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Thursday Dec 31, 2015 #
Note
Top 10 films of the year (of films that I saw in the cinema in 2015)
#1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Saving the best until last. Perhaps not the greatest film of the year, but definitely my favourite. Kind of a 'greatest' hits of the original trilogy and I can't wait for the next one!
#1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Saving the best until last. Perhaps not the greatest film of the year, but definitely my favourite. Kind of a 'greatest' hits of the original trilogy and I can't wait for the next one!
11 AM
Trail/terrain running 1:00:00 12.1 km (4:58 / km)
Usual from home. Wet and muddy - paths are streams again. Tired legs from yesterday.
6 PM
Strength and conditioning 45:00 [0]
Wednesday Dec 30, 2015 #
Note
Top 10 films of the year (of films that I saw in the cinema in 2015)
#2 Mad Max: Fury Road.
#2 Mad Max: Fury Road.
11 AM
Trail/terrain running hills 1:38:00 14.7 km (6:40 / km) +1300m 4:37 / km
2 wind assisted tempo climbs up The Law (thanks Frank). Started at the footbridge. About 1.6km with 450m climb. Ran down pretty quickly both times too.
6 PM
Swimming 30:00 [2]
Tuesday Dec 29, 2015 #
Note
Note
Top 10 films of the year (of films that I saw in the cinema in 2015)
#3 Kingsman: The Secret Service.
Top 10 films of the year (of films that I saw in the cinema in 2015)
#3 Kingsman: The Secret Service.
11 AM
Trail/terrain running 57:00 12.0 km (4:45 / km)
Usual run from home. Very muddy, but at least the paths aren't underwater any more. Bumped into one of the planners of the course of the year.
Monday Dec 28, 2015 #
Note
Top 10 films of the year (of films that I saw in the cinema in 2015)
#4 The Martian
#4 The Martian
Note
'Rest day'. Down to Hove early doors, then travelling home.
Sunday Dec 27, 2015 #
Note
Top 10 films of the year (of films that I saw in the cinema in 2015)
#5 Ex Machina
#5 Ex Machina
11 AM
Trail/terrain running 1:35:00 20.5 km (4:38 / km)
From Kilmington to Brueton via White Sheet Downs (some kind of ancient fort which now looks like bumps in a field), Stourhead and Alfred's Tower.
Saturday Dec 26, 2015 #
Note
Top 10 films of the year (of films that I saw in the cinema in 2015)
#6 Antman - much more fun than big brother Age of Ultron.
#6 Antman - much more fun than big brother Age of Ultron.
10 AM
Orienteering 55:00 8.9 km (6:11 / km)
'Middle distance' (actually 44 minutes) then a 'sprint' (enlarged map) at Norbury Park - which my dad has been remapping for the last 9 months. Pretty good attempt for a first proper map, slightly over-mapped but everything in the right place.
Trail/terrain running warm up/down 34:00 [1] 6.2 km (5:29 / km)
Friday Dec 25, 2015 #
Note
Top 10 films of the year (of films that I saw in the cinema in 2015)
#7 The Theory of Everything.
#7 The Theory of Everything.
11 AM
Trail/terrain running 2:16:00 27.9 km (4:52 / km)
Long run in the Surrey Hills, skirting the embargoed area.
Wet and muddy. Bit of a struggle at times.
Wet and muddy. Bit of a struggle at times.
Thursday Dec 24, 2015 #
Note
Top 10 films of the year (of films that I saw in the cinema in 2015)
#8 Birdman.
Seemingly all in one long take, unusual and memorable.
#8 Birdman.
Seemingly all in one long take, unusual and memorable.
5 PM
Trail/terrain running 1:01:00 14.1 km (4:20 / km)
Was going to go orienteering with Jonny, but Southwest trains said no.
Steady by the canal
Steady by the canal
Wednesday Dec 23, 2015 #
Note
Top 10 films of the year (of films that I saw in the cinema in 2015)
#9 Jurassic World
Loving Chris Pratt. All the best elements from the originals, and looked great.
#9 Jurassic World
Loving Chris Pratt. All the best elements from the originals, and looked great.
10 AM
Trail/terrain running 1:20:00 17.9 km (4:28 / km)
Flight was delayed (obviously) so late night and bit tired for this.
Goldsworth Park, Horsell Common, Fairoaks, McLaren Park. HR was a bit higher than usual.
Goldsworth Park, Horsell Common, Fairoaks, McLaren Park. HR was a bit higher than usual.
Tuesday Dec 22, 2015 #
Note
Top 10 films of the year (of films that I saw in the cinema in 2015)
#10 Chappie
Narrowly edging out In The Heart of the Sea (spent most of it wondering where Chris Hemsworth's accent was supposed to be). Not as good as Elysium or District 9, but still very entertaining and Die Antwoord was the soundtrack of the spring Mora training camps.
