Training Log Archive: Big JonIn the 31 days ending Jul 31, 2014:
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Thursday Jul 31, 2014 #
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6.5 hours surveying. I chose to wear trainers today and it rained after an hour, so the rest of the day squelching around with soaking feet and legs :-)
steady run 26:00 [3]
Steady run round Dess woods with Sarah, wet and lightning/thunder crashing/flashing about. Feeling pretty crap.
Wednesday Jul 30, 2014 #
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Too busy to run during day and visit to Balmoral in evening.
Tuesday Jul 29, 2014 #
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Drive Hull to home. Lovely weather in Scotland! - shame to have missed it.
Monday Jul 28, 2014 #
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Driving Germany to Zeebrugge, left early yo ensure enough time and got to Zeebrugge in plenty of time to be met by pissing rain right up till departure of ferry.... so no run - couldn't face getting soaked during a run on the roads along the grotty coastline here.
Sunday Jul 27, 2014 #
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Driving from Austria through Germany - very heavy car traffic (trucks not allowed on roads on Sundays), must be start of holidays or something.... also incredibly heavy thunderstorms at times and massive road works in places..... Not a good day to be on the road for over 8 hours!
Saturday Jul 26, 2014 #
orienteering race 21:00 [5]
Day 5 Croatia. "Middle" distance race, 20-31 1st. Had a decent start and pushed hard for downhill section, then struggled on couple of uphill legs. Tim T 30 secs down.
2nd overall 6-40 down on Tim.
Felt better running than any day all week - reckon the previous couple of weeks had too little running and too much walking to feel good at running at start of week. Great event and well worth attending - will come back sometime in the future.
2nd overall 6-40 down on Tim.
Felt better running than any day all week - reckon the previous couple of weeks had too little running and too much walking to feel good at running at start of week. Great event and well worth attending - will come back sometime in the future.
steady run warm up/down 20:00 [3]
Friday Jul 25, 2014 #
orienteering race 43:00 [5]
Day 4 Croatia. Lovely area with big slopes and mixed vegetation. Good run apart from one major faff - thought I had crossed a track and looked too soon for a control (lost 1.5 mins to TT) Finished 2nd 2 secs down on Tim.
steady run warm up/down 20:00 [3]
Thursday Jul 24, 2014 #
orienteering race 42:00 [5]
Day 3 Croatia, Better run, much more focussed and only a couple of wobbles and a poor route choice. 50 secs ahead of TT. Felt very tired legs and struggled on uphills.
steady run warm up/down 20:00 [3]
Decent warm up but need to include terrain tomorrow.
Wednesday Jul 23, 2014 #
cycling
Rest Day 1.5 hours out but over half pushing bikes uphill and 30 mins cycling down. Legs very tired - poor sleep last night.
Tuesday Jul 22, 2014 #
orienteering race 16:00 [3]
Day 2 Croatia, Urban race on Krk at Omisjal. Much better than yesterday again 2nd to TT 1.5 mins down.
steady run warm up/down 20:00 [3]
Monday Jul 21, 2014 #
orienteering race 34:00 [5]
Day 1 Croatia
Poor run, not feeling up for a race and missed time on 2, 3 4 5 7 9. 6 mins down on Tim T but still 2nd......
Poor run, not feeling up for a race and missed time on 2, 3 4 5 7 9. 6 mins down on Tim T but still 2nd......
steady run warm up/down 25:00 [3]
Decent warm-up but legs very tired.
Sunday Jul 20, 2014 #
orienteering 30:00 [3]
Training area near Delnice, Croatia. Grim forest - storm damaged trees all over made route choice and execution a complete lottery - hope the races are better........
Saturday Jul 19, 2014 #
steady run 59:00 [4]
Set off for short run after walk but decided to do a lap of Lake Bohinj. Very hot and started to suffer at 33 minswhen I left the woods for open land. Tough by end.
