Training Log Archive: BrandNewMeIn the 31 days ending Jul 31, 2020:
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Friday Jul 31, 2020 #
Note
At Aberdour visiting my parents. Went swimming off the pier 3 times. 3 times ffs!!! All of about 10 secs in total. I have never seen Silver Sands (the tourist beach,m) so hooching! Bournemoof.
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020 #
7 PM
Off-road running 1:03:52 [3] 4.95 mi (12:54 / mi)
Trotettes (HBT ladies). I was hosting. Fun jaunt around the seat. Lucy joined in which rather restricted the pace but was cute and nobody seemed to mind. The chat afterwards did me the world of good after what has been a few very shitty days.
Sunday Jul 26, 2020 #
11 AM
Walk 2:30:00 [3] 5.0 mi (30:00 / mi)
Dragged kids up Ben Vorlich with Megan and her kids and Anna. We stopped just short of the top for lunch where we could get some shelter, but after lunch it was much much windier and Ray nearly got knocked of his feet by a gust due to B’s baby rucksack thingy turning into a bit of a parachute. B’s a bit to small for it anyway so we headed down, leaving Megan to head to the top with 5 kids.
Off-road running 48:00 [3] 3.5 mi (13:43 / mi)
After getting Ray and B down from the worst of the wind I set off to find Megan to help out. It was slow going - hilly, boggy and v off-road. Fun.
Saturday Jul 25, 2020 #
4 PM
Orienteering - training 36:35 [3] 4.36 mi (8:23 / mi)
The Grange and Blackford scatter o. Like a score but you have to get them all and there is no time limit. Fun. Ray and Loz did 31/32-ish so I was going alright, esp as I was sub optimal on the route and thus ran an extra couple of hundred metres.
Friday Jul 24, 2020 #
7 PM
Orienteering - training 1:18:49 [3] 3.78 mi (20:51 / mi)
Blackford Long Green map run
We were around at some friends for dinner so I took the boys (Laurence and his friend James) around the Blackford map run. James orienteers a fair bit so we had fun, with them taking turns to navigate. MapRun worked well until number 13 where we were in the ball park, James had the phone and he said it had pinged so we ran on. Unbeknownst to me though that ping was actually a text from my mum, not the control so number 13 didn’t register. We were v close to it.
Another fun course, and a nice evening, even if running with the boys was fairly stop-start.
We were around at some friends for dinner so I took the boys (Laurence and his friend James) around the Blackford map run. James orienteers a fair bit so we had fun, with them taking turns to navigate. MapRun worked well until number 13 where we were in the ball park, James had the phone and he said it had pinged so we ran on. Unbeknownst to me though that ping was actually a text from my mum, not the control so number 13 didn’t register. We were v close to it.
Another fun course, and a nice evening, even if running with the boys was fairly stop-start.
Thursday Jul 23, 2020 #
3 PM
Orienteering - training 34:45 [3] 3.62 mi (9:36 / mi)
Dunbar sprintelope
It has been a dull few days recently, spent mostly sat down either feeding the baby or being vomited on. So I was determined to get out today, and we printed off some sprintelope maps. Ray did Mussleburgh while the kids and I did some map memory practice on the first loop at walking pace, in the rain.
On to Dunbar, where the sun came out. Ray and Lucy went first, then Loz and I headed out head to head. He had map problems at 3, then 6 and 8 where he stopped and joined Ray and Lucy in the play park. I ran on and it was a nice little course. I made some daft errors, and my MapRun time is a good 4 mins longer due to Laurence faffs, but Rachel K ran well to do 31! It was a nice little course and ice creams and more playparking / lazing in the sun in the pretty walled garden at 6, meant I felt much restored.
It has been a dull few days recently, spent mostly sat down either feeding the baby or being vomited on. So I was determined to get out today, and we printed off some sprintelope maps. Ray did Mussleburgh while the kids and I did some map memory practice on the first loop at walking pace, in the rain.
On to Dunbar, where the sun came out. Ray and Lucy went first, then Loz and I headed out head to head. He had map problems at 3, then 6 and 8 where he stopped and joined Ray and Lucy in the play park. I ran on and it was a nice little course. I made some daft errors, and my MapRun time is a good 4 mins longer due to Laurence faffs, but Rachel K ran well to do 31! It was a nice little course and ice creams and more playparking / lazing in the sun in the pretty walled garden at 6, meant I felt much restored.
