Training Log Archive: Old Daniel

A bit pre-occupied so ran around Leigh Woods not usual route in particular no Nightingale Valley

Oldbury Court 11 x 2mins with 90 secs. Quite wet underfoot so not too fast and quite hard work

Lovely mid-day run in sunshine and warmer than of late. Loop around Ashton Court and then out of the back. Quite weary towards the end and knees were not great so had to concentrate quite hard. Very enjoyable run, despite being close to the city some lovely countryside. Completely knackered afterwards- need some more stamina from somewhere

Good warm up

Slightly against my better judgement I was persuaded to go to the Military league central event at British Camp (Malverns) rather than South at Hankley -its only half the travel time. The Malverns provide a majestic setting on a bright winters day with splendid views in both directions enhanced by areas of localised fog around the Severn etc. I did have difficulty finding small control sites on the steep slopes and the twelve year old map a bit passed its sell by date. Pretty much everyone was much faster, found it easy and very enjoyable. My knees hurt and I did not.

Flat efforts on Purdown 8 x 2 mins with 90 secs - quite short of time. Good news is the first interval section has now been done.

Went to Naomi who does my feet. They have been much sorer of late and she had more trouble than usual. She has warned that there may be more issues and I may need to go back. Perhaps an additional pair of shoes needs to be introduced

Blaise from the car park, a cold, drizzly day. Hard to work quite hard to get up hills and to get back sub 60.

CW from Cleeve Hill to Seven springs with Dave and Celia. I had never run this section before and a delight on a hard, frosty, bright sunshine day with excellent views -ran the route (13.6 km) in about 1.44 and then continued on as an out and back