Training Log Archive: BrandNewMeIn the 31 days ending Jan 31, 2019:
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Thursday Jan 31, 2019 #
Note
Ray is delighted that he has rocketed up the rankings after the city race last weekend. He has reached the giddy heights of 88th, only one place behind Roger, and rather ironically well ahead of Hollie, who scored him 1345 - his highest score and higher than any of her counting scores - when she borrowed his dibber at the SHI’s last year.
7 PM
Hills 55:04 [3] 5.82 mi (9:28 / mi)
Trotter training. Annual outing. Hill reps. From Blackford Pond entrance, up to top of Observatory Road, recovery down, then rep up and recovery down back to blackford pond again and repeat 3 times. Then on to HBT Burns supper at the Bell.
Wednesday Jan 30, 2019 #
8 AM
Road running 34:05 [3] 4.16 mi (8:12 / mi)
Lunch running plans scuppered by lack of running tights. Jogging around in the evening doing some jobs.
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019 #
12 PM
Road running 27:29 [3] 3.56 mi (7:43 / mi)
To Queens Drive and back
Tempo run 17:49 [3] 2.3 mi (7:45 / mi)
Toni’s time trial. Felt slow so was pleased with a relatively quick time.
3 PM
Road running 10:58 [3] 1.33 mi (8:15 / mi)
Primary school sprint, or plod. Tired. Knee still sore. Hip not great.
Sunday Jan 27, 2019 #
11 AM
Off-road running 1:27:03 [3] 4.85 mi (17:57 / mi)
Mooching around after the kids. First the light green with Loz, then the orange with Lucy. It’s sad so see quite how much more Laurence prefers orienteering when he has me with him, he is THAT scared of the dogs. If I can get him past the orange stage at SOLs, where he is more likely to encounter dogs on paths, and we pretty much don’t ever orienteer in our local environment which is hooching with the damn things, he might actually enjoy the sport.
Saturday Jan 26, 2019 #
11 AM
Orienteering - race 48:57 [3] 6.08 mi (8:03 / mi)
EUOC City Race - Women’s Open
I really wanted to win this. It has been a bit of a three way battle with Tessa, Helen and I so many times in the past, so as a race it has many happy memories. And Robin Orr crafted some really nice trophies a few years ago. And running this race makes years of WOC sprint training pay off.
So I started nervously absolutely pegging it. Didn’t look at the map properly to number 1 and missed the alley, but I went straight down to number 2 which was best. Hesitant to 3, died to 4 - I am just not fit enough to run hard up the hill. Ditto 5. 6 I took the left route over the bridge which was fastest. 7 and 8 were easy. 9 was hard to see - magnifier used here. 10 and 11 were standard. Just realised looking at my map now that I thought 15 was a butterfly control, and so I went to it on the way to 12, then did 12,13 and 14 then back to 15. Which probably explains the time loss to 12. Did anyone approach 12 from the West? That was clearly the better route, if you don’t think you have to go to 15 on the way.
16, 17 fine. Tiring now. 18 was fine but confusing when I got to the lower level. I thought I had seen 19 at the top of the oppposite stairs when I went to 18, so was confused when I came up and didn’t see it. Dropped time here. 20-21 I went south to the Western Approach Road.
Dropped time to 23 by going down a long flight of stairs. Dying now. So tired. 24 wrong side of the wall. 25 good. 26 went towards 27. Dying. Brain not working. 28 and 29 easy. Took the east bridge to 30 which dropped time. 31 stood next to it didn’t see it. 32 easy. 33 and finish, killer.
Great courses, liked the bigger map scale. Pleased to win.
I really wanted to win this. It has been a bit of a three way battle with Tessa, Helen and I so many times in the past, so as a race it has many happy memories. And Robin Orr crafted some really nice trophies a few years ago. And running this race makes years of WOC sprint training pay off.
