Training Log Archive: Big Jon

Looooooong warm-up to get calf and buttock working - hardly able to shuffle first thing, but OK by start of race.

VHI relay - medium leg, 25-56, a couple of little misses but rest OK technically, and running better than yesterday - buttock was more of a problem than calf! Still not able to run flat out - problems pulling leg through fast and stretching it forward. Anyway I haven't got anything to do for a while, so a chance to heal fully! Think I've got away without major damage but will visit physio again this coming week.

VHI M45, 3rd (and behind 3 M50s...). Feeling calf on warm-up, and feeling it all the way round course, never got too bad, but enough to affect my speed and smoothness in terrain. Also missed 4 controls, mostly due to sloppy technique in circle.
Later in day buttock/hamstring insertion was very tight and tweaking.

Travelling to Wales for VHI

Dess Wood loop, going ok, calf still present but not too painful.

should have been control hanging etc for schools festival, but event cancelled due to weather, took day off.

Hanging and collecting controls at Kemnay Academy, steady drizzle all morning - lovely.

New Aboyne session for Deeside Runners (first change since session began a couple of decades ago!) intervals round the Green - grass, but will get more difficult as darkness falls earlier. Warm up and down, cut session short to protect calf.

4 x intervals on Aboyne Green (each 2 laps of central football and rugby pitch). Feeling calf a little - a bit more on last one, but never bad. Tight on drive home, but eased with some massage and a hot shower. Wait till morning to se if still OK!
Times - ??, 3-55, 3-56, 3-51 - something to aim at improving when I can run completely freely.

C • intervals 2

Run round Hill of Banchory - calf feeling pretty decent, given 0915 run and chilly day!

good session, feeling strong and controlled.