Training Log Archive: Eilidh

No real route planned. Ended up going to durris and up to the durris mast for the first time. Was just a chill easy ride apart from the climb to the mast, will defo be back to give it a proper go now that i know what its like. Started to feel little niggles in my knee around when i turned off the S deeside into durris and then from there on they came and went. Worse at the end. Dont think ill be road cycling for a while :( But at least ive finally figured out a trigger

Shooting greens with kirst and frances. Knee was sore after Goauch summit coming down the mtb tracks. When there was all the snow for the last few weeks i wasnt doing any cycling for the first time in a very long time, only running andn snowsports. Since ive strated cycling again now the snows gone my knee has been flaring up again during the day/evenings and feeling generally just more irritated and puffy. So will do a few more tests but im thinking the repetitive motion of cycling as well as my knee being fixed in cleats and probably not tracking up and down correctly is causing irritation in my knee (scar tissue?). Hopefully can get a proper bike fitting once things open up.

Cnoc Dubh with luke. Way more snow than we expected. A couple cm of solid ice on top of the snow which ripped our shins to pieces, really was not having a fun time in shorts. Spent longer at the summit trying to move 10m without crying than the time it took for the rest of the run i reckon. Dont really know how my knee felt becuase there was so much other pain to think about

Shorts and only 3 layers! Summer is on its way. Lovely golden hour ride around banchory and crathes, roads very very wet from the snow melt but not icy. Only good thing about the snow melting means more cycling but still very sad to see it go :( Wind was a bit choppy, fighting strong headwinds at crathes and almost died in the crosswinds at glen common. 2 hill segment efforts

Potties loop with Kirst and Frances S. Snow was a mixture of slush, ice and non-existent so very slow moving especially with kirsty's herringboning skills.

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