Saturday May 31 |
 | Free weights-core stability 35:00 [2] | |
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| running 1:05:00 [2] | |
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| Gentle pace up the canal, up the hill to Scotland quarries, round the moor for a while including lots of terrain running. Should probably have run faster but was feeling the usual saturday sleepy tiredness so just enjoyed myself in the warm sunshine. |
Friday May 30 |
| running 1:01:00 [3] | |
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| Traditional Midgely Moor route including some terrain running and a longer loop. |
Thursday May 29 |
| running 39:00 [3] | |
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| Warm up to the bottom of the hill where the race starts, back from Crow Hill through the old town. |
| running 30:00 [4] | |
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| Foxdals on the moor 1 min on 30 sec rec x 20. Very sleepy beforehand but ok once going. |
Wednesday May 28 |
| running 17:00 [3] | |
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| Warm up and down. |
| orienteering 43:00 [3] | |
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| Evening event at Far Isle Farm. Course was a window event with only a tiny bit of map around the control. Predictably i screwed the first 3 controls since i rely on near constant map contact and not running on direction alone. Got it together after that and was pretty clean through the rest. Quite a steep, rough area with some nice bits. |
Tuesday May 27 |
| Free weights-core stability 20:00 [2] | |
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| New placement = v tired and no time |
Monday May 26 |
| running 1:34:00 [3] | |
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| Midgley moor-Sheepstones trig-Wicken Hill-Mytholmroyd-Erringdon moor-down a valley-up a valley. Quite a lot of climb. |
| Free weights-core stability 35:00 [2] | |
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Sunday May 25 |
| running 1:06:00 [5] | |
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| Crowden Horseshoe. All was going well until about 20mins in when the route along the ridge hit a particularly exposed bit and it was like stepping into a windtunnel. Spent the next 5mins being buffeted from the side by force 10 winds, being virtually lifted off my feet a few times and generally staggering around like a drunk trying not to fall off the narrow path and into the valley below. This seemed to slow me a little more than the runners ahead so they gained some time here. Spent the next 5 miles slowly, agonisingly reeling in the guy in the 4th place, only catching him at the stile 1min before the finish. Launched myself past him on the final dangerous gully descent and pulled out a gap into the finish. Fun Fun Fun. |
| Free weights-core stability 35:00 [2] | |
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Saturday May 24 |
| Free weights-core stability 35:00 [2] | |
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| orienteering 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| Gentle technique session on Castle Carr moorland. Map could do with some updating but is ok. Felt pretty good running. |
Thursday May 22 |
| running 2:16:00 [3] | |
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| A couple of weeks ago one of the senior physios challenged me to run home from Airedale on the last day of placement. Measured it in the car: 19miles, eep i thought. Was getting a lift from Mytholmroyd in the morning so only had to get back to there after work therefore cutting off a couple of miles. Also worked out a route that went slightly more directly across the moors than the road goes also knocking off a bit more. Actually really enjoyed it, legs felt good, it was sunny, found some really nice countryside and villages to run through. It was rough through the tussocks on Oxenhope moor but got through them and was on home terrain after that. Airedale hospital-Steeton Moor-Laycock-Goose Eye-Oakworth-Haworth-Oxenhope-Warley moor reservoir-Midgely moor-Mytholmroyd. Brill. |
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| C • Traintastic 2 |
Wednesday May 21 |
| running 37:00 [3] | |
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| Warm up/down for the race including back up the hill afterwards and around a bit. |
| running 26:00 [5] | |
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| Kildwick fell race. Felt pretty good going up the first climb, settled into a decent rhythm descending. On the second and final climb the fella in front slowed to a walk (think hes a track runner) and as the guy just behind him pulled out across the narrow path to overtake him, i burst between them in a flash of fluorescent orange and green. Accelerated away from them and caught someone else on the crest of the climb. Put myself well and truly into lactate heaven catching 5th place on the long descent. He was clearly a local favourite with someone shouting repeatedly 'come on jamie (?) open your legs, theyre coming fast behind'. Sadly i had to disappoint the watching crowds (3 people) by getting to the last kissing gate in front of him, nipping through it, closing it on him and sprinting off down the canal. Classic. |
