Sunday Jan 28 |
 | Running race 1:14:22 [4]16 km (4:39 / km) vdot: 45.1 | |
| ahr:153 max:161 shoes: O shoes |
| Tigger Tor fell race. Wasn't sure how I would feel after yesterday, but it was good. Finished 7th, just under 2 mins down on Phil who won. Was pleased with my running up the hills and on the rough bits, but need to learn how to run downhill fast! And it was chuffing windy. |
Saturday Jan 27 |
| Running race 40:05 [4]12 km (3:20 / km) vdot: 64.9 | |
| shoes: Cross country spikes |
| Northern XC champs in Manchester. Was a little bit disappointed with how I ran, felt OK on the hills but just couldn't seem to run fast enough on the flat bits. Came 144th/651, and was slightly further down on the top 3 in % terms than last year. |
| Running 40:00 [3]6 km (6:40 / km) | |
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| Warm up and warm down at cross country. |
Friday Jan 26 |
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| Rest day today. And very nice it was too. My new toy arrived as well, a Polar rs400 heart rate watch to replace my dead s610i, so I can now do more geeking. The only problem is that it isn't compatible with my old download interface so I need a new one of them too. Ho hum. |
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| C • gimp 5 |
Thursday Jan 25 |
| Running 31:00 [3]6 km (5:10 / km) | |
| shoes: Road shoes |
| Road run with 3 * 2mins of strides, just to get the old legs turning over. Felt pretty spritely, hopefully will feel the same on Saturday during the 12km of cross country pain. |
Wednesday Jan 24 |
| Running 42:00 [3]9 km (4:40 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics trail shoes |
| Recovery run up the canal at lunch. Went a little further than normal but legs felt surprisingly good after yesterday. Got rained on a little bit but that's par for the course in Sheffield. |
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| Just been to see Rocky Balboa. Quality. I now want to run up some steps in the snow wearing a grey tracksuit. With a dog. Awesome. |
Tuesday Jan 23 |
| Weights 45:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Road shoes |
| Gym session at lunch. Did some leg weights, and a bit of upper body, as well as some CV. |
| Running 50:00 [3]10 km (5:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Road shoes |
| Run from work to track, a few laps to warm up and then running home. Struggled towards the end of the run home. |
| Running intervals 38:33 [5]6.4 km (6:01 / km) | |
| shoes: Lightweight trainers |
| Track. 8 mile relay in pairs, so 16 * 400m each. I ran with Oli, and we were looking to beat the time of 38:20 we ran before Christmas. Oli ran faster overall I think, and while I started off a bit faster, I tailed off badly towards the end and was lapping a couple of seconds slower than last time. Disappointing, and while it is my first proper track session for a while, it just wasn't happening. Time for a few easy days before Northern XC on Saturday. |
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| C • tired 3 |
Monday Jan 22 |
| Running 34:00 [3]7 km (4:51 / km) | |
| slept:9.0 weight:71.3kg shoes: Asics trail shoes |
| Lunch run up the canal, trying to ease out the weekends training. Didn't feel too bad but it was proper chilly bob and also nice and muddy. |
| Running 25:00 [3]5 km (5:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Road shoes |
| Run from work to circuits and from circuits home. |
| Circuits 45:00 [4] | |
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| Week 2 of new style circuits, and even a new sound track. Racing Craney on the arm walks on the last set was possibly a bit silly, felt pretty stuffed at the end. |