 20 children, Aboyne Castle and back via main road and Castle wood. VGood to be started again and to see the enthusiasm. Legs felt Ok, though right achilles still just a tiny bit tender - 0.5-1.
Sunday Nov 1, 2020 #
steady run 1:28:00 [3]
Mortlich via Aboyne Loch and back via direct descent and Boddomend. Tried a different line off Mortlich, won't try it again... lots of gorse and broom and a really slow line. Feeling a bit tired and plodding much of it, tried to pick up the pace along DW on return and it did seem better. Right achilles niggling just a little near end.