Training Log Archive: Big JonIn the 31 days ending Aug 31, 2012:
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Friday Aug 31, 2012 #
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Surveying 5.5 hours
steady run 27:00 [3]
Through Dess woods. Feeling OK, nice loop, mostly in terrain, ended down at Deeside Way where new bridge being built. Carried log up from marsh.
stretching 12:00 [1]
Thursday Aug 30, 2012 #
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Surveying 5.5 hours. Using bike to get round tracks - need a map board, holding it is not a useful option.
Wednesday Aug 29, 2012 #
steady run 52:00 [3]
Victory Hall to Balnagowan, across to river De and river bank to Boat Inn, across Green. Pleasant run, legs tired but tried to keep a decent cadence and not just plod along. Riverbank path getting badly overgrown and washed out in places. Steady rain for last 10 mins.
Tuesday Aug 28, 2012 #
cycling 25:00 [2]
To school with Ewan and back. Lovely morning.
cycling 25:00 [2]
Picking up Ewan from school, trying to spit with rain.... but failed !!
Intervals 20:00 [5]
Glen Tanar with Deeside Runners - decent turn-out, 5x4+2. Real battle with Dave H, Clare cruising past everyone as usual. Good session.
stretching 12:00 [1]
Monday Aug 27, 2012 #
steady run 17:00 [3]
Hill of Banchory jog
Pilates 1:00:00 [1]
Matwork - felt hard. Shoulders/neck fine after Saturday "weight" training and sleeping in a tent, so pretty happy about that!
Sunday Aug 26, 2012 #
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Walk up Cairngorm and Cairn Lochan with Sarah and Ewan. Fantastic day - sunny and mild with breeze most of way. Mind you wind dropped on summit of Cairn Lochan and the midges came out - at 1150m!!!!
Amazed at number of walkers and the number of paths on the hills - its a long time since I've been this way and paths are proliferating everywhere.
Amazed at number of walkers and the number of paths on the hills - its a long time since I've been this way and paths are proliferating everywhere.
Saturday Aug 25, 2012 #
cycling 1:30:00 [2]
With Ewan and Sarah from Grantown-on-Spey along Dava way to Dava station and back. Lots of whinging from Ewan, feeling tired and track not very good for cycling - more a walking track.
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Runrig concert at Inverness. Ewan on my shoulders for most of it - must be worth a mention as training...
Friday Aug 24, 2012 #
Hill Race hills 28:00 [5]
With Sarah, hill session up Morven, 28x1+1. Tough - mixed angles and surfaces and lasted a long time!
Wobbled down hill.
Wobbled down hill.
steady run warm up/down 1:09:00 [3]
Warm up to tree on diagonal path, then direct route down.
stretching 12:00 [1]
Thursday Aug 23, 2012 #
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Surveying 6.5 hours. Tired so cut trip short - will do rest of work next week.
Wednesday Aug 22, 2012 #
orienteering 1:05:00 [3]
Collecting training controls at Inver - felt heavy legged at start and struggled to run up hill at all! 4 from 17 controls missing - thats what comes of leaving them there for 3 months!
Tuesday Aug 21, 2012 #
cycling 25:00 [2]
Cycle with Ewan to school and back. Lovely bright morning.
cycling 18:00 [3]
Cycle down to Kinker and back - without Ewan - he went to a friend's house. Wet.
Intervals 20:00 [5]
Glen Tanar with Deeside Runners. 5x4+2 with Clare, Sarah plus 4 or 5 others. Feeling tired but tried to push hard and keep legs moving fast. Managed to survive the session - pleased with effort. More of these needed to regain some proper fitness.
steady run warm up/down 36:00 [3]
2 bridges loop so shorter than full 7 mile route.
stretching 12:00 [1]
Monday Aug 20, 2012 #
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1.5 hours surveying. Pretty lethargic and heavy legged. Decided against a jog later- spent time helping Ewan make a go-cart.... just need some wheels!
Sunday Aug 19, 2012 #
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Rest - deserved!
Saturday Aug 18, 2012 #
Hill Race race 3:59:00 [5]
Great Wilderness Challenge. Started slowly - and got slower. Ended up with slowest time ever but less damage than past couple of times. I need to either give up this length of race or do some proper 2 hour training runs and some pace efforts. Need to think about this!
steady run 15:00 [3]
Bits of warming up at Poolewe and Coire Hallie before start (to run way from the midges!).
