Wednesday Aug 30 |
 | Running 33:28 [3]4.18 mi (7:59 / mi) | |
| shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 5 |
| 3 laps of meadows ; dull dull dull ; not the best of form but still beat PB from April last year by almost a full minute. |
Tuesday Aug 29 |
| Running hills 46:21 [3]5.79 mi (7:59 / mi) | |
| shoes: Aasics Gel Trabujo |
| Great run this evening. Felt really fit. Blackford hill summit twice. Made it up the steps without stopping. |
Sunday Aug 27 |
| Orienteering 40:00 [2]** 2.5 km (16:00 / km) | |
| spiked:11/11c shoes: Inov-8 Mudroc 290 |
| Followed Max around Day 2 of the Purple Thistle - after his very long "journey" the day before. Tough going most of the way. |
Saturday Aug 26 |
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| Event: Purple Thistle
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| Orienteering race 2:15:00 [3]***** 9 km (15:00 / km) | |
| spiked:19/19c shoes: RX Terrain - New Balance |
| Purple Thistle Day 1 - the most challenging navigation I've ever had but amazingly I seemed to hit the targets quite consistently. Never really pushed the speed as I was concentrating on navigation - but really pleased with the performance. |
Thursday Aug 24 |
| Running hills 40:00 [3]4.71 mi (8:30 / mi) | |
| shoes: Inov-8 Mudroc 290 |
| Summit of Arthurs Seat and back. 10 intervals of 40 sec (struggled to keep going that long on the uphills) |
Tuesday Aug 22 |
| Running 1:12:00 [3]8.73 mi (8:14 / mi) | |
| shoes: Aasics Gel Trabujo |
| First run in almost a week. Good journey out to Mortonhall. Quite hilly but avoided the summits. |
Wednesday Aug 16 |
| Running race 1:00:00 [4]5.0 mi (11:59 / mi) +500m 5:41 / km | |
| shoes: RX Terrain - New Balance |
| Club handicap race. Came near the front - but got a bit lost in the trees.
Feet nearing blisters on the heel. |
Monday Aug 14 |
| Running hills 27:00 [3]3.27 mi (8:15 / mi) +75m 4:47 / km | |
| shoes: Aasics Gel Trabujo |
| Top of Blackford and Back. Nice evening. |
Saturday Aug 12 |
| Running race 1:42:50 [5]13.12 mi (7:49 / mi) vdot: 43.7 | |
| shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 5 |
| Haddington Half marathon. Ran very well and smashed previous personal best and last years time by over 6 minutes. |
Wednesday Aug 9 |
| Running race 20:00 [5]1.5 mi (13:19 / mi) +200m 5:51 / km | |
| shoes: RX Terrain - New Balance |
| Caerketton Hill Race - race very well - good improvement on last year. |
Monday Aug 7 |
| Running 1:00:00 [4]7.06 mi (8:30 / mi) +75m 5:07 / km | |
| shoes: Aasics Gel Trabujo |
| Interlopers Club Run. Some new paths and tracks to the south of town. |
Sunday Aug 6 |
| Running hills 1:18:00 [3]8.91 mi (8:44 / mi) +200m 5:05 / km | |
| shoes: Aasics Gel Trabujo |
| Nice sunny evening. Run to Blackford and Braid summits. Fairly good form. |
Saturday Aug 5 |
| Hill Walking 5:15:00 [1]14 km (22:30 / km) +1000m 16:35 / km | |
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| Walk to Mayar and Driesh with Max. Fabulous day - too hot if anything. |
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| C • Mayar & Driesh 2 |
Thursday Aug 3 |
| Running hills 1:08:00 [3]7.77 mi (8:44 / mi) | |
| shoes: RX Terrain - New Balance |
| Hill run with map and new Thumb compass. Running really well. |
Tuesday Aug 1 |
| Running intervals 20:06 [5]5 km (4:01 / km) | |
| shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 5 |
| Meadows Intervals - best time yet, 3 circuits under 4 minutes and the other two not far off. |