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Walking up Vogel 4hours
Friday Jul 18, 2014 #
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Walk up gorge to meadows and waterfall from Stara Fuzina. Great slot canyon in places. 3hours
Thursday Jul 17, 2014 #
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Walk along ridge from cable car. Superb route, lots of little undulations and some scrambly bits. Highest point Ribcev 1966 m. 6hours
Wednesday Jul 16, 2014 #
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Canoe 3hours paddling
Tuesday Jul 15, 2014 #
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Walk up to hut in Triglav national park - very steep start (fairly airy in places.... not fun), then lovely trails in forest, pine scrub and open hills. Lunch at a hut (4 story huge building!) and back a longer (but less steep descent). Out for 7.5 hours, probably moving for nearly 6.5. Very tired by end.
Monday Jul 14, 2014 #
steady run 30:00 [3]
Morning run with Sarah at Rastece - turned at a huge new ski jump arena - at least 7 separate jumps! From huge to teeny - almost small enough to tempt me to try a jump.....
cycling 1:40:00 [2]
Cycling with sarah and Ewan in Triglav national park. Very pleasant and not too hilly!
Sunday Jul 13, 2014 #
cycling 1:20:00 [3]
Cycle with Sarah and Ewan from Retece (just in Slovenia), steep uphill for an hour then whizz down hill and back along a lovely cycle/walking path - probably an old railway line, now tarmac and very smooth. Worked hard on climb - broke it into short sections with breaks.
Saturday Jul 12, 2014 #
orienteering race 34:00 [5]
Public race at WOC. M50, 3.3 km 240m Struggled physically - legs tired and altitude affected breathing. No major losses but hesitant and sloppy at times. 7th but 7 mins down!
Friday Jul 11, 2014 #
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Drive from Misurina to Asiago via Cortina. Terrible traffic, averaged 30 mph for 4 hours..... Arrived just in time to see most of women's middle distance race at WOC, missed men's due to Ewan getting bored! Massive thunder storm after we got tent up.
Thursday Jul 10, 2014 #
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Via Ferrata (an easy one!) out for approx 5.5 hours. Never too terrified so that counts as a win! Some very interesting bits and pieces - particularly a steep snow slope after lunch where we met 2 guys placing a fixed rope - obviously far more snow than normal in the summer. Cut short last little section - legs getting tired and minds starting to wonder.
Wednesday Jul 9, 2014 #
steady run 1:11:00 [3]
Morning run with Sarah - up bloody great hill to Refugia and back. Superb views at top.
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Walk round Tre Cimes, approx 2.5 hours. Fantastic views of utterly amazing mountains.
Tuesday Jul 8, 2014 #
cycling 40:00 [3]
Short cycle in the wet on arrival at Misurina in the Dolomites - after very wet drive from Germany across Austria and into Italy.
Monday Jul 7, 2014 #
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Drive from Zeebrugge to Memmingen (near Munich), approx 8 hours driving. Hot day, no hold ups despite several sets of road works and some big queues the other way, luck with us!
Sunday Jul 6, 2014 #
steady run 29:00 [3]
Morning run at Ripon along canal and back - pleasant leg turn-over.
Saturday Jul 5, 2014 #
Intervals 10:00 [5]
Intervals at Ripon with Sarah, 10x1+1, flat track. Feeling fairly uncertain about session, but worked very hard and pleased to have done it.
steady run warm up/down 48:00 [3]
Friday Jul 4, 2014 #
steady run 27:00 [3]
Easy lap of woods with Sarah, before drive to Ripon.
Thursday Jul 3, 2014 #
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Rest day - tickly throat and Ewan is down with a cold......
Wednesday Jul 2, 2014 #
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Surveying 6 hours
Tuesday Jul 1, 2014 #
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4.5 hours surveying, lovely hot sunny day.
Intervals 14:00 [5]
Glen Tanar with Deeside Runners. 7x2+1 on 2 bridges circuit. Not as sprightly as last week - second sandwich at 4-30 was probably a mistake(!). Well beaten by Dave Croll on each one, closer on last two though.... Warm evening and sweating buckets. Only 4 doing intervals - most others were in recovery mode from Larig Ghru race last Sunday.
steady run warm up/down 36:00 [3]