Training Log Archive: Olivia

Warming up to make sure mum had a head start with the dog

Sometimes I wonder about my sanity and this was definitely one of those occasions. First half hour was fairly gentle then it kept ramping up until my arms and core were screaming in pain. It rained solidly for the first 1.40 of the class, and then finally the sun came out. Utterly exhausted and frozen by the end. I had hoped to go for a run since we didn't do too much leg work but it took so long for me to warm back up again,I couldn't face going back out into the rain

Supposed to be more about arms and core tonight, but I seem to have tweaked my wrist so I could do press ups, so I had squats and squat thrusts instead.

Putting my new rolling skills to the test, nearly fell off it a few times trying to do glutes but thankfully all in all it hurt less than last night

C • teacher 2

Went to a coaching session on warming up with a former strength and conditioning coach for Ulster Rugby, it was really interesting and Im definitely going to try and incorporate bits of it into my routine. Plus he taught me how to foam roll properly, yay!

Leg session, lots of sprints, lunges, squats and bear crawls tonight

Track was icy again so a trot round the grass to warm up

The track was too icy and the grass to slippery so we headed off to the pitches that have a gravelly track round them. 1/2/3 min x 4 with 1 min rest between reps and 3 between sets. Started off round the track with everyone else but there was one v.muddy section which I nearly wiped out on a couple of times so headed up to the pitches to join Susan and a few others mid way through the second set.
244 / 519/ 693
252/ 522/ 679
265/ 478/ 679
263/ 460/ 697

I was definitely struggling on the longer runs to keep my pace consistent, I was able to keep with the pack on the 1 mins so they paced me a bit more. I'm not sure why the second rep killed me so much, I was quite surprised to see the 60m difference between first and last rep. Ah well, something to work on

Jog back to the track with Susan and a couple of others

First time on the foam roller, and it's painful! Hamstring was tight before hand and thankfully loosened quite a bit and I didn't realise my back was tight until I rolled on it, I'm off on a coaching course on wed to do with warming up and I think there is a section on rolling so Ill hopefully know what I'm doing soon!

C • Coaching 2