#10 Chappie
Narrowly edging out In The Heart of the Sea (spent most of it wondering where Chris Hemsworth's accent was supposed to be). Not as good as Elysium or District 9, but still very entertaining and Die Antwoord was the soundtrack of the spring Mora training camps.
11 AM
Strength and conditioning 50:00 [0]
Usual, with lots of planks.
Flying to London later
Flying to London later
Monday Dec 21, 2015 #
11 AM
Trail/terrain running warm up/down 24:00 4.4 km (5:27 / km)
Orienteering 1:01:00 10.8 km (5:39 / km)
Most of the M21 course from Spartacus Cup long distance last month, again in the Vertes Hills. Really nice area, and good (very detailed) map. Great terrain for long distance, but although this course was at 1:15,000, there were quite a few short legs too.
Doing pretty well, except for one horrendous direction error when planning ahead. Hit my knee after 80% of the course, tried to run it off, but stiffening up so jogged back to the car.
Doing pretty well, except for one horrendous direction error when planning ahead. Hit my knee after 80% of the course, tried to run it off, but stiffening up so jogged back to the car.
Sunday Dec 20, 2015 #
11 AM
Trail/terrain running long 2:32:00 29.8 km (5:06 / km) +500m 4:42 / km
Long run with F in the Vertes Hills. Visited 3 castles, and saw very little because of the fog. Not as hilly as I was expecting. Pretty muddy though.
Saturday Dec 19, 2015 #
10 AM
Trail/terrain running 1:30:00 18.0 km (5:00 / km)
Nice run around Budakeszierdo (Budakeszi forest) and Janoshegy (the big hill west of the city). Bit slippy in places. Very foggy so no views today.
4 PM
Strength and conditioning 50:00 [0]
Usual
Friday Dec 18, 2015 #
1 PM
Orienteering 46:00 6.9 km (6:40 / km)
Sprint training round Budapest Citadel. Really cool area - very very steep though. Would make an ace Mixed Sprint Relay (split sprint WOC in Budapest with the individual race around the castle?).
Trail/terrain running 48:00 [1] 7.8 km (6:09 / km)
To and from the Citadel through the parks.
Thursday Dec 17, 2015 #
Note
Didn't sleep great, up early to fly to Budapest. Flight delayed, failed to pick up a hire car, so bus and train instead. Then fell asleep instead of training :). Felt much better after.
Wednesday Dec 16, 2015 #
9 AM
Note
All day surveying again - finished with 30 mins of light left
5 PM
Road/track running 51:00 11.0 km (4:38 / km)
Glen Road - Bridge of Allan loop.
Swimming 40:00 [2]
Straight into the pool. Definitely getting quicker.
Tuesday Dec 15, 2015 #
10 AM
Note
Surveying using all available day light.
6 PM
Trail/terrain running 1:01:00 12.3 km (4:58 / km)
Strathallan loop.
Swimming 30:00 [2]
Then straight into the pool.
Either getting quicker, or can't count.
Either getting quicker, or can't count.
Monday Dec 14, 2015 #
6 PM
Strength and conditioning 1:00:00 [0]
FVO pilates
Sunday Dec 13, 2015 #
10 AM
Trail/terrain running 42:00 8.7 km (4:50 / km)
Easy round GC and Laighills. Glorious winter day - sunny and frosty. Calf felt ok.
Saturday Dec 12, 2015 #
11 AM
Spinning intervals 2:00:00
8*10mins (2mins) on the spinning bike. First two as a sort of warm up then in Zone 4 as much as possible after that.
Really hard going on the last 3. Good tunes helped me get through it. Loving the Scooter.
One, two, three, FIRE!
Really hard going on the last 3. Good tunes helped me get through it. Loving the Scooter.
One, two, three, FIRE!
2 PM
Note
Tried to get out surveying after, but completely braindead
7 PM
Trail/terrain running 33:00 6.1 km (5:25 / km)
Easy jog with F round the GC. Still feeling the calf.
Friday Dec 11, 2015 #
11 AM
Swimming 1:00:00 [2]
6 PM
Strength and conditioning 1:00:00 [0]
Exercise ball workout
Thursday Dec 10, 2015 #
11 AM
Spinning 1:35:00
Taking out my frustrations on the spinning bike. 3*20 mins of 'effort'. Increased the intensity a bit each time.
Strength and conditioning 15:00 [0]
Few squats and some balance work while waiting for F.
7 PM
Swimming 30:00 [2]
Wednesday Dec 9, 2015 #
11 AM
Road/track running 46:00 10.5 km (4:23 / km)
Kinbuck/Cromlix loop. Strong headwind on way back from Cromlix.
6 PM
Trail/terrain running 28:00 4.0 km (7:00 / km)
Warm up for night-o at Minewoods, and first 3 controls.
R calf was a bit tight after this mornings run, and it really tightened up again. No point taking any risks so walked back to the car. Frustrating after just getting the hamstring right again.
