Training Log Archive: Indiana Jones

Warm up in Grangemouth on the roads and track. Stiff to start with but getting better after a few km and strides.

Round the Houses 10k. Different course to last time with a few loops around parks and less on the open roads but still so flat. Another windy day but the constant changes of direction meant there wasn't too much sustained running in to the wind. Opened a small gap on the group from the start then felt them catching me slightly in the wind at 1km before we turned the corner and had the wind behind. After that I didn't look back and tried to run a controlled race. There was a tough bit before 8km and after 9km with some strong headwind but it didn't affect things too much and by then I knew I had a bit of a gap.

I didn't look at any splits during the race and was disappointed to see the clock counting up to 31'00" as I got near the finish only to realise a few minutes later it was a minute out! Wished I'd pushed more in the final 2km to try for sub 30 but never mind. Enjoyed the race and had a good gap of ~40s to Andy in 2nd.

Easy lap of Hazlehead pre breakfast. Happy with how everything felt and was quicker than I thought.

Two loops of Hazlehead moving a bit quicker than usual then some longer strides on the road at the end. Feeling better than any of the last few days, all very comfortable effort.

Easy road loop with Ginie. Everything easing off well.

Easy loops around Countesswells then some strides at the end. Definitely more bounce in the legs today but still a few stiff muscles.

Easy hilly run over Brimmond a few times. Enjoyed it but still feeling a bit tired.

Easy loop through Hazlehead and Maidencraig with Ginie. Legs improving through the run.

Easy warm up to the Westhill loop which turned out to be partly closed off for road works and no longer a loop! Cool down back from Westhill.

Random session making use of the parts of the road which weren’t closed off or had the tarmac ripped up. 2 x ~3.5km then 5 x ~1km with some of the reps a bit longer. Easy running recovery roughly 2min and 90s. Felt tired on the longer ones with the windy sections but a lot better on the shorter reps. Probably still tired from last week so hopefully will freshen up.

Easy out and back through Hazlehead. Bit hungry and had a really sore blister on my toe but otherwise not too bad.

Running down to the city then some exercises and around 3km of steady treadmill running then back home. Did a few strides after the first part then mixed in some more on the way home. Nearly all the muscle stiffness gone from Friday but felt a bit tired.