Training Log Archive: Big Jon

New gym session - for leg/hip strength/power. Warm up 15 mins on cross trainer and then 40 mins exercises. Will probably be sore tomorrow! Back was a littlke twitchy on some of the hip exercises.
Bella Comerford was in gym when I arrived - giving the treadmill some beating! Looked incredibly fit and seemed very focussed - still going for iron man tri-s

With Sarah and Ewan (on tag-along) from Invercauld carpark west along northtrack towards Linn of Quoich. Cold and mostly cloudy. Turned back early as Ewan had cold fingers and was whingeing a lot! Legs very tired - toiling on any hill. Reckon Thursday took quite a lot out of me after Tuesday and Wednesday.

2+ hours sawing and chopping logs - niggled my lower right back - nervy pains if I catch it in the wrong position.

With Sarah, from Corsedarder monument along ridge to west, dropped down into Feughside (very cold in the shade) along the road and back up through the woods. Nice still clear sunny day with crisp frost in the hollows and on the trees. Calf was fine - I could feel it tugging a few times, but not really painful.

C • hmmm....soon be 50 2

Surveying at Glenmore - 5 hours in the cold. Calf fine - only time I felt anything was walking up steep hill.

DNC Tilquillie, "Norwegian Score" - get all controls in any order. Really tough grotty forest and no chance to avoid the scattered fallen trees - esp the ones covering control sites! Good contender for the Toughest of the Tough Trophy this year.
Also pulled a muscle in my left calf - just below knee. Thought I had hit it on a stick, it didn't seem to affect running (not that the forest allowed much of that!) but has stiffened up after and is aching a bit. Wait and see what its like in the morning.

Calf Ok in most stretches - apart from straight leg calf stretch (bent knee deep calf stretch is completely pain free), so I reckon its a superficial muscle that is tweaked.

Aboyne intervals, Deeside Runners - Robbie, Sam, Alan, Donald, Finlay, Owen. Quick group!
5x4+2, felt terrible on first interval but improved and felt strong all way through set - shame thee speed seems to be disappearing!

warm up and long loop after - only Donald came round!

Coaching course all day, then drive home. Too drained to think of running.