Saturday May 31 |
 | Running 1:51:00 [3]16.0 mi (6:56 / mi) +300m 4:04 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Lovely long sobering run after last night's work social. Legs felt ok, and nice to be out at the weekend doing something long-ish.
Route: Home-Becketts-Meanwood-Adel-Eccup-Goldenacre Park-Cookridge-Ireland Wood-Hawksworth-Home |
Friday May 30 |
| Road cycling 13:00 [3]5.2 km (2:30 / km) | |
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| Cycle to work |
Thursday May 29 |
| Road cycling 57:00 [3]14.5 mi (3:56 / mi) +230m 2:20 / km | |
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| Cycle to work, then cycle to P&B training and back home. |
| Running 47:00 [3]10 km (4:42 / km) +160m 4:21 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Very steady run with Carl from P&B (only 2 who showed up tonight). Quite glad as didn't feel like doing too much. Nice to get over that side of Leeds, will have to start going to club sessions a bit more as i can just about make it in time from work. Lovely route over to Leeds Country Way and through Calverley Wood. |
Wednesday May 28 |
| Road cycling 27:00 [3]10.4 km (2:36 / km) +100m 2:29 / km | |
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| Cycle to work and back |
| Fell running 1:14:00 [3]9.0 mi (8:14 / mi) +380m 4:31 / km | |
| shoes: Mizuno Wave Harrier |
| Good terrain run in the rain with Leon, Greg and Bircho. Stomach wasn't great, hoping it's not a recurrence of illness. Felt good after 50 mins when we started descending. Loved being out on the moors again, especially in damp conditions.
Route - Middleton Woods, Middleton Moor, Round Hill, Beamsley Beacon, Langbar, Middleton Moor, Middleton Woods. |
Tuesday May 27 |
| Road running 24:00 [3]5.2 km (4:37 / km) +40m 4:27 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Run to work in the rain |
| Road running 27:00 [3]6 km (4:30 / km) +70m 4:15 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Run home from work with heavy bag over Hyde Park. |
Monday May 26 |
| Fell running race (Austwick Amble) 53:47 [5]8.0 mi (6:43 / mi) +500m 3:30 / km | |
| shoes: Mizuno Wave Harrier |
| Lovely race in the Dales, took it hard despite long run yesterday. Thankfully no-one went off particularly hard, although Jess was right behind me as we went onto the fell! Stuck in behind Lee and Ted and stayed with them for a couple of miles when Lee put a bit of an effort in up a steep slope which i couldn't match. The 2 of them gradually pulled away and at the half way mark the 4th place guy had caught me back up. We then stuck together like glue all the way along the track back to the village. I managed to gain a few metres down the last road before turning onto the final straight. Strode out and gained 10 metres which i maintained to the finish. Felt very tough along the track as neither of us were going to let the other get away.
Results http://www.wharfedaleharriers.org.uk/results08/aus... |
| Fell running warm up/down 19:00 [1]2.0 mi (9:29 / mi) +20m 5:43 / km | |
| shoes: Mizuno Wave Harrier |
| Traffic on A65 due to silly gypsy caravans meant almost missing the race so not a lot of time to get prepared. Bit of a rushed warm-up. Blisters appeared during race so cool-down was a rather painful affair. |
Sunday May 25 |
| Running long 1:49:00 [3]14.0 mi (7:46 / mi) +400m 4:27 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Steady run with bag on with Matt from work. Put short efforts in up the steep hills in Roundhay. Nice to go to parts i'd not been to before. Legs felt ok, and stomach was ok.
