Sunday Sep 30 |
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| Long run with Niall on Ilkley Moor. Great day for it. Felt quite tired to begin with and we were pushing the pace a bit up the hills. Suddenly started feeling great after about 90mins going up a big hill (of which there were lots) which i think is when my energy gel had kicked in (needed a couple more, i only had one). The last 30mins were a slog across the top of the moor and down the other side but we kept up a good rhythm as neither of us wanted to admit to the other we wanted to slow down. Both felt wrecked afterwards. Saw a landowner with a big knife, crocodile dundee stylee. |
Saturday Sep 29 |
| cycling 1:04:00 [2] | |
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| Cycled out to Danefield and had a mince around there. Uphill most of the way there and absolutely nailed it on the way back. |
| running 1:02:00 [3] | |
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| Steady run with Niall on the 7 arches route through Meanwood etc. Legs feeling tired as it was only about 2 hours since i finished cycling. |
Friday Sep 28 |
| running 1:06:00 [3] | |
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| Steady across Becketts, Boddington, down Meanwood to the 7 arches then back through Meanwood including the nice looking bit near the park. Bit tired. Realised i may need some new lycra as my favourite pair have a rather large hole in an inconvenient place. Put it this way, if i forgot to wear pants things could be revealed which are meant to stay hidden. Enough said. |
| Free weights-core stability 50:00 [2] | |
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Thursday Sep 27 |
| cycling 1:09:00 [2] | |
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| Fast paced cycle past Cookridge tower then following the roads that lead to Danefield. Free styled it a bit near the end as i didnt have a map but eventually came out in the right place. Im doing this instead of a morning run as that would be on roads and therefore hurt my legs. Also, its nice to get out and see some new bits of the countryside. Lots of hills. |
| running 41:00 [2] | |
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| 1st session of the Leeds uni x-country interval sessions. Introductory session so fairly short and not too painful. Lots and lots of people. Time includes running there, strides and drills before and after. Im rubbish at strides and drills but interested to see what effect (if any) it'll have on my running. |
| running 20:00 [5] | |
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| 45 sec on 45 secs off, 30 secs on 30 secs off. Repeat 8 times. Managed to start and finish with the 1st group but only because they were looping back on the recoverys. Didnt feel any effects from the morning session. |
Wednesday Sep 26 |
| running 1:30:00 [3] | |
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| Had a medium length run cruise down Meanwood+Adel woods, going to try this mid week and see how it goes. Love these sessions where you can just lope along not really putting in too much effort. Anyway, i was loping along through Adel Woods when i saw a woman taking up the whole width of the narrow path. So i slowed down to get past her (she was quite wide) and as i do i was surrounded by a frenzied pack of about 8 large dogs all barking and growling at me. They were bashing into me and being generally aggressive (one of them headbutted me in the arse) so i managed to get past them and suggested in a polie manner to the woman she should have them on a lead. She did not like this and told me to stop being pathetic and it was my fault for being out running. Now, im quite a laid back sort of fella but this enraged me so i offered her my opinion that she was a 'fucking idiot' before i left the scene at high speed before she could set her pack of dogs on me. Bint. |
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| C • Look just stop being so pat... 3 |
| Free weights-core stability 30:00 [2] | |
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Tuesday Sep 25 |
| running 29:00 [3] | |
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| Warming up and running back home trying not to break an ankle through the woods now it gets dark early (boohiss). |
| running 28:00 [5] | |
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| Longish Intervals at Becketts with Niall. 5mins on, 2mins off, repeat 4 times. Proper gut busting session where you're desperately wishing it was over for the whole time whilst trying to run just that bit faster than your training partner. Time seemed to be going backwards on the last one which seemed to last forever. Think the proper insane killer sessions with Leeds Uni x-country start on Thursday, i cant wait (note sarcasm). |
Monday Sep 24 |
| cycling 1:04:00 [1] | |
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| Recovery cycling down the very wet canal path, through Calverly Woods and back. When i returned I looked like id been to a spray on mud salon, if such a place existed. |
| Free weights-core stability 50:00 [2] | |
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