So I started nervously absolutely pegging it. Didn’t look at the map properly to number 1 and missed the alley, but I went straight down to number 2 which was best. Hesitant to 3, died to 4 - I am just not fit enough to run hard up the hill. Ditto 5. 6 I took the left route over the bridge which was fastest. 7 and 8 were easy. 9 was hard to see - magnifier used here. 10 and 11 were standard. Just realised looking at my map now that I thought 15 was a butterfly control, and so I went to it on the way to 12, then did 12,13 and 14 then back to 15. Which probably explains the time loss to 12. Did anyone approach 12 from the West? That was clearly the better route, if you don’t think you have to go to 15 on the way.
16, 17 fine. Tiring now. 18 was fine but confusing when I got to the lower level. I thought I had seen 19 at the top of the oppposite stairs when I went to 18, so was confused when I came up and didn’t see it. Dropped time here. 20-21 I went south to the Western Approach Road.
Dropped time to 23 by going down a long flight of stairs. Dying now. So tired. 24 wrong side of the wall. 25 good. 26 went towards 27. Dying. Brain not working. 28 and 29 easy. Took the east bridge to 30 which dropped time. 31 stood next to it didn’t see it. 32 easy. 33 and finish, killer.
Great courses, liked the bigger map scale. Pleased to win.
Road running 11:00 [3] 1.2 mi (9:10 / mi)
Jog to start, then after the finish staggered back to the start to get the jackets.
Thursday Jan 24, 2019 #
12 PM
Road running 27:26 [3] 3.42 mi (8:01 / mi)
The builders are taking the house apart, and wanted to know the code for the old burglar alarm so it didn't go off when they tried to move the sensors. I had to run home to sort it out, not least as we hadn't used it for some time and we didn't know what the code was. After a number of guesses I got it right. Phew.
Sore knee still, but I had a bloody sore hip last night and that seems to have settled down.
Sore knee still, but I had a bloody sore hip last night and that seems to have settled down.
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019 #
5 PM
Road running 40:10 [3] 5.02 mi (8:00 / mi)
Work is so shite just now, and still have a sore knee. Dithering about where to run I found myself outside Holyrood Palace, so ran the full Royal Mile - gate to drawbridge - then home. With full rucksack, but I was lucky with the lights and quite pissed off so did 8:38.
As a Chartered Tax Advisor I am now working out how much of a tax rebate I’ll get if I resign and take March off.
As a Chartered Tax Advisor I am now working out how much of a tax rebate I’ll get if I resign and take March off.
Tuesday Jan 22, 2019 #
3 PM
Road running 10:40 [3] 1.27 mi (8:24 / mi)
Sprint to school to get the kids.
7 PM
Road running 33:18 [3] 4.17 mi (7:59 / mi)
My knee was too sore for reps, but I needed to do some exercise otherwise I would freeze to death watching Lucy’s Rugby, so a Roseburn / Ravelston Mmooch.
Monday Jan 21, 2019 #
5 PM
Road running 38:59 [3] 4.45 mi (8:46 / mi)
Up to Hillend Steading from work for the athlete support fund meeting. Not only was it uphill, but I had a bag and was head on into an icy blast the whole way. Not feelingvto springy as a result.
Sunday Jan 20, 2019 #
8 AM
Road running 34:36 [3] 4.0 mi (8:39 / mi)
To the Rathjen’s to pick up the van and Lucy.
Saturday Jan 19, 2019 #
6 PM
Road running 29:59 [3] 3.35 mi (8:57 / mi)
Busy day. Sore knee. Tired. Down to the Rathjen’s for a Borders Leauge team party. Cracking!
Friday Jan 18, 2019 #
7 PM
Off-road running 39:32 [3] 3.89 mi (10:10 / mi)
Martin H has put on a number of fine kids fun runs to accompany Scottish Hill Races. My kids love them (mainly as they get chocolate at the finish), and there is a real dearth of kids hill races. Martin’s a bit ill though, so Angela has convinced me to take over organising the Chapelgill fun run, which made me think that we really ought to have an official fun run at the Bog Trot. I have got the politburo on board, so was out reccying potential routes. I think we are just going to do the first half of the race.