Route: Work-Gledhow Valley-Roundhay Park-Gledhow Valley-Meanwood Ridge-Headingley-Home |
Saturday May 24 |
| Fell running race (Badgerstone Relay) 16:18 [5]2.5 mi (6:31 / mi) +200m 3:15 / km | |
| shoes: Mizuno Wave Harrier |
| Nice day for a saunter over the moor. Matt had a good 1st leg bringing us in half a minute down on Gary, i set off steadily and slowly gained time on Shane. Caught him by the top of the climb, but wasn't exactly pushing it. Strided out along the top, and took a while to get going on the descent. 40secs quicker than my PB for this course, not bad considering i'd missed a couple of weeks training. Fantastic pub lunch in The Yard afterwards. |
| Fell running warm up/down 29:00 [3]3.0 mi (9:39 / mi) +150m 5:12 / km | |
| shoes: Mizuno Wave Harrier |
| Warm-up with Jess, cool down with Jess and Matt. Lovely being out on the moor. Wimped out of jumping in White Wells, though glad i didn't as the others were freezing afterwards! |
Friday May 23 |
| Running 33:00 [3]7.3 km (4:31 / km) +15m 4:28 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Run to work along canal with large rucksack. |
Thursday May 22 |
| Road cycling 14:00 [3]5.2 km (2:42 / km) | |
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| Cycle home from work |
| Fell running 1:12:00 [3]12 km (6:00 / km) +500m 4:58 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon Speedcross |
| Went up to Ilkley Moor with Matt and Jess to reccie the Badgerstone Relay course and do a bit of nice running on the moor. Lovely evening for it. Jess definitely improving on her descending. |
Wednesday May 21 |
| Road running race (John Carr 5km) 16:24 [5]5 km (3:17 / km) +35m 3:10 / km vdot: 62.8 | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| First time for a couple of years i've actually raced a road race (rather than just pottering round pacing other people). Obviously wasn't too difficult to break my rather shoddy pb of 17.34, but wanted to take at least a minute off it. Got boxed in at the start as not used to running fast, so lost the front group early and got caught in no-man's-land running about 10m behind the first group and 5m in front of the group behind. Fast first and second km, died badly on the third, managed to stride up the big hill in the 4th and push on over the downhill last km. Happy with time, but know i can do faster if i get some racing flats and do some intervals!
Km times 3.08, 3.10, 3.29, 3.37, 3.00 = 16.24 6th place (winner 15.51) |
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| C • Classic... I know I can go ... 1 |
| Running warm up/down 34:00 [2]5 km (6:48 / km) | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
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Tuesday May 20 |
| Road running 48:00 [3]10.4 km (4:37 / km) +100m 4:24 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Steady run with Sarah, chest felt alright. |
| Road cycling 13:00 [3]5.2 km (2:30 / km) | |
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| Cycle to work |
Monday May 19 |
| Road running 50:00 [3]10.5 km (4:46 / km) +45m 4:40 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Run to work and back with Matt. |
Sunday May 18 |
| Orienteering race (Harvester Relay) 1:10:54 [5]*** 8.8 km (8:03 / km) +305m 6:52 / km | |
| spiked:15/22c shoes: Salomon Speedcross |
| Starting a race at 3am is not my idea of fun, but i'd always said i'd do the long night leg. Stomach wasn't feeling great, but was ok once i got going. Went out already 50mins down on the leaders, and knew what time Nick had come through the spectator control so thought that would be a good target. Aimed to use attack points as close to controls as possible as i hadn't run at night for a couple of years. Slightly hesitant on the first couple of controls, and about a minute lost at #4. Clean through the next few controls playing it safe by sticking to the paths. A few problems with indisitnct clearing at #8 (crap control to use at night!) and depression at #10. Came through spectator control at about the same time as Nick which gave me some encouragement. Played it safe on the next control, and lost a bit on the next few controls in the circle but was relatively pleased with this hillier part of the course. Finished well, and pleased to get the fastest leg time in front of Mikko (2nd fastest on long night at last year's Jukola!) and Nick. Went back to bed soon after. |
| Orienteering warm up/down 25:00 [2]4 km (6:15 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon Speedcross |
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Saturday May 17 |
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| Event: Harvester Trophy Weekend
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| Event: JOK Chasing Sprint
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| Orienteering race (JOK Sprint Prologue) 24:07 [5]*** 4.6 km (5:15 / km) +170m 4:26 / km | |
| spiked:11/13c shoes: Salomon Speedcross |
| Stomach felt a lot better than it had done all week, but still wasn't 100%. Set off hard and messed up 1st control after not really planning route :( Got into the map after that, with just a few very slight wobbles. A bit of a mistake at #9 after not reading the detail in the circle where Craney caught me up. Tried keeping up with him from there to the finish, just about stayed in touch whilst trying to read the map. Stomach was ok throughout. Time loss = 0.40 |
