Training Log Archive: BecksIn the 31 days ending Oct 31, 2016:
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Monday Oct 31, 2016 #
8 AM
Strength 53:00 1.21 km (43:44 / km)
ahr:124 max:168
Leg day. Getting tougher with more sets.
9 AM
Running 25:39 3.3 km (7:46 / km) +59m 7:08 / km
ahr:151 max:165 shoes: Neon sauconys
MIC on a gorgeous morning.
Sunday Oct 30, 2016 #
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(rest day)
Good day of doing nothing at all.
Saturday Oct 29, 2016 #
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Flew back. I don't recommend the Azores out of season!
Friday Oct 28, 2016 #
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Gave in to the weather. Drove to Sete Cidades but saw nothing at all, just fog and rain. Spent the whole day working on our paper instead.
Thursday Oct 27, 2016 #
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Headed to our final stop, a gorgeous Air Bnb just outside Porta Delgada. Started driving towards Sete Cidades, the most spectacular caldeira, but the fog was super thick and we turned round.
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016 #
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Long walk today getting very wet around Lago do Furnas. It was a good walk though, around some fumaroles, and to a Conservation Centre. Then a couple of hours as it got dark in the thermal pool - the best experience of the trip! Great to be sitting in the warm pool as the sun went down and the rain fell!
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 #
1 PM
HIIT 44:00 6.7 km (6:34 / km) +174m 5:49 / km
ahr:158 max:185 shoes: Neon sauconys
Went for a a MIC/HIIT combo on arriving at Furnas. Furnas is a town in the bottom of a volcano caldeira, and we treated ourselves to the nice hotel there that had it's own thermal pool. The hotel has a gorgeous botanical garden which was the highlight of the trip.
Was going to just do MIC, but then felt good and did the HIIT too - some super steep sections up the craziest vehicle roads I've ever seen.
Was going to just do MIC, but then felt good and did the HIIT too - some super steep sections up the craziest vehicle roads I've ever seen.
Monday Oct 24, 2016 #
12 PM
Strength 25:58 [0]
Did a banded strength session after a morning of soggy walking in nearby Nordeste.
Sunday Oct 23, 2016 #
Event: WCOC Hurd State Park
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Headed off to the north side of the island, planning to stop off at Lago do Fogo caldeira on the way. But the weather was terrible, strong wind, rain on and off, and fog. We caught maybe a 10 second glimpse of the view, but that was all. Went to a small hot spring on the way down, then tried to do a walk but the weather was gross. Drove into a "sheltered" valley with apparent walking trails but there weren't any. Gave up and headed to our new Air Bnb, which was in a gorgeous manicured park. Finally got a walk there. That night the weather was so gross that we lost power for an hour or so on and off.
Saturday Oct 22, 2016 #
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Flew overnight to the Azores. Managed to get a little rest on the not too busy flight. A nap when I arrived, then coffee, lunch, and an easy day in Porta Delgada.
Friday Oct 21, 2016 #
6 AM
Running 43:18 6.45 km (6:43 / km) +49m 6:28 / km
ahr:154 max:166
"Long" MIC for the week. Early morning before giving presentation and heading to the airport.
7 AM
Strength 35:07
ahr:145 max:179
Total body day. HR up for the DB complex.
8 AM
Running 10:18 1.98 km (5:12 / km) +1m 5:11 / km
ahr:177 max:190 shoes: Neon sauconys
2 x 4 mins threshold on the way back home from the gym. Week complete!
Wednesday Oct 19, 2016 #
6 AM
Strength 44:03
ahr:112 max:159
I think this was probably the upper body session for this week!
Tuesday Oct 18, 2016 #
5 PM
Cycling 55:42
ahr:131 max:177
Still feeling uncomfortable about the state of my lungs, so went for a bike based HIIT rather than running. It was hard! Progressed to 18 mins of 30/30 now, and that is not much recovery! Burning quads, and definitely losing the power in a couple of the steepest sections in the final 8 or so seconds. East Rock is looking gorgeous, the traffic was terrifying!