Thursday Jan 17, 2019 #
3 PM
Road running 10:47 [3] 1.36 mi (7:56 / mi)
Panic sprint to get the kids from school. I work until 3, and I have to get changed and sprint the 1.38 mile before school kicks out at 3:10. I haven't really made it yet.
10 PM
Tempo run 39:34 [3] 5.02 mi (7:53 / mi)
'Give me something to think about so I can get to sleep' I had to answer before I got to go out running. 'Think about how hard it is to go out to do a fartlek at 21:45 at night when it is freezing outside, you are really tired and stressed, and you don't really know where your training is going, Lucy'. That seemed to stop her talking, and I got out for a tempo meadows lap and some more shorter reps before heading home.
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019 #
1 PM
Road running 41:35 [3] 5.17 mi (8:03 / mi)
Jog down to Morningside to do some errands. Legs killing still from last night.
Tuesday Jan 15, 2019 #
3 PM
Road running 10:33 [3] 1.3 mi (8:07 / mi)
Sprint from work to get the kids
7 PM
Hills 51:57 [3] 6.0 mi (8:40 / mi)
From Lucy’s rugby.
Hill reps on the plan. Hill sessions are rare for me so I might as well make it a classic hill. Kaimes Road x 4. Killer. 4:26, 4:24, 4:33, 4:36. Dead. Then got lost taking short cuts in a Saughton housing estate trying to get back in time.
Hill reps on the plan. Hill sessions are rare for me so I might as well make it a classic hill. Kaimes Road x 4. Killer. 4:26, 4:24, 4:33, 4:36. Dead. Then got lost taking short cuts in a Saughton housing estate trying to get back in time.
Monday Jan 14, 2019 #
9 PM
Off-road running 46:35 [3] 4.54 mi (10:16 / mi)
Late night Arthur’s Seat.
Crags, St Margaret’s Loch, Whinny Hill and back via Pipers. Nice night.
Crags, St Margaret’s Loch, Whinny Hill and back via Pipers. Nice night.
Sunday Jan 13, 2019 #
Note
Someone pointed out that they couldn’t see my comments. My mistake - something in my settings.
12 PM
XC / road / hill race 30:25 [3] 3.94 mi (7:43 / mi)
Paxton XC
This starts on rutted fields, which I struggle to get pace on, and felt out of sorts throughout the race. Megan was not too far ahead though, I was 30secs quicker than 2017 and the course seems to have got .34 miles further since then so I should be pleased. Ian Maxwell was stacks ahead.
This starts on rutted fields, which I struggle to get pace on, and felt out of sorts throughout the race. Megan was not too far ahead though, I was 30secs quicker than 2017 and the course seems to have got .34 miles further since then so I should be pleased. Ian Maxwell was stacks ahead.
Off-road running 13:07 [3] 1.37 mi (9:34 / mi)
Warm down with megan.
Saturday Jan 12, 2019 #
4 PM
Road running 40:51 [3] 4.79 mi (8:32 / mi)
Around the seat. Breezy.
Friday Jan 11, 2019 #
9 AM
Road running 1:21:05 [3] 10.0 mi (8:07 / mi)
Paxton Sunday XC rather mucks up the traditional ‘easy Friday, hard Saturday long Sunday’ theme. Glad to get this done considering recent niggles.
Thursday Jan 10, 2019 #
12 PM
Intervals - long endurance 37:56 [3] 5.08 mi (7:28 / mi)
Jan's plan said 'have some fun injecting 'tempo bursts' into a run'. My calf has been saying 'you are totally f*ed, do nothing'. It was v tight in one particular spot on the way into work and walking around the office all morning, and I have had repeated bouts of soreus footus (posterial tibialis?) on the right side all week. Alarm bells were very much ringing. So I did 5 miles of tempo bursts and somehow got away with out doing further damage. No idea how. This was totally taking the piss, running this lunchtime, and running hard too, but the calf even feels better now. Odd.
Need to do some yoga as my back feels dire but I am not sure when I am going to get the time tonight.
Need to do some yoga as my back feels dire but I am not sure when I am going to get the time tonight.
