Training Log: bethh

Loughrig and Todd Crag
Stayed asleep the whole way, was an absolute shuffle. zzzz. Relieved I now have two days off work !!! :)

Mobility etc
Jumps: box up and downs, skater and SL hop march.
Strength (3 sets of) : BW lunge 30kg + 8 6kg MB slams
8+8 step ups + 8+8 hip thrusts on BOSU with 12.5kg
10 OH press 12.5kg and 6 BW burpees.
Core: BOSU army plank, side plank crunch and bicycles

To/from gym because I hate driving to a gym.

Grim day and again 8.30 start at work (another 5.50am alarm..). Woke up pretty soon after warming up: 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 min hill. Don’t think I’ve sweated so much in a long time

Weather too grim for planned prancing. Tired!

Couldn’t sleep and had to have a midnight snack last night, wasn’t able to eat enough in the day (my breaks are short and I didn’t really have time to stop)- will figure something out

7 miles to and from gym

Planned for longer but hungry// just needed to put feet up

High Pike over to Dove Crag and round, back through the valley to make a nice loop
Felt good, but with an 8.45am start I dont have any time for any mobilising before...Need to remember that this isn't and cannot be a "normal" run, as even pre-brekkie at 6am this didnt feel like a long run.
Also worth noting I went over my l.ankle on the wet rocks. I have strong ankles (touch wood) and haven't had any issues since so think all is grand.

6.15pm finish at work and straight to the gym despite wanting to just sit and eat! A longggggggg day and lots of time on feet.
Mobility: monster band, crawls, SL squat and deadlift, Trx row
Jumps: box + land, side SL jump onto bosu
Strength: 3x5 BS @ 40kg + skater jumps; 40kg deadlift + SL hops, 8 press-ups and bosu hamstring curls
Core: 3 sets of rollouts, flutter kicks and plank side touch
This is gunna hurt tomorrow

~65km 1310m- up the Struggle, through Dockray to Troutbeck, Threkeld, a bit of a detour before hitting the main road down to Grasmere and then home.
With Purko enjoying my last day of holiday before work begins tomorrow. Very lucky with the weather considering the forecast!! Love my carbon so much, such an easy ride. Finished with a lovely lunch at a pretty awesome bakery :P. BEAUT.

5.30am wakeup to travel up to Ambleside, and settling in for the rest of the day. Im so excited for the amazing training opportunities here, but going to have to be careful considering I am also working ~8.30-<6pm 5/7 days a week in a very busy cafe (the staff literally run around the cafe, so will be pretty tiring... hopefully will increase my resilience more to "time on feet"). This will thus mean very early training and evening training on the days I'm working and then hopefully adventures/cycles if the weather falls correctly on my days off. Will be getting regular physio/massages as I've managed to wangle reduced fees, at least up to the Worlds, and hopefully I can stay in one piece (first thing is to sort out this hip/quad?!). Will still only run 3/4 times a week, making those sessions count up the hills, with the x-trainer, and also have got a turbo once I figure out how to use it....

Out and back from home (!) to High Pike.
Very hot on the way up. Felt good bar my tight quad/hip..
(38.5 mins up for reference). Can be extended into a 13km/900m loop or the Fairfield if I want something more.