Tuesday May 20 |
| running 53:00 [3] | |
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| A very nice run on Kildwick moor from the hospital. Only discovering this good area for running a couple of miles from Airedale just as im about to finish placement here proves what a numpty i am. Lovely bit of heathery/
brackeny/silver birchy open hilly area. Felt sprightly. |
Monday May 19 |
| Free weights-core stability 30:00 [2] | |
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Sunday May 18 |
| Free weights-core stability 25:00 [2] | |
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| running 1:50:00 [3] | |
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| Long run on the moor. Some paths, some terrain. Legs were a bit tired but kept up a steady pace. |
Saturday May 17 |
| Free weights-core stability 40:00 [2] | |
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| running 26:00 [2] | |
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| Run through the old town to the start of the Midgely moor fell race route. Run back post reps. |
| running 32:00 [5] | |
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| Hill reps. 1.30 up a steep hill, 1.10 back down. repeated 12 or 13 times, lost track as stopped to chat to a farmer then struggled to get going again. Felt strong throughout. |
Friday May 16 |
| running 20:00 [3] | |
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| Warm up/down. |
| running 15:00 [4] | |
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| Some foxdal action in the terrain on Haworth moor. How fast i can run on a week night is inversely proportional to how busy and stressed i am at work. Today was relatively chilled so the evening run was pleasant and i had a spring in my step. |
| Free weights-core stability 25:00 [2] | |
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Wednesday May 14 |
| running 38:00 [3] | |
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| Warm up/down including checking out some of the course again. |
| orienteering 27:00 [4] | |
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| Royds Hall evening event. Pretty clean run, only miss was on 6 where quite frankly the map was pants, the platform was 20metres down a bank below the path whereas the map showed it to be on the same level adjacent to the path, ho hum. Suffering from a bit of post work fatigue and pretty much shuffled round or so it felt. Gorgeous bit of woodlandd though and enjoyed being out in the sunshine. |
Tuesday May 13 |
| running 1:27:00 [3] | |
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| Training with CVFR. Started off pretty quick on the climb up to Peckett Well. Across the moor to High Brown Knoll, turned west and headed down into the wooded clough that joins onto Hardcastle Crags. Through the woods and eventually back to Mytholmroyd. Pace was fairly high sometimes but i minced towards the end when it was getting late in the evening. |
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| C • cvfr 1 |
Monday May 12 |
| running 36:00 [3] | |
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| Howarth-Bronte Waterfalls and back. Terrain. |
| Free weights-core stability 24:00 [2] | |
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Sunday May 11 |
| running 29:00 [2] | |
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| Run from home down the canal to the race and back after the prize giving |
| running 48:00 [5] | |
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| Another day, another fell race. Mytholmroyd fell race today. Saw Harold Wyber and James Williams at the start. 1st 10mins were steep uphill and i settled into a decent rhythm in about 7th. Got past a few people when we reached the moor and started the descent into Luddenden Valley. Half way down, me and the fella behind performed a Mikka Hakkinen style overtake on the Tod Harrier in front with one of us going down either side of him through the heather. Running along the flatish track in the valley he gestured for me to come past him, like cyclists do in the peleton, but i was suffering in the extreme heat and told him so. On the climb out of the valley i could see 2nd place looking over his shoulder and so dug in. Eventually caught 2nd place just before Cock Hill quarries but was still towing the other guy along. I had witnessed his rapid descent before so knew i had to pull something out the bag. Last 1.5miles were an uncontrolled sprint downhill, hurdling stiles, swerving through gates and praying i wasnt going to trip over else i was fecked. Reached the last kissing gate just before him, went through it nice and slowly, and just pipped him into the finish. Marvellous. |