| Orienteering race (JOK Sprint Chase) 23:11 [5]*** 4 km (5:48 / km) +115m 5:04 / km | |
| spiked:11/15c shoes: Salomon Speedcross |
| Started in 6th place on the Chase, with Nick B 1 sec in front, and Ant and Shep just behind so i knew we would be going round in a pack. Hadn't really geared myself up for this with the pre-race banter in the start area. Went past Nick on the way to #1 and led into #2 where we caught Mike up as well. Messed up #3 by overshooting almost got as far as the path and the pack had got away from me. luckily for me they all messed up the next control and i'd just sprinted after them with no real plan so had no idea where i was when everyone had stopped to faff. Same on #6 as just went with the pack not wanting to lose them and went all the way round the fields which definitely lost us time. Was really struggling to keep up as my chest started to feel really tight, and did all i could to stay in touch around the last loop after the spectator control but i was dying on my ass, so didn't even try and stay with them when we got near the end as i was hurting too much. Good practice of head-to-head racing though. Time loss = 1.20 |
| Orienteering warm up/down 40:00 [2]6 km (6:40 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon Speedcross |
| Warm-up and cool down before and after both races. Chest felt awful on 2nd cool down after race. |
Friday May 16 |
| Note | |
| (sick) |
| Feeling better still, and put back on 3 of the 4kg that i lost over the weekend. |
Thursday May 15 |
| Note | |
| (sick) |
| Feeling better, but still not 100% |
Wednesday May 14 |
| Note | |
| (sick) |
| Went to doctor's today and been diagnosed as having gastroenteritis - nice. |
Tuesday May 13 |
| Fell running race (Jack Bloor fell race) 42:01 [5]5.5 mi (7:38 / mi) +351m 3:58 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon Speedcross |
| Love doing this race, so despite the fact that i was ill decided to give it a go after warming-up and having no adverse reaction. Plus i wanted to try out my different route to the last CP. Went off hard just behind Graham and settled into a rhythm just behind the lead group. Chris and Andy gradually pulled away so by the top of the 1st climb they had a quite a lead, with Graham and Tom together, then me and Matt battling it out. It stayed like this till we got to Cowper's Cross where the field split. I stayed the way i knew and pulled time out of the people in front of me. Greg (course record-holder) went with me so was pretty certain i got the right route. Stomach really started to hurt along the top to the cairn, but the quickest way back was pretty much doing the race route, so just ran through it. Got to the penultimate CP then turned back on myself to try my new route out. Had i been feeling good it would have definitely been quicker, but i wasn't so i didn't gain anything. What was good was that i came out in exactly the same place i'd been in. Got to the last CP in 8th, and decided that i needed to finish as soon as possible to let my stomach recover so sprinted past the 3 guys in my sights with some manic descending. Almost caught Greg as well.
Probably shouldn't have run considering the state i was in, but i'm stupid, what can i say...
Results http://www.jackbloor.co.uk/index.php?p=results&yea... |
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| C • A great race 1 |
| Fell running warm up/down 18:00 [2]1.8 mi (10:00 / mi) +100m 5:18 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon Speedcross |
| Steady warm-up to see how my stomach was, slow cool down as stomach was pretty rough. |
Monday May 12 |
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| (sick) |
| Got dodgy stomach, resting another day. |
Sunday May 11 |
| Running 28:30 [3]6.5 km (4:23 / km) +100m 4:04 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Was such a nice day i didn't feel like sitting inside all day, even though i had taken the day off work due to illness. Did a topless lap of Becketts with Niall, taking in the rather pleasant sunbathers. Quite a bit faster than i normally run this route with Mick but still felt alright, though stomach wasn't agreeing completely. Was gonna go for a ride later, but probably best to let illness settle down as racing Tuesday and Wednesday. |
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| C • topless 1 |
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| C • Giro 3 |
Saturday May 10 |
| Fell running warm up/down 15:00 [3]1.5 mi (10:00 / mi) +40m 5:44 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon Speedcross |
| Had been sick in the morning and still wasn't feeling great, but thought i could still get round as rest of me felt good. |
| Fell running race (Belmont Winter Hill) 35:02 [5]4.5 mi (7:46 / mi) +305m 4:00 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon Speedcross |
| Grrr, stomach really hampered my chances of a decent run on my first Yorkshire appearace. Didn't feel great going up, but at least my legs felt good. Really struggled on descent as it felt i was gonna hurl again :( Not good, rather disappointing to feel like this after some good training.
