Training Log Archive: Big JonIn the 31 days ending May 31, 2020:
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Sunday May 31, 2020 #
steady run 32:00 [3]
Down DW to east, riverbank and back up DW (west). He'd a dip in the river - just sitting, not deep enough for a swim, but up to back - very pleasant, may go for a proper swim later.
Legs felt pretty dead at start but perked up and actually felt quiet spritely coming up hill (diverted to waterfall and then diagonal up - gentler angle :-)
Legs felt pretty dead at start but perked up and actually felt quiet spritely coming up hill (diverted to waterfall and then diagonal up - gentler angle :-)
Saturday May 30, 2020 #
steady run 21:00 [3]
with S to river for a wee dip
Swimming 6:00 [1]
across and back - river water warmer than air...
steady run 16:00 [3]
back along bank, past a lovely smelling barbecue :-)
Friday May 29, 2020 #
cycling 1:25:00 [2]
home - Aboyne - south road - Ballater - Loch Kinord
lovely sunny, hot day. Feeling fairly strong. Felt like head wind in places.
lovely sunny, hot day. Feeling fairly strong. Felt like head wind in places.
Swimming 12:00 [1]
Lovely refreshing dip in Loch Kinord. Surface 20-25cm nice and warm, below a bit chilly :-)
cycling 37:00 [3]
Whiz home from Loch Kinord on A93, after feeling a bit wobbly at the start I felt good and powered home despite a head/side wind.
Thursday May 28, 2020 #
steady run 26:00 [3]
To Activity Park for hen food and back with 25kg rucksack. 11 mins out, 15 back - but a fairly heavy-on-the-legs 15!
Wednesday May 27, 2020 #
cycling 2:00:00 [2]
With S, Potties - Corsedarder - Feudhside road end - Finzean farm shop - Coresdarder - Potties- home.
Nice ride out, pleasant day, warm and sun out for parts.
Nice ride out, pleasant day, warm and sun out for parts.
Tuesday May 26, 2020 #
Intervals hills 8:00 [5]
First intervals since injury. Leg felt good yesterday on uphills so decided to try some hills. Did the Dess burn bridge to top of DW as 4 x 1min with 1 rec. Wondered about 3 sets but stuck at 2, just in case. Didn't seem to have any reaction, so maybe all well.
Met JW after first set so a good recovery due to a catch up!
Met JW after first set so a good recovery due to a catch up!
steady run warm up/down 45:00 [3]
Long-is warm up (25 mins) and then down DW to near farm for w/d. All seemed good after.
Monday May 25, 2020 #
Pilates 1:00:00 [1]
Felt pretty good, but right shoulder crunching a bit.
steady run 30:00 [3]
Past crocodile hut, through open area to top gate then out to fields and back via tracks. Lovely warm day.
Sunday May 24, 2020 #
cycling 1:06:00 [2]
home - Dinnet - Groddie, headwind, took it steady
steady run 1:26:00 [3]
Up Morven, howling headwind for second half, easy descent.
cycling 47:00 [2]
Groddie - Dinnet - home, tailwind so cruisin'
Saturday May 23, 2020 #
Note
walk to Bellwood and back with S. Long way walking...
Friday May 22, 2020 #
steady run 54:00 [3]
Plod round Dess and cowshit alley.
Thursday May 21, 2020 #
steady run 1:31:00 [3]
home - AL - M - QH - home, steady plod, cloudy, warm and humid.
Wednesday May 20, 2020 #
cycling 3:11:00 [2]
home - Aboyne - A93 - Crathie - south side - Aboyne - home.
early start (for me) and lovely quiet roads and cool air in the sun. No stops and felt better during return - more comfortable, maybe body adjusting to the different bike?
Smell of hot pine forest in places - summer in Scandi...
early start (for me) and lovely quiet roads and cool air in the sun. No stops and felt better during return - more comfortable, maybe body adjusting to the different bike?
Smell of hot pine forest in places - summer in Scandi...
Tuesday May 19, 2020 #
steady run 1:18:00 [3]
Steady plod - Riverbank to west, Bellwood and back on old Deeside Road & DW. Nice and hot in sun.