R calf was a bit tight after this mornings run, and it really tightened up again. No point taking any risks so walked back to the car. Frustrating after just getting the hamstring right again.
Tuesday Dec 8, 2015 #
10 AM
Note
Finishing off Gallamuir Woods - will be really nice - night race in Feb. Proper forest, almost untouched by humans.
7 PM
Trail/terrain running 1:01:00 12.1 km (5:02 / km)
All I had time/energy for. Longer loop in Strathallan. Very muddy/underwater
Monday Dec 7, 2015 #
1 PM
Note
Surveying a bit more in Linlithgow for the outdoor centre
6 PM
Strength and conditioning 1:00:00 [0]
30 mins pilates
30 mins med ball work
30 mins med ball work
Sunday Dec 6, 2015 #
11 AM
Trail/terrain running 1:33:00 18.3 km (5:05 / km) +400m 4:35 / km
Calm after the storm - what a difference a day makes! Cracking day - shame not to make it up some hills, but too soon. Hamstring felt fine, no pain at all, but I was aware it wasn't quite right still.
Up to Sheriffmuir monument, along the new pylon road a bit, then over the Sheriffmuir bit of the Dumyat map to the reservoir. Crossed over from Pendreich into Hermitage Woods, then through the field to Minewoods, and then back up by the Allan. Saw a red squirrel in Minewoods.
Up to Sheriffmuir monument, along the new pylon road a bit, then over the Sheriffmuir bit of the Dumyat map to the reservoir. Crossed over from Pendreich into Hermitage Woods, then through the field to Minewoods, and then back up by the Allan. Saw a red squirrel in Minewoods.
Saturday Dec 5, 2015 #
11 AM
Note
Coaching session at Sauchie almost didn't happen because half of Scotland is currently underwater - including the M9 this morning! Made it there a bit late, as did all but 2 of the participants, so therefore as of 2pm I am now a UKCC Level 2 orienteering coach.
6 PM
Road/track running 49:00 10.8 km (4:32 / km)
Bit windy tonight. Hamstring felt ok. Bridge of Allan loop.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotla...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-35019909
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotla...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-35019909
Swimming 30:00 [2]
Then jumped straight into the pool
Friday Dec 4, 2015 #
10 AM
Trail/terrain running 59:00 8.3 km (7:07 / km)
Checking and hanging for tomorrow training session in Sauchie. Not too bad, just a few twinges. Should be fine next week
5 PM
Strength and conditioning 1:00:00 [0]
Trying out some different core training this winter - doing more with the exercise ball and medicine ball to challenge myself after 3-4 winters of doing pretty much the same stuff.
Did purely exercise ball stuff today - exercises 8-18 of these (except for 14 which I don't seem to have the back flexibility for). Couldn't work out 19 at all - kept just falling off. 15 was just weird! Didn't really feel any benefit.
Single leg 4 was how I strained my hamstring last week.
http://greatist.com/fitness/workout-stability-ball...
Threw in a few of these at the end too, but was getting tired by that point - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzQw88-xANk
Looking forward to trying a few of these - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1zlZjpTzQ4
Any suggestions? Not interested in leg exercises - do plenty of leg training already.
Did purely exercise ball stuff today - exercises 8-18 of these (except for 14 which I don't seem to have the back flexibility for). Couldn't work out 19 at all - kept just falling off. 15 was just weird! Didn't really feel any benefit.
Single leg 4 was how I strained my hamstring last week.
http://greatist.com/fitness/workout-stability-ball...
Threw in a few of these at the end too, but was getting tired by that point - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzQw88-xANk
Looking forward to trying a few of these - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1zlZjpTzQ4
Any suggestions? Not interested in leg exercises - do plenty of leg training already.
C • Core 1
Thursday Dec 3, 2015 #
8 AM
Note
6 hours out at Gallamuir again. Lots of wildlife, and even a couple of contours.
7 PM
Swimming 1:00:00 [2]
Aquajogging 5:00 [2]
Tried it, but it seemed to stress my hamstring more than running
Wednesday Dec 2, 2015 #
11 AM
Swimming 30:00 [2]
6 PM
Trail/terrain running 31:00 6.3 km (4:55 / km)
Very easy round Dunblane GC to see if hamstring has improved. Slightly better than yesterday, but not worth risking doing more.
Tuesday Dec 1, 2015 #
12 PM
Road/track running 45:00 10.5 km (4:17 / km)
Kinbuck loop. Bit icy
Running drills / plyometrics 16:00 [0] 1.6 km (10:00 / km)
Hill plyometrics - springing, high knees, bounding and sprints
7 PM
Trail/terrain running 50:00 10.1 km (4:57 / km)
Steady Strathallan loop. Warm, so basically all the snow/ice melted and turned the paths into streams.
Strained my L hamstring a little yesterday on the exercise ball.
Strained my L hamstring a little yesterday on the exercise ball.