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| C • sounds ace 1 |
| running 30:00 [2] | |
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| Long warm down after id drunk about a litre of water. |
Saturday May 10 |
| Free weights-core stability 36:00 [2] | |
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| running 1:02:00 [3] | |
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| Up through the old town/Booth onto the moor, pottered across to Crow Hill, Milk Churn Joan, Sheepstones trig and back along the Calderdale way following some tapes marking tommorrows race. Feeling a bit jetlagged from lack of sleep but otherwise happy to be out in the sunshine. |
Friday May 9 |
| Free weights-core stability 40:00 [2] | |
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Thursday May 8 |
| running 1:06:00 [3] | |
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| Haworth-Penistone-Bronte waterfalls-Earnshaw Farm-Top Withins trig-back through the terrain. Maybe i'll get a tan at this rate. |
Wednesday May 7 |
| running 32:00 [2] | |
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| Warm up/down. |
| running 31:00 [5] | |
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| Flower Scar fell race. Running along with the leaders for the first 2 mins i thought id either suddenly entered the elite of fell running or they knew something i didnt. Turned out they knew nearly all of the1400ft climb was in the first 1.5 miles of the course. Reached what i thought was the top only to see another higher, steeper peak in the distance which the leaders were already toiling up. Was suffering by the time i got there but most of the next 2.5miles were downhill and fantastically runnable. Awesome fun. Oh and i saw James Williams and James Logue, 2 orienteers who must be worth some points. |
Tuesday May 6 |
| running 36:00 [3] | |
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| Lovely punter around Haworth Moor in glorious evening sunshine. Didnt feel any after-effects from yesterday. Why my body couldnt recover like this at the JK i just dont know. |
| Free weights-core stability 28:00 [2] | |
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Monday May 5 |
| running 37:00 [3] | |
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| Run down the canal to Mytholmroyd pre race and run back home along some small paths post race. |
| running 50:00 [5] | |
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| Coiners fell race. Starts just outside Mytholmroyd, goes up to Stoodley Pike via some very wet moor, back through the plantation, more bogs and a fast downhill finish. Pretty pleased, legs felt good, pushed hard and enjoyed the sunshine. Could hear someone behind me going up to the pike but i floated across the knee deep bogs and left him floundering. Unfortunately id used up all my levitational abilities by the second set of deep deep bogs and he caught up a few seconds but held him off to the finish to take 4th place. |
Sunday May 4 |
| Free weights-core stability 27:00 [2] | |
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| running 48:00 [3] | |
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| Up onto Crow Hill on the moor, back down the canal. Humid. Spent most of the time humming the Indiana Jones theme tune. All round great. |
Saturday May 3 |
| running 2:00:00 [3] | |
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| A route ive named the Castle Carr horseshoe. Down the canal, up through the woods to Scotland Quarries, Crow hill, Sheep stones edge, Tom Tittiman, High Brown Knoll, Whinney stones, around Warley moor reservoir and sailing club on the edge of Ogden, back through Jerusalem Woods and Booth. Bloody marvellous weather, warm sunny and a slight breeze. |
| Free weights-core stability 25:00 [2] | |
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Friday May 2 |
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| Treated myself to a day off. Did plenty of wall squats and various other things in the gym including some time on the rowing machine. |
Thursday May 1 |
| running 40:00 [3] | |
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| Warm up 15 mins to the Bronte waterfalls then long warm down through the terrain from the Stoop back to Haworth. Gorgeous views and so nice to be out running on a warm evening with no-one for miles around. |
| running 23:00 [4] | |
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| 60x30x15 Foxdals. Nearly fell asleep in the car listening to the radio in car before hand. Proper cream crackered after a draining day at work. Prob werent the best quality intervals but its definitely better than pottering along. Felt good for having done them afterwards. |