9 PM
Yoga 15:00 [3]
Dig out Rodney DVD to see if it would help my back, to Laurence’s amusement.
Wednesday Jan 9, 2019 #
5 PM
Tempo run 34:40 [3] 4.6 mi (7:32 / mi)
janJANday 9 is a 5 miler speeding up, so I did 3 laps of the meadows, one slow, one medium and one fast. Sore right calf.
Road running 15:21 [3] 1.87 mi (8:13 / mi)
Got my bag from work and ran home.
Tuesday Jan 8, 2019 #
Note
JK dilemma.
It’s just so uninspring to go back to that part of the world. I thought they were supposed to spread it about a bit. I mean we did cold Ash in 2013, and we saw all of it then. And do I run W40 (my class, with Sarah) W35 (cause I haven’t run it) M40 (with a Ray and poss Kim) or W21e (cause I might do the UK elite Leauge thingy). At least if it is being used for WOC pre-selection then surely these southern areas must be able to boast some intricate contour detail, nice bare rock running and some sexy open marshes that I don’t know about???
Not inspired by the British either. I think I saw as much of Kilnsey as I wanted back in JK 1995 (3rd, W17 since you ask. That’s good for me back then) and haven’t returned. And I still haven’t heard anyone swear as loudly in a wood since I did the British nights in 2015 at the relay venue Middleton Wood. I think it was the brambles. But then the MSR could be fun for Interlopers...
It’s just so uninspring to go back to that part of the world. I thought they were supposed to spread it about a bit. I mean we did cold Ash in 2013, and we saw all of it then. And do I run W40 (my class, with Sarah) W35 (cause I haven’t run it) M40 (with a Ray and poss Kim) or W21e (cause I might do the UK elite Leauge thingy). At least if it is being used for WOC pre-selection then surely these southern areas must be able to boast some intricate contour detail, nice bare rock running and some sexy open marshes that I don’t know about???
Not inspired by the British either. I think I saw as much of Kilnsey as I wanted back in JK 1995 (3rd, W17 since you ask. That’s good for me back then) and haven’t returned. And I still haven’t heard anyone swear as loudly in a wood since I did the British nights in 2015 at the relay venue Middleton Wood. I think it was the brambles. But then the MSR could be fun for Interlopers...
7 PM
Hills 1:08:06 [3] 6.56 mi (10:23 / mi)
janJAN day 8 said hills. Problem is I don’t believe in hills. If you want to run up hills quicker you get a bit lighter and do so biking. If you want a cardio session, find a bit of flat Tarmac or go to the track. But I didn’t want to be a grump, so I duly went to the opposite but of Queens drive and did 3 x Whinny Hill. Lovely evening for it and I felt good.
Monday Jan 7, 2019 #
5 PM
Road running 26:48 [3] 3.1 mi (8:39 / mi)
Jog back through Morningside. Posteria tibialis pain. Right foot.
Sunday Jan 6, 2019 #
3 PM
Road running 1:24:35 [3] 10.57 mi (8:00 / mi)
The plan said 10 miles. Bad stomach though, so this was weary.
Saturday Jan 5, 2019 #
12 PM
XC / road / hill race 29:15 [3] 2.98 mi (9:49 / mi)
There is a nice coach in CAAC who I trained with for a bit when the kids were doing track training. Last January and this he has tweeted the day’s training the night before, everyday, throughout January (@JanJanAthon). It is quite good fun not to have to think up the days training, but today I suffered.
Yesterday’s 6 mile fartlek was done late and I didn’t have dinner after and was probably a bit hilly, and today’s ‘5k parkrun or equivalent’ was an HBT 5k handicap on Arthur’s Seat. Brutal.
Legs were killing from the start, when I set off down the bog. Skirt St Margaret’s loch then up to the top of Whinny Hill. Round the side of the dry dam, down the Dassies, then up over the crags to the start / finish. Laurence started 3mins before me and I only just reeled him in going up the crags. Legs were so dead. But it’s all good training!
