Running19:54 [2] 4.49 km (4:26 / km) +18m4:21 / km ahr:149 max:158 shoes: Adidas Terrex Speed Ultra
Trying out the new shoes. Sunny, nice trail, I’ve had worse premier inn shakeouts.
2 PM
Running20:08 [3] 4.23 km (4:46 / km) +2m4:45 / km ahr:147 max:175 shoes: Adidas Terrex Speed Ultra
WU with some hard controls. Good to do that - I should do it again.
Orienteering race 16:07 4.28 km (3:46 / km) +62m3:31 / km ahr:187 max:197 shoes: Adidas Terrex Speed Ultra
JK Sprint - 6th 8 secs off podium (classic JK packing), 35 off the pace. We’ll take that. Main thing today was to keep the head and do sensible, good orienteering, so success on that front. My biggest time loss was around 10 secs to #1. I took a slower route but mostly came from doddering and not committing at the start. Need to get out the traps harder. Also a time loss on #8 - slow route, not bothering to properly pick the best route. Tricky to analyse too profoundly without splits but this was good technically - I always kept ahead of myself with a decent buffer and solid sighting, but like everyone it seems I was struggling to get the legs turning with so many climbs and direction changes. A few wee hesitations but to be honest I can’t remember/can’t be bothered to write them down. Pleased to finish strong and give nobs and Fred the left right goodnight on the run in split. I can probably summarise by saying that I did good map reading and execution today - now I just need to get quicker at both those things. Onwards.
Running15:24 2.75 km (5:36 / km) +13m5:28 / km ahr:138 max:148 shoes: Nike Pegasus 39 #2
Running1:15:32 [2] 14.08 km (5:22 / km) +263m4:54 / km ahr:144 max:169 shoes: Nike Air Zoom Terra Kiger 8
Easy beecraigs with Ali Marshall. Really thoroughly enjoyable chat and the time absolutely flew by. If I got the timings with weather conditions wrong yesterday then I defo got it right today. Hurrah. We happened upon the Lockerbie film set - unfortunately no sightings of Colin Firth but hey ho.
Running36:55 7.39 km (5:00 / km) +102m4:40 / km ahr:135 max:150 shoes: Nike Pegasus 39 #2
Golf course. Cracking views over to the ochils and trossachs.
10 AM
Running19:07 [2] 4.05 km (4:43 / km) ahr:144 max:154 shoes: Nike Pegasus 39 #2
WU
Running36:01 9.91 km (3:38 / km) +35m3:34 / km ahr:168 max:183 shoes: Nike Pegasus 39 #2
Canal sesh 10(3), 4x3(90), 60,45,30,15
A pretty decent hit out today. The 10’ felt pretty glacial, couldn’t get it out of 3rd gear so I was a tad worried for the rest for the sesh. But the 3s were perfectly acceptable and particularly with the tailwind on the way back I felt like I could get moving a bit which was nice. Good to be back sessioning in the clompers. Too much Eddington in streakflys turning me into a southern softy.
Running22:04 4.05 km (5:27 / km) +24m5:18 / km ahr:139 max:155 shoes: Nike Pegasus 39 #2
WD. Snagged some near new peg 40s for £26 on vinted just before this sesh. Nathan is a wise man for recommending this beautiful website full of silly runners.
Running2:16:38 22.55 km (6:04 / km) +616m5:20 / km ahr:130 max:162 shoes: Nike Air Zoom Terra Kiger 8
My first ever pentlands from (not my) home with a lovely big group. A bit stop start at times but glorious weather and great chat made it all very pleasant. Binned nobs to what we thought was the top of craiglockhart. It was not the top. Sad.