Monday May 18, 2020 #
Pilates 1:00:00 [1]
zoom class
Sunday May 17, 2020 #
cycling 2:21:00 [3]
Long ride and taken apart by the wean...
home - Pitmurchie Road - Tarland Road - Echo - Crathes bridge - Falls of Feugh - Banchory - A93 - home.
E took a longer route home via Scotly, I was busted and grovelled back along the main road.
Seat was fine with tighter bolt, bike set-up fine but got uncomfortable in general towards end - possibly working too hard for too long?
home - Pitmurchie Road - Tarland Road - Echo - Crathes bridge - Falls of Feugh - Banchory - A93 - home.
E took a longer route home via Scotly, I was busted and grovelled back along the main road.
Seat was fine with tighter bolt, bike set-up fine but got uncomfortable in general towards end - possibly working too hard for too long?
Saturday May 16, 2020 #
cycling 47:00 [2]
First ride on new bike, very smooth and pleasant to ride, but I hadn't done up seat tight enough (didn't want to over-tighten it...) so it gradually slipped own on uphills, did Dess bowl and started on Crossroads hill but turned back before top - pretty much a free-wheel to bottom of Deeside Way :-)
Friday May 15, 2020 #
steady run 34 [3]
5km in garden - 16 laps of 319m each (as measured on OCAD map...).
Started steadily and second lap was slowest by far, then gradually warmed up and going 10-15 seconds quicker per lap be end!
Started steadily and second lap was slowest by far, then gradually warmed up and going 10-15 seconds quicker per lap be end!
Thursday May 14, 2020 #
cycling 1:43:00 [2]
home - Torphins via main road - Lumphanan - Dess bowl - Boddomend - home. A trip to pick up prescriptions was a good excuse for an extended return trip :-)
Legs felt strong, right knee a little tender on long grindy climbs.
Feeling the benefit of rest yesterday.
Legs felt strong, right knee a little tender on long grindy climbs.
Feeling the benefit of rest yesterday.
Note
Some gardening - wood preservative on 14 fence posts - about 2 hours. Plus a wee bit of digging.
Wednesday May 13, 2020 #
Note
Rest day (from running and cycling at least). feeling a bit weary and got distracted to several wee garden jobs.
Tuesday May 12, 2020 #
steady run 48:00 [3]
With E, Dw to west, across A93 along past Kennels Cott, riverbank to flood hut and back up DW. Took it really slow down hill - so awkward, especially at start of run. By end and last climb back up was running much more smoothly.
Note
1.5 hours sawing/cutting gorse and broom with E along Deeside Way to east - track was getting bit overgrown. Not any more :-))
Monday May 11, 2020 #
cycling 2:25:00 [2]
home - Aboyne - south side - Ballater - MoD - Tarland - Aboyne - home. Nice ride, bits of wind but nothing too strong for too long :-)
Stop near Cambus for an energy bar and some water but otherwise just kept ped'lin'
Another chilly day but wrapped up well and felt fine.
Stop near Cambus for an energy bar and some water but otherwise just kept ped'lin'
Another chilly day but wrapped up well and felt fine.
Sunday May 10, 2020 #
cycling 1:05:00 [2]
home - Potties - Aboyne - home. Pleasant ride, wore lots of kit and could laugh at the hail showers when they came. Morven glowing white with fresh snow - middle of May!
Cut short planned ride 'cos E wants bike after me. May sneak a double session with a wee run later.
Cut short planned ride 'cos E wants bike after me. May sneak a double session with a wee run later.
steady run 34:00 [3]
Sneaky extra session - to compensate for E curtailing my morning ride.
Lap of Dess Woods. Felt legs tired after ride and almost bonked by end - small lunch too long ago!
A couple of snow showers, but sun v warm between :-)
Lap of Dess Woods. Felt legs tired after ride and almost bonked by end - small lunch too long ago!
