Training Log Archive: Psuba

Dorset Doddle prep long run.
Tried to stick to HR zone 3 and lots of learnings.
I need to revisit my zones probably - according to my watch zone3 is below 150, but post-run it looks like most of my running is zone 4 which means there is a discrepancy of a few beats. Not sure if it makes that much difference, but could just be the difference between a comfortable vs. uncomfortable last third of the run.

Used 2 gels and only about 4dl refreshments - maybe both not sufficient.
On the graphs and also in reality it felt a slog after about 24-25k, from there on it became nearly impossible to keep HR below 150 and still be running. I managed to finish the last few k's on around 155HR but slowing down below 6min/km.

Became quite dark towards the end. Saw lots of deers in Windsor Great Park. Fought lots of mosquitos on the Thames path towards the end.

Event: MV Summer Evening Series
 

MVOC Level D event, Nonsuch Park, long course.

3rd/29.
http://www.mvoc.org/Events/20160809NonsuchPark/Res...

Late so no warmup and also no compass. Tried to do the majority as a map memory exercise hence made quite a few micro route choice mistakes, partially due to it starting to get dark so having difficulty making out the detail in some of the path sections without a magnifier and also compromised routes as was wearing shorts but the "open" areas were often rough open so decided to run around rather than bashing through the undergrowth. Lost about 1:30-2 mins which is how much I was behind.

Checked HR in the middle of the course and found it surprisingly low relative to how it felt, so clearly left some effort in there too for such a short course. Pushed the run-in to the finish and duly got the HR up to max then.

Travel day, but wanted to get out from the hotel in the evening for a short sprint interval training. Just as I got out, it started to rain so aborted the session.

Testing out the "Bubi" app and system of bike hire in Budapest

Had to get to the underground on time

Too late for a local O-event, but then jogged back home using mostly HR control. Right thighs troubling, sciatica playing up and some tightness in general too. Not too good considering low key week!

Very warm though, 30+ degrees so not a comfortable jog in general.

Thrown in climbing over Gellert hill at the end to put in a small tester for the legs though.

Planned as a long double loop over two hills above Balatonszepezd - ended up doing one only.

Several things went wrong in the planning, wanted to go out early to avoid the heat ended up starting almost an hour late. Also M came along for the first part (which is good), that meant way slower jog than planned so by the time we got to the lookout of Fulop-hill I was almost an hour and a half behind my originally planned schedule.

Got on from that point with controlling the HR zone so a slow tempo anyway, but it got weird when I diverted from the "usual" route to the one I planned for this longer loop using the web to find tracks. These turned out to be long unused tracks, did not see a soul the whole way but did have to fight about 1000000 spiders and spiderwebs - ended up running about 5K with my hand in front of my face to collect the webs there and not with my face. Very unpleasant. That then coupled with the fact that due to me being late it was 33 degrees and baking sun by the time I got down out of the forest to the section by Balaton, and much of the morning was gone at this point so decided to abort the session and finished with the single loop instead. Not that big a tested for the legs in the end but the body got an overall workout anyway.

Upside: seeing a grey fox (?) and a deer up close in the forest.