I think it might have had something to do with the heat, rather than bbq the night before as no-one else there was ill. Going to start drinking a lot more than usual to try and stay hydrated to see if that helps. |
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| C • you had a BBQ the night bef... 1 |
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| Felt awful from about 2pm after race, felt v. hot, dodgy stomach and headaches. Got about 10hrs sleep though. |
Friday May 9 |
| Running 57:00 [3]12.2 km (4:40 / km) +100m 4:29 / km | |
| ahr:135 max:180 shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Rather pleasant morning run with Sarah along the canal, lots of cyclists on their way into work. I think i might emigrate in the winter cos the sun's so much nicer. |
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| C • nice to see you tapering of... 1 |
| Road cycling 25:00 [3]10.4 km (2:24 / km) | |
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| Cycle to work and back |
Thursday May 8 |
| Road cycling 27:00 [3]10.4 km (2:36 / km) +95m 2:29 / km | |
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| Cycle to work and back in the heat |
| Fell running hills 1:08:00 [4]11 km (6:11 / km) +455m 5:07 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon Speedcross |
| Reccie of Jack Bloor fell race on Ilkley Moor with Greg, Bircho, Nokia, Rod, Niall, Jenga and Sorrel. Tried a few new routes out as there was 8 of us out so was a good opportunity to see if they were any quicker. I reckon the bit at the start might save 10 secs, but i have a cunning plan for the last checkpoint. Will have to wait and see if i pull it off. Great day for running on the moor, just shorts and vest at 8.30, cracking! :) |
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| C • you have a friend called No... 2 |
Wednesday May 7 |
| Running 32:00 [3]6.5 km (4:55 / km) +90m 4:36 / km | |
| ahr:140 max:153 shoes: Inov8 Flyroc 310 |
| Morning run with Mick around Becketts Park. Legs felt good. Off to John Carr 5km race later, but just going to pace some of the girls around, aiming for sub-18. |
| Road cycling 23:00 [3]10.4 km (2:13 / km) | |
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| Cycle to Leeds and back to sort out rent. |
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| After a number of people dropped out of the team, i've been picked to run for Yorkshire in the Inter-Counties fell running champs on Saturday! |
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| C • Yorkshire Call Up 2 |
| Running race (John Carr 5km) 18:05 [4]5 km (3:37 / km) vdot: 56.0 | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| First 5km road race for a couple of year's, but didn't want to go too hard as hadn't done anything fast since 3 Peaks so just paced Sarah and Emily round instead. Felt pretty comfortable, although i was only 32 secs off my own pb! Both girls broke pb's, though not quite under the 18-min mark, and leading women went sub-17. Lovely evening for a race though. |
| Running warm up/down 38:00 [2]6 km (6:20 / km) | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Steady jogging round Esholt Woods before and after. |
Tuesday May 6 |
| Running 1:02:00 [3]14.2 km (4:22 / km) +85m 4:14 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Morning run with Sarah. Nice steady pace along the canal, legs felt fine. Saw Gricey out absolutely hammering it, that boy never rests! |
| Running 33:00 [3]7.2 km (4:35 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Nimbus |
| Run home from work with Matt along the canal. Did the 3 mile markers in 7.13, 7.05, 7.01. Very nice day for running. |
Monday May 5 |
| Running 22:00 [3]5 km (4:24 / km) | |
| ahr:148 max:160 shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Run to work, felt rather good, legs working well again. Time to start putting some miles back in again from tomorrow. |
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| C • mate, 3 hours training in t... 1 |
| Running 30:00 [3]6.8 km (4:25 / km) +70m 4:12 / km | |
| ahr:147 max:159 shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Run home from work. Rather humid today and was properly sweating by the time i got home. Nice route through Meanwood Ridge to get home. Picked up the pace through Headingley. Proper training starts tomorrow. |
Sunday May 4 |
| Running 22:00 [3]5 km (4:24 / km) | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Run to work, legs felt ok, still a bit tired going up hill on Burley Rd. |
| Running 26:00 [3]5.6 km (4:39 / km) | |
| ahr:151 max:163 shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Run home from work over Hyde Park. Legs felt better than this morning, quite looking forward to doing some proper structured training soon. |
Saturday May 3 |
| Running 50:00 [3]9 km (5:33 / km) +50m 5:24 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Lovely run on Lindisfarne with Jess, Rachel and Sarah. Probably shouldn't have had 2 pints before running, but got to keep up with the challenge. Ran along the road to the causeway, decided that it was too deep to run over, so ran along the beach on the way back. Ran over the dunes to finish with which was awesome. Silly hill rep with Rach who decided to race to the top of the biggest dune on the island. Rather a lot of sand in my shoes :( Fab day out :) |