Friday Aug 17, 2012 #
steady run 15:00 [3]
Deeside Way from Aboyne with Sarah - easy run, right knee still sore - possibly aggravated by yesterdays walk in heavy boots.
Thursday Aug 16, 2012 #
steady run 32:00 [3]
Dess Woods and fields with Sarah - using new track to far end of woods.
Wednesday Aug 15, 2012 #
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rest day
Tuesday Aug 14, 2012 #
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rest day 2.5 hours survey in morning
Monday Aug 13, 2012 #
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rest day. Right knee still a bit tender after yesterday (Saturday probably didn't help either!)
Sunday Aug 12, 2012 #
orienteering race 1:01:00 [5]
Crathes local event. Brown courese 8.2km, 61-35. Missed number 2 then pretty clean. Caught by John Rocke early on, held him off for 2 controls, then saw him again at 2nd last! Spongey also caught me late on. Fairly happy with time (10 mins down), but felt tired in terrain and right knee aching all way round - hopefully just tired from Sat walk.
steady run warm up/down 15:00 [3]
decent warm-up with sarah
stretching 12:00 [1]
Saturday Aug 11, 2012 #
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Walk up Lochnagar with Sarah and Ewan. Cloudy and brisk wind at top. Ewan did very well - especially on steep bits - monstered past at least 20 people during the walk. ca 4-30 walking time. Up tourist track, down Glas Allt.
Friday Aug 10, 2012 #
steady run 36:00 [3]
Lap of Dess woods, planned to do hills -tried one and cut short - too tired
Intervals hills 4:00 [5]
DAP to gate at top of hill - 4-03, so decent time, but legs feeling pretty tired.
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3 hours sawing and chopping wood - pretty wrecked after.
Thursday Aug 9, 2012 #
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rest day
Wednesday Aug 8, 2012 #
cycling 24:00 [2]
To Kinker shop for bread at luchtime. Easy run down, slightly harder return - but managed to keep up with Ewan.
Tuesday Aug 7, 2012 #
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Surveying 5 hours - pissing rain and soaked through, utterly shite weather forecast from BBC, and all the others - isolated showers in NE, My Arse - it was raining for over an hour driving there and for at least 4 hours of the day.
Intervals 20:00 [5]
Deeside Runners Glen Tanar - 5x4+2 with Donald Kerridge - all others wimped out to do 2 minutes. Behind Donald esp first 2 - struggling to get legs moving, probably surveying catching up.
steady run warm up/down 45:00 [3]
stretching 12:00 [1]
Monday Aug 6, 2012 #
cycling 50:00 [2]
Cycle to Potarch Hotel with Sarah and Ewan for dinner and back - harder on return, uphill and feeling full!
Sunday Aug 5, 2012 #
steady run 2:26:00 [3]
Potties to Shooting Green along ridge to Guach Hill and Scolty then down mountain bike tracks to east and retuned via main track and riverbank path then up to main track and out at NW end of forest, up to Deeside Way and back. Feeling a bit tired and lacking bounce early on then got tired after 80 mins (first food stop), tough from 105 mins to 2 hours - second food stop. Struggled to Deeside Way but improved from there back and felt strong at end.
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Chain sawing for half an hour just to ensure arms were equally tired to my legs.
stretching 12:00 [1]
Saturday Aug 4, 2012 #
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Rest day
Friday Aug 3, 2012 #
cycling 1:30:00 [2]
With Sarah and Ewan from home to Shooting Greens, then back with Ewan while Sarah did some hills.
Legs feeling very tired and heavy on the hills.
Legs feeling very tired and heavy on the hills.
stretching 12:00 [1]
Thursday Aug 2, 2012 #
pace run 52:00 [4]
Victory Hall in Aboyne west along Deeside Way to carpark beyond gliding strip. Ewan pacing me on his bike - not fun! He held a fast pace the whole way (and was just cruising much of it!). A great way to get a pace run with the extra benefit of lots of "come on slow coach" type quips from him!
Quads still sore.
Quads still sore.
stretching 12:00 [1]
Wednesday Aug 1, 2012 #
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Feeling drained - some from last night, some from the past 2 weeks of survey.