Training Log Archive: Leon

City of Bath Urban - 2nd, 40:29

A boost after yesterday, a good clean run, felt in control and on top of course throughout and solid route choices, just need to push myself a bit more and get the legs really moving.

Not sure why split to #1 so slow, must have set off too slow, held up at road slightly.

A bit slow into and out of #6 but spotted nearest exit to steps was in fact a bridge and went higher, probably best to back out and down to road.

After last weeks discussion etc about levels, marked different experience with #15, understood what was going on and took best route, though I can understand why others didn't totally.

If a canopy is something you can't run on, a different colour should be used for multi level runnability in my opinion, maybe a test somewhere would be useful.

22-23 proved problematic, went south to river, fell down steep bank, then running on tarmac failed to notice incline as looking at map and fell forward, just avoiding a nasty head impact.

Enjoyable event, slight feel the legs could have done with a bit more mixed length, mainly a few more short legs thrown in. But great all the same.

Event: YHOA Urban League
 

Event: BOK Blast
 

Doncaster parkrun, 2nd, 18:15

Hard but slow
Much grass, though flat
Course descriprion on website is wrong
Still struggling to surpass 90% effort

Sheffield Urban - Prologue, mp

As usual, found a way to mess up a chasing event
Nearly ballsed up #1 but stopped and sorted myself out
Like others, was thrown by purple line crossing uncrossable wall at end of a path, to 5 wouldn't have gone that way otherwise
Missed #6, distracted by other runners, planning ahead, generally not concentrating on the here and now
#9 was another mapping pain, should really have simplified and used road, but cut past tennis courts, saw hedge ahead and on map, saw it extending to road, but purple line covered gap between hedge and wall, went right around mobile building, also trapped in fire exit walkway en route. Otherwise would have been a good route choice
Overshot #10 slightly
Slightly longer but easier route to #12 allowing to plan ahead
Too far en route to #16 due to head down looking at map, but did pass #19 so this was easy to work back to.
Came wrong way out of #26 for short spell brain freeze
Took route under canopy to #28 and under crossable fence
Solid but not spectacular run without m/p which I was annoyed about at the time, less so now really.

Sheffield Urban Final (3rd for course) 30.20

Bit difficult to get going running alone, eventually did
Slow and accurate 1-3, went north to 4 cos I wanted to see where 5 was, and out to north from 6 to 7
East 8-9 which paid dividends and was good 9/10/11 but a bit slow 12-15
All straightforward to the long leg where I stuck to the road along the south and cut in from there, was thinking I could cut into #23 from the SW but in reality this was impossible, so had to go round and in from north - faffed a lot whilst figured out how to not fall over in flats - if in a head to head would have just got on with it - lost a whole minute
Slightly longer way round to 24, coming out saw Richard Robinson coming in so thought I better not let him get past which gave me a bit of impetus
Having passed 26 took the steps as saw how grotty the direct route was - gained 30s!
Stupidly came out of 28 south instead of east

Again, solid but could do better. Missing some micro route choices and not running fast enough.

White Rose Summary

Will need to take a look a splits but

Sprint: Good
Long: Bad
Night: 50/50
Middle: Average, could have been good had I run a bit harder from the off.

Need a rest, no running til Saturday