Training Log Archive: Big Jon

home- Pitmurchie Road - Tornaveen - Echt - Crathes bridge - Falls of Feugh - Shooting Greens - home
Chilly and even a few spots of rain (what is this cold wet stuff??) but really enjoyed ride to Echt - tail wind for much of exposed section so whizzing along. Stopped at Br of Feugh for a bit of food then up Feughside, bit of a grind up to Shooting Greens but OK after that.

Various bits of light gardening in afternoon.

Home - Potties - Shooting Greens - Finzean - Coresdarder - Aboyne - home. Lovely warm afternoon and mostly gentle pace, but struggling on hills - too long in sun earlier in day while gardening.

Same loop as Tuesday but 5 mins quicker (15 mins) and almost felt smooth at times. Quite a big step forward but still not running properly - hobbling, maybe to protect from pain, maybe from other problems (glutes?). Slight ache from knee for much of the run.
Then straight into a descent to the river for a week dook and back. Water much lower and less cold than last time but only managed about 3 minutes total in 3 dips - had to get out and walk back up as current is faster than I can swim!

Branch chopping and moving bags of soil around. Hard enough in the heat.

Trip out with S on road bike. Lumphanan, Cross Roads, old military road, Muir of Fowlis then west to near Towie, Boultenstone, Tarland, Aboyne.
Wonderful day with wall to wall blue skies and only a little eastern breeze.
Fairly tired by end.

plus some digging/barrowing and branch cutting before and after ride. Making the most of sun and dry ground :-)

with S - Pitmurchie Road, over to Tarland Road, east to Learney and back via Torphins and Footie hill to Kinker. Lovely day with a bit off an easterly wind. Feeling fairly good on long hills.

Plus some log moving and a little bit of digging/barrowing.

Another test run. Staying as flat as possible from here, new route past felled area, round back of hill and only one descent near end. Knee didn't give any sharp stabs of pain - so a step forward but still felt awkward and sensitive at times. Also still not running smoothly so right leg taking a lot of the impact. Need to keep working at it.

Tree felling and then barrowing logs. Tired

MTB with S, past ILPH, Bellwood and back via old road and cut down to Boddomend, Deeside Way and Activity Park. Lovely afternoon but wind a bit chilly. Didn't pass many other people.

Plus lots of borrowing and some log stacking. getting there... :-)