Training Log Archive: Duncan

Blists Hill - Sutton Hill - Brookside - Woodside. Exploring a few paths between Sutton Hill and the Blists Hill road. And wiggling straight through Sutton Hill itself. Felt alright. Walked around Hawkstone Follies in the morning.

Exploring into Rough Park and the nice woods of the Severn Gorge Countryside Trust. Dale Coppice, Rotunda, Lincoln Road, pastures, The C........ and home.

To Oakengates Stadium

Thankfully 4 people racing were slower than me. Not sure of the time.

From Oakengates Stadium. Front wheel went into a hidden hole in some grass, I went forwards and sideways and cut my knee and scraped a massive gash in the nearside chainstay - plonker.

Testing the New bike out on the moors above Matlock.

Testing its off-road ability on the canal and wood paths near Cromford.

Very short pootle around Madeley as getting a train.

Beforehand still didn't feel great. Some Ludlow kid went off speedy at the start and got a good lead. Me and a couple of others were behind. They dropped off on the pull up to (not) Halfway House and I continued past Ludlow on the first rough section. Just tried to consistanty push and get a manageable burn going in my legs. Trying to get up to speed on the flats. Looked behind me on the last crest and found a guy was annoyingly close but knew if I kept going I'd be fine. Largely a good (if boring) downhill and pushed really well on the flats. Safely down the last part to the finish. Definitely feel I'm gettting out of this speed trough. Some people want me to race in a steeplechase on Saturday. Warm down along the road. Time slower than Barrable, Wyber and Gristwoods'.

C • sc 2

Somewhere round Shifnal lanes.

1200, 800, 800, 800, 1200, 1200
~2.30s and 3.50s I think. Better than last week and managed to just about hold onto Albon until the final rep where he took 60m from me in about 500m. Really not cool.

Meant to go for an evening run but didn't.