Sunday Dec 30 |
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| Steady on Nicky Nook. Usually its a pretty peopleless place but for some reason the world and his wife decided to descend on it today. It was rather irritating. A couple of St Bernards the size of ponies tried to stick their heads up my bum but apart from that it was fairly uneventful. |
Saturday Dec 29 |
| running 45:00 [2] | |
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| Warm up and then went down to have a look at the castle. Running through the centre of Lancaster in lycra was a bit odd. |
| orienteering 15:00 [3] | |
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| Ran the sprint course from 2002 when the British sprint champs were in Williamson Park. The rain was torrential before and during meaning the ground was sodden with water forcing a slow pace off road and caution on the tarmac. A couple of times i had to switch routes and run a long way around cos i didnt fancy my chances getting down muddy slopes wearing trainers. Some of the controls i only waved at cos couldnt be arsed sliding all the way down the slope only to not be able to get up again. Good fun. |
| Free weights-core stability 30:00 [2] | |
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Friday Dec 28 |
| running 33:00 [3] | |
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| 12 mins running to start of wolf fell. Finished the intervals in the wet peat bogs near the trig point on Fairsnape and ran back down the connecting spur to Parlick and the car. |
| running 30:00 [5] | |
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| 1min on, 30 secs off x 20. Did the 1st 15 up Wolf fell so it was nice and steep, last 5 were on the flatish plateau that joins onto Fairsnape. For a change it was very wet, windy and the visibility was low. Felt really good though, much better than yesterday when i was a bit tired. |
| Free weights-core stability 35:00 [2] | |
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Thursday Dec 27 |
| orienteering 1:19:00 [2] | |
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| Control pick then middle course at Barrowfield. This used to be a gorgeous bit of intricate woodland until they felled most of it. Overall speed was low cos it was so rough but it was still possible to run over it all. The remaining bits were really nice and we did some head to head racing over the last few controls which was great fun. |
| Free weights-core stability 35:00 [2] | |
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Wednesday Dec 26 |
| running 2:10:00 [3] | |
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| Fairfield horseshoe starting from under Loughrigg. Was grumbling to myself on the initial climb about my overly heavy bumbag but by the top i was wearing everything i had in it including 2 jackets, 2 hats, waterproof gloves and double skinned tights. Blowing a bit of a gale with horizontal rain/hail adding to the pleasant conditions. Made good progress till the last 20mins of climb where the ground was covered by sheets of frozen snow and i had to slow considerably. Found what i thought was probably the top and headed off on a compass bearing along the ridge. After losing about 300m climb the cloud broke and the views across the south lakes were awesome. |
Tuesday Dec 25 |
| running 40:00 [3] | |
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| Steady with my bro on Nicky Nook. Stopped to chat with some orienteers who were out for a walk. |
| running 15:00 [5] | |
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| Properly nailed it up both the major climbs, on the 1st one he was only 15 metres behind at the top but on the second, which was steeper and more about leg strength, i kicked his ass and was about 15 secs clear. Was getting a bit worried he was faster than me! |
| running 36:00 [4] | |
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| Tempo ran it back from the Nook. Mostly down roads so boring as owt. |
Monday Dec 24 |
| running 1:03:00 [3] | |
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| Test run to check how my body is: steady loop from Garstang across the fields, up the valley, over Nicky Nook and back. It feels as though my training has been suffering over the past month or whatever for various reasons but on the plus side my legs are rested, if a little lacking in speed at the moment. |
| Free weights-core stability 35:00 [2] | |
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