Training Log Archive: Old Daniel

Various warm ups etc

Night O at Cannop Ponds

Run along coast path from Lake grounds s end, along coast path up second and down first path - sea very full and brown. Always enjoy this one. Today with Mark, Alice. Chris, Helen and Jackie. Lido cafe open and equipped with Rosies home made cake -should have bought a lottery ticket

A wet cold day. Santa had brought me new water proof jacket and today was too good an opportunity to miss to try it out . (Not quite sure about Santa does he have a dark side? removing excuse not to go out on cold wet days ........)
Quite lacking in energy today but work on the principle that any run in Blaise us good training

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Warm up

MLS at Silbury Hill (again) -went the other way round this time. Just above freezing sunny and calm. Very enjoyable but quite easy. That said missed 12 and wasted 2 mins searching in the gorse. It was on the edge ......and deliberately did a banana to avoid a large herd on cattle (a herd of large cattle?) and then ran past the (gimme) last control.....a bit frustrating....over ran the last control last time we were here...ah well....

Weather much colder -car thought it was 4 degrees when I started. Downs 30 secs up to 3 mins x 2 pyramid. Went fine of the way up, cutting early breaks because of the cold but on the way down really struggled. Completed the session though. Not helped by overheating sunny and no wind chill -went down to a T shirt, car though it was 10 degrees when I finished...I think I might take it back to the garage...clearly not working properly!!!

Car park full at Swineford, so parked in Upton Cheyney. Inadvertently took wrong lane. So down and very steep ascent to North Stoke. Re-joined standard route to the Round Hill and got to Swineford in 59 mins -so "normal" time then extra hill

Portbury run - not too bad at all. Again mild -trying most of the way round a bit tired in the last mile. Quite pleased with this one