Training Log Archive: Big Jon

Purple Thistle day 2 Mighty long course... Easy technical legs at start, chose the track option on 3-4 to save legs and brain. Started to 'race' at 16 (Out of 24). 3rd overall - albeit 33 mins behind Spongey... Managed to beat Oleg - first time for along while! Probably thanks to the sports drink I took - he bonked and struggled towards the end. Totally stuffed at end, struggled to walk down from finish.

Event: Purple Thistle 2016
 

Purple Thistle, 'middle distance' good technical run, one small miss near end, stopped too soon for Boulder - first control in woodland! Very tough going, struggling to run much.

Purple Thistle Plock event. Kept to tracks as much as possible and round rather than through the bracken, gorse etc! Think I got most routes correct but taking time. Legs a bit tired but going steadily.

Lochnagar with Chris for Running the Highlands. Brisk pace up all hills, struggling up the ladder and then pace at end along loch-side.
wonderful day - bright with a bit of high cloud, dry, decent breeze on top and very pleasant temp (about 17-18C).
Best pace on a Lochnagagr run for RtH - Chris was pretty nippy and didn't hang about. Only recovery was on the long more technical downs.

Knock burn to Kerloch up track with S. Steady start, feeling pretty tight in right hamstring, but eased off after a while (and a stretch). Steady effort up the stony track, a couple of breaks, but feeling OK. Steady run down - didn't seem so rough on descent as on climb!

Blueberry picking on way home, plus a bit of red-currant picking, then grass cutting, raking and borrowing plus some weeding. Hope I've not done to much for the long run tomorrow with Chris...

Intervals 13x1minute, 30-40 secs recovery. Lap of Dess Woods after all day map drawing. Needed to do something faster to get body working so settled on roughly 1 minute with 30 sec recovery - not enough so mostly 35-40 secs. Feeling much better (if a bit sweatier) by the end.

Down Deeside Way, past waterfall and started intervals on hill by Iain's. Out to fields and back via main path rather than hilltop route.

Surveying 7.5 hours. Tired by end (and wet).