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020 #
Walk 3:00:00 [3] 6.3 mi (28:34 / mi)
Dowlaw to St Abbs on the Berwickshire coastal path. Cause the kids have been bickering a lot recently and we wanted to show them how much more miserable we could make their little lives. They are NOT the sort of rosy-cheeked middle class kids who like nothing better than a hearty walk. But neither was I when I was their age.
I am sure that Laurence actually secretly enjoyed it - sunny, good views etc. we had to tell Lucy to stop howling quite as loudly when we got to the RsPB bit as she was disturbing the twitchers.
Cake in the cafe at St Abbs lovely harbour as Ray ran back to get the car rather raised the mood. Costs £10 to overnight in the picturesque harbour car park in a van. Think we might return later in the week.
I am sure that Laurence actually secretly enjoyed it - sunny, good views etc. we had to tell Lucy to stop howling quite as loudly when we got to the RsPB bit as she was disturbing the twitchers.
Cake in the cafe at St Abbs lovely harbour as Ray ran back to get the car rather raised the mood. Costs £10 to overnight in the picturesque harbour car park in a van. Think we might return later in the week.
Monday Jul 20, 2020 #
Road running 32:00 [3] 3.5 mi (9:09 / mi)
There and back
Orienteering - training 48:30 [3] 3.0 mi (16:10 / mi)
Whinny Hill map run
I must remember whinny hill is full body cover
I must remember whinny hill is full body cover
I must...
I always forget, and so staggered home covered in blood at the end. I quite like map run. It’s a shame it only works well on open areas as trees are much more fun. I like the way on Arthur’s Seat you can be jogging along the path looking at the tree the control is on, and looking at the grot between the path and the tree, and thinking ‘nah, fuck that’, when your phone buzzes as registering you as having visited the control (yes, I mean you number 4, and numbers 5, 8 and 10 too). The path out of 18 through the gorse didn’t really exist (cue blood, lots of) and on 9 the map run course doesn’t match the map, but it was a grand day out. Walked all of the hills as I was tired out by the time I got to the start. Oh dear.
I must remember whinny hill is full body cover
I must remember whinny hill is full body cover
I must...
I always forget, and so staggered home covered in blood at the end. I quite like map run. It’s a shame it only works well on open areas as trees are much more fun. I like the way on Arthur’s Seat you can be jogging along the path looking at the tree the control is on, and looking at the grot between the path and the tree, and thinking ‘nah, fuck that’, when your phone buzzes as registering you as having visited the control (yes, I mean you number 4, and numbers 5, 8 and 10 too). The path out of 18 through the gorse didn’t really exist (cue blood, lots of) and on 9 the map run course doesn’t match the map, but it was a grand day out. Walked all of the hills as I was tired out by the time I got to the start. Oh dear.
Saturday Jul 18, 2020 #
Note
Pretty much 24 hours of scream, feed, vomit, repeat, with enough hugely cute smiles thrown in to remind me that is all worth it. Looking forward to a better day tomorrow.
Thursday Jul 16, 2020 #
11 AM
Walk 1:30:00 [3] 3.6 mi (25:00 / mi)
Now in the Lakes again. Over Gowbarrow to a lovely lunch in a pub in Dockray.
1 PM
Off-road running 55:20 [3] 4.75 mi (11:39 / mi)
Followed by a sprint back via aria falls with Loz. Lucy was going back the straight way we came in the morning (1 mile less, bit more climb) and we were racing her. I had had lots of sandwiches, crisps, salad, chips, some sticky toffee pudding, pavlova and a pint of shandy just before, so perhaps not my finest hour, but I was giving it my all as it sort of occurred to me that it was probably bad parenting to let a 10 year old run over a Lakeland fell by herself. Ray and Bertie were walking behind her, but still.
Very glad to see her at the campsite having beaten us back. She is totally mental. She is a normal whiny child, loathing to be climbing hills, until it is made into a competition and she turns into a girl possessed. It’s very impressive.
Very glad to see her at the campsite having beaten us back. She is totally mental. She is a normal whiny child, loathing to be climbing hills, until it is made into a competition and she turns into a girl possessed. It’s very impressive.