Yesterday’s 6 mile fartlek was done late and I didn’t have dinner after and was probably a bit hilly, and today’s ‘5k parkrun or equivalent’ was an HBT 5k handicap on Arthur’s Seat. Brutal.
Legs were killing from the start, when I set off down the bog. Skirt St Margaret’s loch then up to the top of Whinny Hill. Round the side of the dry dam, down the Dassies, then up over the crags to the start / finish. Laurence started 3mins before me and I only just reeled him in going up the crags. Legs were so dead. But it’s all good training!
Road running 6:19 [3] 0.64 mi (9:52 / mi)
Warm down jog. no warm up, which was a mistake.
Friday Jan 4, 2019 #
8 PM
Tempo run 57:22 [3] 6.87 mi (8:21 / mi)
Hilly fartlek around Braids and Blackford.
Thursday Jan 3, 2019 #
8 PM
Road running 45:22 [3] 5.6 mi (8:06 / mi)
Woke at 3, couldn’t get back to sleep. Day at home with the kids = exhaustion. I went to bed at 2:30 for an hour, and suffered horrid fug ever after that for the rest of the day until I got running in the evening. That made everything better.
Wednesday Jan 2, 2019 #
12 PM
Off-road running 15:30 [3] 1.75 mi (8:51 / mi)
Warm uppery and downery
XC / road / hill race 20:58 [3] 1.93 mi (10:52 / mi)
Greenmantle Dash
I haven’t actually ever got around to this race, but it is very close and is organised by good friend Dick Wall so I thought I ought to at some point.
I knew you started at the brewery, ran up to one of the lower ridges if Trahenna, came down and finished at he back of the community centre. I didn’t know quite how rough it was.
Jill explained beforehand. “You run 200m to the main road, vault that wall, shimmy through that narrow bit, over the football pitch, then vault a fence, wade through the burn, then wade through the very boggy field, up the turnip field, then you are at the bottom of the hill, and just have to climb up it and back down.”
Hmm. It seemed a bit brutal, and it was. I was please with my hard start, as fewer people were in my way at the wall, and I could pick the lowest bit of fence. I seemed to get the deepest bit of burn (mid thigh) though, but managed the boggy field better than most. The gradual turnip field didn’t suit me, the steep up did. I lost a lot on the descent. I waswth Des Crowe at the top. He descended like a rock though, and I descended like a feather. Stayed strong until the end and quite pleased with how I felt. First vet. Second lady to Jill.
The kids race was a cracker! They did what we did but missed the steepest bit of the hill. All round thumbs up from the small brown crew of 4. They won a twix, a buff, a can of dc, and a bottle of beer. Result!
I haven’t actually ever got around to this race, but it is very close and is organised by good friend Dick Wall so I thought I ought to at some point.
I knew you started at the brewery, ran up to one of the lower ridges if Trahenna, came down and finished at he back of the community centre. I didn’t know quite how rough it was.
Jill explained beforehand. “You run 200m to the main road, vault that wall, shimmy through that narrow bit, over the football pitch, then vault a fence, wade through the burn, then wade through the very boggy field, up the turnip field, then you are at the bottom of the hill, and just have to climb up it and back down.”
Hmm. It seemed a bit brutal, and it was. I was please with my hard start, as fewer people were in my way at the wall, and I could pick the lowest bit of fence. I seemed to get the deepest bit of burn (mid thigh) though, but managed the boggy field better than most. The gradual turnip field didn’t suit me, the steep up did. I lost a lot on the descent. I waswth Des Crowe at the top. He descended like a rock though, and I descended like a feather. Stayed strong until the end and quite pleased with how I felt. First vet. Second lady to Jill.
The kids race was a cracker! They did what we did but missed the steepest bit of the hill. All round thumbs up from the small brown crew of 4. They won a twix, a buff, a can of dc, and a bottle of beer. Result!
Tuesday Jan 1, 2019 #
5 PM
Road running 44:00 [3] 5.5 mi (8:00 / mi)
haven't quite decided what 2019 training will look like, but I had some jobs to do in Morningside.