Training Log Archive: Cardiffajax

Wandering round town.

C • man of leisure and infinite... 2

Easy run round Caerphilly to get out the house after spending 8 hours making flat pack furniture.

Easy run up over the mountain then attempted to cross to Craig-yr-allt but got stuck in some horrible field calf deep in horse excrement. Got to love a good footpath. Eventually gave up after lots of bushwhacking and came home along the MTB trails.

Chucked it down all day. Another day of house stuff.

Scouting out new training routes. Got Catherine to drop me in Machen and ran to the top of the hill twice. Found some pretty cool routes, some a bit over grown but lots of steep terrain. Slow going under foot, lots of mud. Ran home along the roads, got caught in a big rain and hail shower and bonked quite badly! Glad to get back in one piece.

Easy run to the top of the mountain down along the mountain bike trails, across to Rudry common up and down twice and back home. Awesome views with really dark clouds, sunshine, a rainbow and the mist rising up off the trees. Took a bad fall the second time UP the climb, whacked my knee on a rock.

Good way to start the year off. Trip to IKEA and assembling furniture.

To do list for the year:

Enter and compete in two international VK races.
Run sub 35 mins for a VK.
Run sub 32 mins for a VK.

Average >3000m+ per week.
Run 3000m+ in one day.
Run 4000m+ in one day.

(Buy new bike)
Cycle 200 miles in one day.