Training Log Archive: BrandNewMe

Oh gawd. Ray has started a running club at school but couldn't make week 2 as he had a meeting at work. Hence I was in the meadows with a bunch of p5/6/7s. The rain was biblical, as was the wind. I have only just warmed up. I survived though.

C • word of advice 2

So tired I nearly had the day off work sick. Massage. Bob tells me the sore bit of my calf is really quite bad. A big solid lump. Which feels like progress in a way. I feel a bit more positive for getting some feedback.

I think we are going to dodge the jk to go skiing, and go to the lakes weekend the weekend after instead. Terrain snobbery.

C • skiing 3

Big weekend blue

Fun. Enjoyed it more today. Calves hated the climbs, so I walked them. Going well. Lost a little (20secs) on the control which was between gorse, but the gorse had been removed. The control was correct, and I went to the right place and saw the control, but saw no gorse so turned around before checking the code, then turned back when I realised I was being thick.

I went straight 14-15 which was much slower than Ray who went around. I went straight up after dunsapie loch on the long leg, skirted around the top of the dry bowl thingy, then right, down the ridge above the bog. Ray took 3 mins out of me by going around the road. Poor. The rest was fine but is was tired and not pushing it, whereas he was racing JayH. Calf survived. Phew! Pleased with that. No result as my so didn't pick up 11 and 16. Ho hum. At least Ray hasn't "officially" beaten me yet this year. He has won the esoc club champs and has got loads of ranking points so is insufferable just now. "Maybe missing out on the british long champs and esoc club champs on your inability to register punches is a good thing as it means you may concentrate on looking for the unit to flash in future" (I am increasingly deaf to si frequency). Gee thanks Ray.

C • Mum 2

Shadowing Olly and Laurence around the white. They both went around by themselves, and Laurence only needed help getting past the dogs. Lucy and Ted did the course after with Pete. 4 very happy kids indeed. A bit of a fail results-wise for me, but a top weekend of fun with some great kids.

Big weekend urban.

My calf was really crap. Arrggghh. To start or not to start. I started. It was too sore. I couldn't run 100% all out, so there was no point really. Stopped when I got some nasty twinges going to 8. Tiresome, but I might survive to manage tomorrow.

Jogging

No yoga as I couldn't make the DVD work. Typical of today which has been my first :-( day in ages - ill, perma-crying children; missed out on a job I wanted; and loads of other crap.

Did some excruciating foam rolling. My calf is predictably shit, and is not going to survive much of tomorrow, but we'll see how far I get around. Gawd I an a good moaner...

Jogging there and back.

Calf sore but no damage. Didn't see the bit at 20-ish where there was a cut through, and missed number 13-ish by just not seeing it. The veg on this map is hard to see, so I ignored it and ran through were it looked as though it ought to be allowed. Afterwards I think this was an ok tactic. V unfit. Dying after 5 mins. I think maybe that that is what racing is supposed to be like. Lung busting.

I think I know kb too well for it to be much of a challenge or to be interesting. I am not sure I like sprint orienteering. I am not sure I like orienteering, but that's just cause I haven't been in a forest for many many months.

I nearly died. So unfit. Calf held out though. This weekend is going to be painful. Roll on W40. Only a year to go.

45mins of Rodney's yoga DVD