Training Log Archive: daveabrams

restin up for w/e

bit of a non-existent warm up

tankersley spring cup
wasn't really sure how to go into this considering another long break
started off steadily but then took the very scenic route to number two after rushing out of 1. then proceeded to miss it when I got there. probs about 5 mins lost overall.
3 - had bin there so good
4 - quite hesistant but had a good line
5 - didn't look hard enough as was standing right next to it
6 - good
7- bit slow out of 6 but good
8 - good
9-good
10 - good
11 - good
12 - good
13 - part of buttefly so had already bin there
14 - ok, drifted slightly left
15- ok but hesistant
16 - bit of a wonky line but ok
17 - was chasing dave. didn't really have the pace but saw him punching
18 - good
19 - good
20 - rushed off down the big reentrant. took a while to realise. relocated but had no confidence so went back to the main track (turned out I was abotu 10m away.)

quite pleased with the nav (except the rc for 2). lost quite a lot of time on running speed but was to be expected really.

warm down with the lads

also, knees were fine today :)

great. woke up this morning to some swelling on the lhs of my neck. looks like the mumps has spread across. 5 more days of being infectious + probably some more illness. shit.

hadn't done any for ages so got some tunes on for a good session

run up porter brook
good pace on the way down

felt a bit bitter today so ran down to the union to by tickets.

Event: LOC Regional & Northen Championships
 

Event: Terrain Time Trial, Great Tower
 

run to the gym

did a quick 5 mins on the x trainer to start
then arm work
tried out the wobble platforms at the end - quite interesting; suppposed to be able to compress a full workout into 15 mins. don't think that is possible but might use them a bit if they keep them after the trial.

run from gym to tescos
pretty quick pace

various jogging around

jk relays, dipton woods

2nd leg for ShUOC
john brought us back in 8th, about 50 secs down
had a pretty good race. overtook the SLOW, EBOR, OD and NOC teams nearish the start. could see hector and neil ahead for most of the course. turns out we had exactly the same course except for the 2nd to last control. small miss on no 7 but pushed thorugh the spectator loop to try and catch up. they missed 11 slightly where I caught up. had the longer gaffle at the end and struggled up the hill. came back 4th behind SYO1, EUOC and SYO2.

unfortunately shminty lost a bit of time so dave set off in 5th, quite a way behind. ended up 5th.

warm up to start + drills

jk long - detchant, sheillow, greensheen hill and cockenheugh

was feeling great after the warm up. knee was aching a little. was definitely going to suffer physcially so tried to keep the nav good. didn't work so well today. never felt fully in control and head was all over the place at times.

#1 - got confused as to where the actual start was. took ages to work it out and slow into the control
#2 - slow in general. slightly low in the circle and took a while to relocate
#3 - good
#4 - ok, but should have stayed below the crags
#5 - slow up the hill
#6 - ok. good route but stood on top of the feature for about 20 secs.
#7 - hector caught me by 3 mins at this point. didn't attempt to keep up with him as I was knackered already.
#8 - slow through green, really poor into the control. didn't look at the map enough
#9 - stopped way to early and took a while to realise
#10 - slow up the hill and too careful back in the woods
#13 - good route but slow
#14 - too far left
#15 - good
#16 - slow through the heather. fell into the ditch on the taped route and covered myself and map
#17 - good, but slow
#18 - good but a bit hesistant
#19 - bit of a dead running leg. slow up the hill at the end.
#20 - couldn't read map as was covered in mud. missed it by about 10m. was then too low.
#21 - good
#22 - just on a bearing as couldn't read map. was luckly to hit it.
#23 - just aimed for veg. boundary.
#24 - went straight-ish and got stuck in green then was slow across the heather just before the control. path route looked quicker
#25 - ok, but getting pretty slow at this point
#26 - seemed a bit too far down

quite disappointed with the result as i felt the course suited me. annoying that i've lost quite a bit of fitness.

sld

warm up/down

JK middle, Kyloe hills

knew i was going to suffer physically so made sure the navigation was good.

#1 - good. went straight. hit the detail just before the control.
#2 - bit too far off the straight line. good attack point though. big elephant tracks into control
#3 - went round but should have gone straight through the green. missed the ride so wasted a bit of time
#4 - too careful down the hill but hit the control
#5 - poor route. should have gone round the paths. ended up running pretty much parallel to the main track but in the terrain so was quite slow. hit the control well though.
#6 - was a bit hesistant crossing the path and was slow into the control. mapping was quite dodgy but stumbled upon the control
#7 - good but slow up hill
#8 - again, good but slow up the hill
#9 -didn't attack the down hill enough and was to hesistant but spiked the control
#10 - nailed it down the spur but got confused with the mapping of the woods and open. ws much further down than I expected.
#11 - drifted off slightly left and a bit too slow into the control (Spongey caught me here)
#12 - good , a bit hesistant in the circle
#13 - spongey drifted slightly left but I was too slow going staighter
#14 - good
#15 - was chasing spongey and didn't take the best route. cut up through the green rather than round the boundary.
#16 - mapping was a bit confusing with quite a few extra tracks from other runners. knew where i was though.
#17 - got a stuck in the green coming out of 16 but pretty good
#18 - spongey overshot but I realised the open and other competitiors at the control.
#19 - bit slow out of 18 but good

sld = 5.41km

Event: JK 2009
 

warm up for sprint
+ jog round afterwards

JK sprint, Newcastle
sld=3.2km - ran quite a bit further due to the motorway crossings.

was pretty good technically - lost about 30 secs on poor route choice.
ralph caught me at no. 21 and tried to stick with him but was getting pretty tired towards the end.

quite pleased considering i'd done harly any speed work recently

to bingham, up the slope on the left then down to the first road junction

7 * 300m on porter brook trails. 20 secs rest between each
felt pretty good aftre the first few - struggled to get legs moving though

slowish jog back through endcliffe park home. knees were aching a little.

was planning on some fast stuff but knee didn't feel that great
so went to the gym instead
5 mins on bike (found out knee doesn't like the bike)
10 mins on x trainer (knee fine)
5 mins on treadmill - wanted to see what it was like. better than bike but not as good as x trainer.

then some weights - felt quite good.

chest infection still hanging around, not coughing up as much now though.

felling a bit better this morning
am gonna head out for a run in the nice sunny weather :)

went from a run up porter brook
felt good but got tired quite quickly. had a rest at the top and felt a bit better coming back down
knees weren't too bad - only felt the left slightly on the uphill
another beautiful day :)

felt like absolute shite again so no training :(

30 mins on x trainer
bit of arm and core stuff

with flat mate
won 6-1, 6-4 not convinving in the 2nd set though

went to the physio. right knee is pretty much sorted but now problems in left knee as a side effect. something about the nerves going into the knee. have got some more exercises to do - shouldn't take too long to recover.

chest is a little better but decided not to train at all to hopefully recover quicker.

C • hope 1

went to the docs
have got a chest infection
also managed to get some antibiotics so should hopefully have it cleared up pretty soon.

went to the gym after the docs cos was feeling a bit better
10 mins on x trainer @ intensity 8 - worked up quite a sweat
then upper body and a bit of core
was knackered at end