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020 #
8 AM
Off-road running 49:10 [3] 5.0 mi (9:50 / mi)
Pre-breakfast run with Loz. He was stopping quite a bit as I think his legs were tired from yesterday. I appreciated the rest. This was a nice route up and down Lathkill again.
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020 #
Walk 5:00:00 [3] 15.0 mi (20:00 / mi)
In Derbyshire now, camping v near Lathkill valley. Walked down to Bakewell for perhaps the most unhealthy lunch ever (pastry products followed by Bakewell pudding and tarts) then walked back. Then walked up the rest of the valley to a pub for dinner and back later. Got a max heart rate of the day shitting it in a field of cows. Ah what fun. At least 15 miles / 40,000 steps. The kids did well.
Sunday Jul 12, 2020 #
8 PM
Off-road running 39:39 [3] 3.85 mi (10:18 / mi)
Late night mooch around Happy Valley and Farthing Downs after a hot day at Ray’s parents.
Saturday Jul 11, 2020 #
8 PM
Walk 2:00:00 [3] 5.0 mi (24:00 / mi)
From the campsite we are staying at, over some fields And along some of the North Downs Way to a village which had s a ludicrously good pizzeria then home. Good after a long day in the van.
Friday Jul 10, 2020 #
9 AM
Off-road running 46:42 [3] 4.22 mi (11:04 / mi)
Run with Loz up the path that I tripped on the other day. Nearly got to the top of Gowbarrow but it was taking too long and I was worried that B would be getting all grumpy on Fran so we turned back and took a route back to the campsite, lost the path after a bit, ploughed through some rough but got back eventually. Loz is definitely better than me on good surfaces but it’s closer on the rough stuff.
Thursday Jul 9, 2020 #
Note
(rest day)
Day at the lake. Jen did her usual pro bonfire and sausages etc as Fran, the kids and I just marveled at her skills.
Wednesday Jul 8, 2020 #
Walk 4:00:00 [3] 8.0 mi (30:00 / mi)
Camping with Fran near Ullswater. This was a nice walk around Gowbarrow fell / Aria Falls from the campsite. Then to a beer garden and home. With Bertie in the rucksack the whole way. He wasn’t heavy but the rest of the stuff was, esp the drinks so pleased I managed ok.
Tuesday Jul 7, 2020 #
Off-road running 25:00 [3] 3.0 mi (8:20 / mi)
We are in the lakes (me and the kids). Fran and her kids. Yay!
Went running with Laurence. Yay!
Fell over badly. Boo!
Lots of cuts. Boo!
Ended the stumble with my face in a stream. Boo!
Walk / ran back, all bloody. :-(
Went running with Laurence. Yay!
Fell over badly. Boo!
Lots of cuts. Boo!
Ended the stumble with my face in a stream. Boo!
Walk / ran back, all bloody. :-(
Monday Jul 6, 2020 #
Off-road running 46:27 [3] 2.82 mi (16:28 / mi)
AS handicap
Stuffed the descent from Whinny and Dunsapie. I’ll learn at some point. OK time though. It’s going to hurt tomorrow.
Stuffed the descent from Whinny and Dunsapie. I’ll learn at some point. OK time though. It’s going to hurt tomorrow.
Saturday Jul 4, 2020 #
Trail running 52:10 [3] 4.75 mi (10:59 / mi)
Segment of the Week was from Bonaly and downhill. Ray was determined that if ought to be a family outing. Him and Loz went first then I went after. Hip and knee still very troublesome indeed. Need to do some exercises alas.
Physio - glut specific 10:00 [3]
Aforementioned.
Friday Jul 3, 2020 #
Trail running 21:18 [3] 2.25 mi (9:28 / mi)
Prestonfield loop with Lucy. The (older) kids have managed to keep an impressive amount of bickering going today. Almost constant. 5 more weeks of this :-(. But taking them out running seemed to ease it. Ray got Laurence, and I got Lucy. She was on fire today and my left glute was v unhappy. Did not enjoy.
Thursday Jul 2, 2020 #
Trail running 55:48 [3] 5.76 mi (9:41 / mi)
Another one with Loz, this time my old friend the braids and Blackford loop. Glad to say he was complaining that he had sore feet and kept stopping. I like to think that that was actually an excuse for tiredness.