Training Log Archive: Mark3

There are no words

EDIT: there are some words. 30th/89.
http://www.mynydd-du.org.uk/cribyn-results-2016
Pleased to be only 13 minutes down actually!
I think this may be the hardest race I've ever done.

C • it is hard... 4

Paced excellently and so felt ok for about 3k rather than the 1st k being great and the remainder being death, like last time.

However - 10s slower. It was a bit windy (although not that much) which could've accounted for 10s I guess.

3:41,47,44,48,42,44,44,47

Struggling to get the rhythm back after the corners. Psychologically good - overtaking all the way round.

Weston Prom race tomorrow, so Daryl and I just had a sedate jog today.

6x1k (ish) on the grass at Coombe Dingle.

1ks (pace): 3:41,38,39,36,37,36

Not too bad for grass. Knee seems good.

In a change from my usual Monday night intervals, just went for a recovery run today. Was a bit worried about my knee, but have done a few sets of exercises, and it felt fine tonight.

Put in one 400m ish effort where I remembered there was a segment - 2nd/243 by one second - damn that Daryl!

This run takes my trainers to 500 miles. Looking forward to getting some more that aren't half a size too big. These have lasted very well though; there's nothing wrong with them at all.

Bit of a mare. 6th/39 - showing that others had even more of one...

#1 - and so it begins. Saw a control in roughly the right place (actually 40m away) and when it wasn't mine; had no idea where I was. Should have clocked that it was in a small reentrant and so I was very close to the right place. Didn't, and ran around for a bit. (2mins) Dismal start.

Pretty good 2-7. Went down the reentrant on 7; discussions afterward made me think this is a worse route than to N, but looking at RG I'm not so sure; I'm happy with what I did.

#8, bad-thing number 2. Not safe enough; didn't follow the sensible reentrant, was slightly too low and slightly too far E. Michael followed me (sorry Michael!). (2mins)

Contoured way too much on 10 and was then too high - (1 min)

11, should have gone down and round but went up and then into the field over the high (note: not uncrossable, despite the legend) fence which wasn't too bad.

14, way too high up; didn't really make any effort to make map=ground so my own fault, (1min)

Good route to 15 as per Ben Mitchell, then ruined it by looking for the control before the gate?! (90s)

16-25 good (hurray!) although route choice to 21 via 24 not great ; straighter was faster. Ironic blip on 26 (Since already found this looking for #1) - too low down in reentrant.

7.5 mins lost; arrgh.
http://www.ngoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#83&cour...
http://www.ngocweb.com/results/results_16/G1res.pd...

No mistakes puts me third which is bit more respectable; great run for Andy Monro, then...

Bit of knee pain which feels a bit ITBish; possibly unsurprising given yesterday; luckily I know all the exercises for that :)

C • Andy M 1