Training Archive: Jon XIn the 7 days ending 2008-05-31:
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Saturday May 31 | ||
| Note | |
| (rest day) | ||
| Nice sunny day in the Peak District.
Observed this on my way from Sheffield to meeting in BOF office in the afternoon. Meeting overran. Observed it again on my way back to Sheffield in the early evening. Didn't have time for a run. Not happy! | ||
Friday May 30 | ||
| Note | |
| (rest day) | ||
Thursday May 29 | ||
| Running 53:00 [3] | |
| shoes: new Brooks Adrenaline | ||
| First of all I was doing the Clydebank 10km today. Didn't seem like a very good idea by the afternoon so didn't go.
Second plan was to run up one of the Gargunnock hills. That didn't happen either. Third time lucky, went to play golf at Stirling Uni. To play really badly as it turned out. Rosco on the other hand had clearly played before. Fraser may actually have some competition for the title of FVO golf champion this year! And the evening sunshine was so nice that after golf a run featured after all, went for a tootle up to the top of Dumyat and back via Logie Kirk. Awesome mountain views, well worth it. Felt a bit better than yesterday too, stomach still not quite right but don't think it is anything much, sure it will be fine in a day or two. | ||
Wednesday May 28 | ||
| Running race 37:35 [5]8 km (4:42 / km) +210m 4:09 / km | |
| shoes: Inov8 | ||
| Knock of Crieff hill race, on a right gloomy day, big contrast with the last few days, in cloud at the top and everything.
Had being planning to use the Minewoods evening event as a warmup but feeling not quite right so gave it a miss - had worked from home all day for the same reason. This was perhaps a big clue that I might not feel at my best in the race! Felt dodgy on the way to the start but okay after more of a warmup, set off okay and managed to avoid following Fraser into the start-too-fast trap. He seemed to be coming back towards me half way up the climb, but when i need to start to dig in a bit, instead I felt ropey again and started going back throught the field fairly quickly. Lard went straight past and off in pursuit of Fraser - they were quickly out of sight, and it was not all down to the low visibility! Took it a bit easier round the middle section - only a small race so only lost one more place here - then looked back before the final climb to see Sprint Finish King, Doug Flint, closing fast. Made myself run the climb and didn't feel too bad, kept it going okay to the finish without letting Doug get within sprint finish distance. Finished 2 mins behind Lard and Fraser - disappointing as I would have hoped to be in a good race with them on a better day. 6 mins behind Rosco who was a good 2nd overall. | ||
| Running warm up/down 30:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Inov8 | ||
| Warm up to start and checking out the first (steep!) section on the road, warm down feeling pretty dire.
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Tuesday May 27 | ||
| Running 1:10:00 [2] | |
| shoes: new Brooks Adrenaline | ||
| Pleasant run from the Uni up to the fort near Dumyat with Elle, Ali, and Rosco. Quite warm but pretty windy on top so didn't loiter enjoying the view fo long. Met Gary on the way down and headed back via Sherrifmuir Road.
Still tired legs but loosened off okay after a while - it is supposed to be a hard week but I think the Knock of Crieff race on Wednesday could be a bit of a struggle. Not to mention the Clydebank 10km the day after.... | ||
| C • doing the Knock and the 10k 3 | ||
Monday May 26 | ||
| Running 1:08:00 [3] | |
| shoes: new Brooks Adrenaline | ||
| Pleasant easy run in the sun with Rosco from Gargunnock.
Tried to check out a couple of previously unexplored paths but were deterred by a chainsaw the first time and a rifle the second time. Looking forward to welcoming FVO for an evening run here soon.... | ||
Sunday May 25 | ||
| Orienteering race 37:46 [5]**** 5.6 km (6:45 / km) +325m 5:14 / km | |
| spiked:19/21c shoes: VJ Falcon | ||
| Scottish Champs relay back at Tullochroisk - I thought this was a fantastic event!
Glorious weather meant the assembly field gave brilliant views in all directions, great planning made enjoyable use of all the most pleasant and runnable bits of the area, and FVO had some top results! FVO women held off EUOC to win - amazingly the first time FVO has ever won the Scottish Women's Open title - and the FVO Juniors took their trophy too. With 2nd in the Handicap, 3rd in Men's Open and 3rd for the second team in Women's Open, it was a good day. Although tantalisingly close to scoring wins in Men Open and Handicap to make it a Grand Slam day......just a couple of minutes behind in both races. My team did pretty well too, 5th place in the Men's Open. Really enjoyed my race and ran quite well - very well when I factor in all the fine wine and whisky consumed in the Dunalistair Hotel the night before! I was on second leg and had time to see Rosco bring FVO men back in 1st on leg one - exciting - then Will came back in 5th less than 4 mins down. Started off a bit quick and was feeling it on the climbs through the middle section of the course, but just one small (10/15s) miss and one poor route (30s) at the far end - started to head for crossing point then realised I didn't need to. Almost caught Interlopers for 4th but not quite - not sure in any case whether Fraser would have thanked me for sending him out in a race with Murray Strain - but as it was I held 5th place at the finish and Fraser finished the job - importantly holding off Paddy W for Clyde! A really fun event and with spectator value from the assembly field - able to see runners at a couple of points quite far out on the course, and then again right near the end. | ||
| Running warm up/down 10:00 [2] | |
| shoes: VJ Falcon | ||
| Mountain walking 3:00:00 [1] | |
| shoes: new Brooks Adrenaline | ||
| Relays were all done and dusted by lunchtime and it seemed a shame not to do something else with the day, particularly as MC had not run earlier on. So - with Schiehallion (scene of the invention of contours!) overlooking the assembly field, the something else seemed obvious....
Last time I was up here then I couldn't see much, today we I could see the Lomonds of Fife to the east and Ben Nevis to the west - I am sure you could see a long way in other directions too but I wasn't so good on other identifications! Pretty busy up there with plenty of other orienteers having had the same idea - met the Acklands, Donald & Lucile Macleod, and Mark Saunders/Alice Bedwell and saw various other familiar faces. Mark and Alice were running down, as was Donald - running it definitely was not on my agenda! On the way up MC was singing the praises of her boots - "bought cheaply in 1995 and still going strong". On the way down they fell apart!! Afterwards we headed into Aberfeldy and bumped into Cathy & Doug who were staying nearby and invited us back for a welcome post-walk beer, good to see them somewhere other than in an assembly field for once! | ||