A couple of snow showers, but sun v warm between :-)
Saturday May 9, 2020 #
cycling 1:16:00 [2]
Nice steady ride (well apart from the hills). home - Lumphanan cross roads, up to top, down to Lumphanan, up church road, down to Ptmurchie cross roads and back via Pitmurchie Road and DW. Lovely morning and enjoying the spinning along.
Realised half way up first hill I'd forgotten my helmet... Oops!
Realised half way up first hill I'd forgotten my helmet... Oops!
Friday May 8, 2020 #
steady run 30:00 [3]
Steady run with E, down DW to east, then riverbank and back up DW from west. Knee tweaked a couple of times on initial decent (a bit quicker than I'd go on my own) but then settled and almost running normally at end (well, as normally as I ever manage).
Thursday May 7, 2020 #
steady run 1:20:00 [3]
Stop Hill cairn and back, mostly small paths or fields/forest. Legs felt terrible, nothing in them, plodded out, really struggling on hills. A bit better on return but still feeling a bit meh.
Left knee clicking a lot but only a couple of twinges - maybe 2-3/10. Iced it afterwards.
Left knee clicking a lot but only a couple of twinges - maybe 2-3/10. Iced it afterwards.
Strength 15:00 [2]
Carrying some fence posts from neighbours sawmill to gate. 3 posts, nearly killed me - 5" square about 6' long and wet timber... Heavy! Sweating buckets by end.
Wednesday May 6, 2020 #
cycling 1:25:00 [2]
home - Potties (12 cars parked...) south side, Balfour/Birse loop - Aboyne - castle loop - Dess road south and along river bank path. Stopped fora wee dip - water not too cold but chosen spot was awful shallow, so more of a wallow!
Back home along bank and past bee cottage. Legs feeling mostly OK. Sunny and warm but strong breeze at times.
Back home along bank and past bee cottage. Legs feeling mostly OK. Sunny and warm but strong breeze at times.
Note
Swim - managed about 1 minute of splashing in water too shallow to properly swim... need to choose better spot next time! River must be 2-3 feet lower than last swim.
Tuesday May 5, 2020 #
Note
Rest day - a bit of time in the garden but nothing too strenuous, tired from last few days (esp Sunday - longest run for about 2 months...)
Monday May 4, 2020 #
cycling 40:00 [2]
home to Loch Kinord, followed by...
steady run 36:00 [3]
lap of loch, legs feeling tired from yesterday (quads slightly tender and weak).
Very pleasant temp for running. Met 3 people, usually 15-20 on a nice day.
Very pleasant temp for running. Met 3 people, usually 15-20 on a nice day.
cycling 36:00 [2]
and back home, seems to be a head wind on way out and way back...
Sunday May 3, 2020 #
steady run 1:20:00 [3]
Mortlich from home. Steady effort along Deeside Way to Boddomend then took it easy up track to gate. Pushed a bit on the main climb, kept moving all the way, sweating buckets (first time for a while!). Cut directly down to bog (dry as a bone) and back via Boddomend & DW.
Knee was a bit tender on way out and started clicking on climb. Managed to descend more smoothly than previously - I think I'm just about trusting the knee to not collapse or really hurt.
Felt comfortable all the way - must have kept some fitness :-)
Knee was a bit tender on way out and started clicking on climb. Managed to descend more smoothly than previously - I think I'm just about trusting the knee to not collapse or really hurt.
Felt comfortable all the way - must have kept some fitness :-)
Saturday May 2, 2020 #
cycling 1:50:00 [2]
home - Aboyne - south side - Dinnet - Logie - Tarland - Aboyne - home. A bit windy at times but nothing too severe of for long. Lovely run back from Logie to Tarland/Aboyne with mostly a tail wind.
No stops for food or drink and feeling fine by end.
No stops for food or drink and feeling fine by end.
Friday May 1, 2020 #
steady run 35:00 [3]
Dess Woods lap (missed out DW descent at start). Right knee fine, just a gradual dull ache for last few minutes - maybe 0.5/10. Left knee felt perfect for about 5 mins then slight twinging occasionally but nothing more than 1-2/10. A little bit of clicking at one point.
Iced it well after run and feeling good.
Iced it well after run and feeling good.
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