Sunday Oct 7 |
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| Long run on Ilkley moor. What a difference a day makes, had a brilliant nights sleep and woke up feeling so much better than yesterday when i was just shattered. Had no problems knocking out a couple of hours on my favourite moor (all in terrain as well, none of this poncy path running). Continuing with the wildlife theme i saw a squirrel scampering down a path about 2miles from the nearest forest/tree. Maybe he was on holiday. Also, the sheep seemed monumently unintimidated by my presence today and wouldnt get out of the way. I think they sensed im from Lancashire and therefore a lot less likely to violate their liberties than the usual Yorkshire folk they see up there. |
Saturday Oct 6 |
| running 1:18:00 [3] | |
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| Terrain running on Ilkley moor. Tripped up and lay looking at the sky for a bit cos i was feeling really quite lethargic but dont mind as its an easy week next, woohoo etc. |
| Free weights-core stability 30:00 [2] | |
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Friday Oct 5 |
| running 1:02:00 [3] | |
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| Usual steady friday run accompanied by the usual friday tiredness. Went down Adel woods again but think i might try and devise some sort of route that crosses the valley numerous times to get some more climb in. |
| Free weights-core stability 50:00 [2] | |
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Thursday Oct 4 |
| running 40:00 [1] | |
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| Gentle amble down the canal and through Bramley Falls wood. I dont plan on running twice a day but my occasional training partner needed to go running so i manfully stepped up to the task. We performed a suicidal leap across a canal sluice gate (it wasnt my idea), failure would have been v painful.
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| C • freestyle.... 2 |
| running 33:00 [3] | |
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| Running to and from Boddington |
| running 16:00 [2] | |
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| Strides and drills pre and post session |
| running 28:00 [5] | |
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| Hill session. Two hills were used, one being about 35-40secs in length and one being 30secs (ish i didnt time them). I concentrated on accelerating quickly off the start and maintaining it, which i managed. We split into 2 groups and did 4 reps on each hill, twice (16 in total). In my group i had the guy who was 5th in the world mountain running trophy this year, so he can run a bit (we were wearing identical wife beaters, i think he copied me). I was also told i lean foward too much whilst running uphill, Im very open to advice about running style/form as ive been running uneducated for a few years now. However, i am slightly sceptical to the applicability to borienteering as what happens to your style when you race somewhere that isnt a perfectly even bit of ground eg the Trossachs? |
Wednesday Oct 3 |
| running 1:30:00 [2] | |
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| Steady along the 7-arches route including a lap around the abbey at the end. Nothing interesting happpened. Rained a bit. |
| Free weights-core stability 30:00 [2] | |
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Tuesday Oct 2 |
| running 18:00 [3] | |
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| Running across to Boddington. I was late. |
| running 11:00 [2] | |
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| Strides and Drills (of which i missed half cos i was late). |
| running 27:00 [5] | |
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| Intervals with Leeds x-country club. 60 on 60 off, 45 on 45 off, 30 on 30 off. 6 sets of them. Felt tired when running there but perked up when doing drills and strides (maybe there is a point to them) and was running strongly during the session. Some guy tripped over his laces and stacked it big style. I got abuse from the coach for 'looking too relaxed' (i certainly didnt feel relaxed). Was a couple of decentish hills on the area we were training over. The lead group went off at a ridiculous pace but slowed over the last 3 sets so i caught them back up. |
| running 22:00 [2] | |
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| Drills/Strides/run back home. Was pitch black when doing warm down. |
Monday Oct 1 |
| Free weights-core stability 50:00 [2] | |
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