Monday Oct 17, 2016 #
5 PM
Running 25:05 3.83 km (6:33 / km) +59m 6:05 / km
ahr:153 max:163 shoes: Neon sauconys
Made it out just before dark for my MIC - gorgeous day, New Haven starting to turn a lovely colour. HR not insane and not much coughing.
6 PM
Strength 48:22 1.12 km (43:13 / km)
ahr:128 max:168
Lower body! This is going to be extremely hard in a couple of weeks time! Need to use the jet lag from next week to get back to gym mornings, it was stupid busy in there today.
Sunday Oct 16, 2016 #
10 AM
Strength 38:59 0.83 km (46:45 / km)
ahr:115 max:166
Total body day in the gym. Some weird exercises in this set, going to take a little getting used to. Jumped in the sauna afterwards and it loosened stuff in my throat a bit. It was good to do very little this weekend - last week was stressful and I'm sure that didn't help with recovery.
Thursday Oct 13, 2016 #
8 AM
Strength 38:54
ahr:117 max:169
Upper body day. Feeling okay in the gym but still not great once the HR goes up.
Tuesday Oct 11, 2016 #
Cycling 25:00 [1]
Tried to do MIC cycling but my lungs were not in good shape. Got halfway up the hill to East Rock then quit.
Monday Oct 10, 2016 #
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How am I supposed to do any work with the news?! I need to be on the computer less, but there is so much writing to do!
6 PM
Strength 38:22 0.75 km (50:53 / km)
ahr:109 max:155
Restart block 3! Curtsey lunges with only 10# were surprisingly tough!
Sunday Oct 9, 2016 #
Event: WCOC Paugussett State Park
10 AM
Orienteering 53:34 5.45 km (9:50 / km) +192m 8:22 / km
ahr:169 max:184 shoes: Integrators 5000
Score event at Paugusset. Everyone knows I don't like scores, but I absolutely love orienteering in the rain. I drew a course and I was on the ball today, navigating well for all but one controls, and again, running strong but not fast. Could have probably managed two more, but they were less fun controls and I wasn't keen an decreasing the fun quotient.
Loved it.
Loved it.
Saturday Oct 8, 2016 #
4 PM
Recovery 25:02 3.72 km (6:43 / km) +3m 6:42 / km
ahr:142 max:160 shoes: Purple sauconys
Heart rate test run - went fine despite still coughing a little.
Tuesday Oct 4, 2016 #
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I got George's cold. He's already over it, so I hope this is the only day I have to stay at home feeling sorry for myself.
Monday Oct 3, 2016 #
7 AM
Strength 58:33 0.99 km (58:54 / km)
ahr:105 max:150
Light lower body session figuring out the new exercises for this block. Somes weird ones including the curtsy lunge, which feels like it throws all the rules for good form out of the window.
Scratchy throat that morning, full blown cold by the afternoon followed by that horrible night of no sleep when you cough every time you lie down. Hopefully this will be a quick one.
Scratchy throat that morning, full blown cold by the afternoon followed by that horrible night of no sleep when you cough every time you lie down. Hopefully this will be a quick one.
Saturday Oct 1, 2016 #
Cycling 50:00 [1]
Easy cycle to Whitneyville and back to buy lamb. Everyone was really happy to see me there! It was nice!
3 PM
Running 3:39
ahr:128 max:140 shoes: Purple sauconys
3 and a bit minutes of running with no satellite.
Running 25:00 4.23 km (5:55 / km) +14m 5:49 / km
ahr:146 max:160 shoes: Purple sauconys
Then a bit more running. Throat a bit sore today. George has come to stay from Australia and he's sick, I'm hoping to avoid it but maybe won't manage. Legs are very stiff today, not sure why. Always feel worse at the end of a recovery week!
Weather was very British. It was great.
Weather was very British. It was great.