Training Log Archive: Psuba

Great - throatache and coughing. Next time remember to bring change of shoes to avoid staying in wet socks in the cold...

Event: Winter Solstice Night Pilis Trail Half-Marathon
 

Winter solstice night half over Pilis mountains.

Community run, so more a chat and an event than a training. Was mostly jogging with G, so most of the time ran together with the slower group, 7-20 people mostly. Lots of stops to wait for each other and walked most of the steeper climbs. I did not know the route so only really ran the 2nd hill as discussed with G that I will catch up with the front then wait for him as a bit of a mini-training. Being a night event, it was cold and very foggy, and mostly boggy under foot and shoe not really fit the circumstances. Fun to do anyway even if it was in no way a fitness or speed test, and managed to not fall asleep after the jetlag from flying the days before!

Treadmill session in the Samui hotel before checking out. Wanted to do a decent 5k railway session, then tried a fast section which was surprisingly well sustained so ended up with my fastest 1k ever. Now to sustain it for 10k and out on terrain... Hahaha

K's tempo:
5:00, 4:30,20,10, 4:00, 3:30

Half-hearted attempt at balance and strength exercises

2 part treadmill session in the Samui Hotel, before/after strength/conditioning exercises.

Trying to simulate to a degree the first part of the night hills half next Monday, so had to do some hills to see how I cope considering lack of exercises and not feeling well two days ago.
I changed settings roughly after each K - apart from pressing the stupid emergency stop button accidentally again...

pace/gradient per k:

1 - 5:00 / 0%
2 - 4:30 / 0%
3 - 6:00 / 10%
4 - 6:00 / 10%
5 - 5:00 / 0%
6 - 4:30 / 0%
(S&C gap)
7 - 4:30 / 0%
8 - 6:00 / 10%
9 - 6:00-7:00 /10%
10 - 4:10-4:30 / 0%

Messed around with the balance ball, trying to execute some of the Judith Wyder exercises. Wonder if I will be able to catch up as she seems to have mastered balancing on that ball a lot more than I was able to now with my dancing background... well, it's the first try, and I managed to keep kneeling on the ball for about 20 seconds before falling.

Probably the result of substandard prawn pad thai the previous evening, spent most day in bed feeling weak, 38 degrees temperature. Blacked out for half a minute in the evening when I got up and went out for dinner in the warm weather. Got better the next day.