Training Log Archive: Callum White

7 Hills with an out and back to Carlton thrown in for good measure.
Solo long run with the tunes on, overall an enjoyable experience.
Set off anticlockwise and managed to keep it dry till Corstorphine. Not used to heading out this way and even had to check where to go on the phone briefly after ending up on the wrong road descending towards Craiglockhart.
Didn't mind the rain to start with, just made the remaining hills a bit slippy sloppy flippy floppy especially in road shoes. Was feeling quite good till I hit the steps on the seat, then the legs suddenly felt quite tired. The wind and rain picked up quite a bit here and turned me from wet and cold to shivering a lot. Once down and out of the wind I thought I might as well finish with Carlton. Tired to run hard for the last bit to get some heat into the body, didn't manage to go faster (legs tired by now) but did manage to get that heart rate up and that helped.
Back in time for some soup and the F1

Seat lap with Dan. Stopped to watch the otter playing on the close side.
Nice to get one in before the darkness enveloped Edinburgh.

Some sunny slidey seat with Dan and Felix. Much discussion about the best lines on the best way down, and which bits to throw yourself off if you're aiming for a time anywhere near Dan's record.

A couple more climbs with Ali, Gregor and Stanwix. Still nice and slippy in the dark. Had a nice pause on whinny to watch the pretty lights of the botanics.

Evening Seat lasso. Nothing particularly noteworthy.

Morning loop around Blackford. Legs tired again and heart rate really high. Why choose between stress and a lack of sleep when you can have both? A strong morning coffee should help.

City loop with Tim, Ali and Dan. Some nice Christmas trees spotted.

A seat lap with Matt then a lap of the meadows with the speedy boys warming up for intervals.

Monday meadow lap. Legs feeling tired.