Friday Oct 31 |
 | Road cycling 1:30:00 [3] | |
| (injured) shoes: Cannondale MTB |
| Cycling during the day & evening around Stirling and Bridge of Allan. Compulsory hand signal to one ignorant car driver and plenty of practice @ going round big motorway roundabouts. |
Thursday Oct 30 |
| Road cycling 1:30:00 [3] | |
| (injured) shoes: Cannondale MTB |
| Cycling around Stilring, Menstrie & Tullibody. Lovely weather & the Ochils looked great. |
Wednesday Oct 29 |
| Road cycling 1:00:00 [3] | |
| (injured) shoes: Cannondale MTB |
| cycling around Stirling |
| Orienteering 1:01:35 [3] *** | |
| (injured) shoes: inov8 mudroc 290 |
| I have to define this as a stumble in the dark after my Silva headlight failed, even though i had charged the battery overnight. Dixie set a great course & the FVO crowd set a pace too fast for me. Thank god there was a long course (I did the short) otherwise Hazel & Lard would never have scooped me up to get me to the finish. Thanks. |
| Training Run warm up/down 30:00 [3] | |
| (injured) shoes: inov8 mudroc 290 |
| Dixie's idea of a warm-up to the start doesn't meet mine! However, made it up the steady climb and got to the start. |
Sunday Oct 26 |
| Race 49:38 [3] ** 2.8 km (17:44 / km) +135m 14:17 / km | |
| spiked:9/13c (injured) shoes: inov8 mudroc 290 |
| Sol 7 Craig a Barns
After my recent efforts at jogging, thought I should enter light green. Could have been more accurate but wandered vaguely as per usual. Ankle still a problem, especially on tracks (split from 13-finish was slow!)
Good to do a bit of navigating, haven't been out in a forest for a while, seem to just be doing street or city O's. |
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| went to Perth Leisure Centre for a paddle. Met Graham McIntyre, Morag & boys. Got thrown out as James had a nose bleed! |
Saturday Oct 25 |
| Road cycling 2:00:00 [3] | |
| (injured) |
| Cycled to Linlithgow train station, from Dunblane train station to Lard & Skyhigh's house. Then family cycle + Lard to Doune & back. Great fun and good to get out whatever the weather! |
Thursday Oct 23 |
| Road cycling 3:30:00 [2] | |
| (injured) shoes: Cannondale MTB |
| Cycled from Haymarket to Union Canal and then on to Linlithgow. Saved myself £3.90 in train fare! |
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| C • EPIC 5 |
Tuesday Oct 21 |
| Training Jog/Walk 1:30:00 [1] | |
| (injured) |
| Stroll with friend & 3 dogs. |
| Rowing - Concept 2 25:00 [2] 5 km (5:00 / km) | |
| ahr:127 max:139 (injured) |
| 10 x 500m with 30sec rest |
| Cardio in gym 20:00 [3] | |
| ahr:132 max:145 (injured) |
| Static bike intervals till James arrived |
Monday Oct 20 |
| Swimming 1:30:00 [2] | |
| (injured) |
| swimming! Tried lots of kicking as feet cramp & ankle problem reduces flexion. Seemed easier after 1/2 hour, not so painful. 70 lengths approx |
Thursday Oct 16 |
| Training Jog/Walk 45:00 [2] | |
| (injured) |
| Had thought I'd try a REALLY slow jog up Troutbeck Valley. After not very long realized that the pain was only getting worse and had to resort to a fast walk. Since I was out in a T-shirt, went as fast as possible in the rain shower to try and keep from getting hypothermia. Thoroughly fed-up as it is nearly 4 weeks since I sprained my ankle and I had hoped gentle jogging would be possible - NOT. The only consolations were the lovely views and a rainbow. |
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| C • And what has the physio said?! 1 |
| Swimming 1:00:00 [2] 2 km (30:00 / km) | |
| (injured) |
| 80x25m slowish and steady |
Wednesday Oct 15 |
| Swimming 1:00:00 [2] 2.5 km (24:00 / km) | |
| ahr:127 max:163 (injured) |
| 100x25m (10 sets of 10x25m) of various stuff. Rests between sets not included. |
Tuesday Oct 14 |
| Cardio in gym 20:00 [3] | |
| ahr:139 max:157 (injured) |
| intervals on upright bike thighs hurt & felt tired |
| Rowing - Concept 2 10:00 [2] 2 km (5:00 / km) | |
| ahr:124 max:134 (injured) |
| rowing just wasn't happening, Can't remember when I was so slow and had no power, so abandonded session and just got 2000m in. |
| Cardio in gym 20:00 [1] | |
| (injured) |
| elliptical thingy - just to pass the time unitl James arrived. Feeling totally devoid of energy and enthusiasm |
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| C • Have a rest tomorrow 4 |
Monday Oct 13 |
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| (injured) |
| London Zoo for the kids and then back to Covent Garden, Trafalgar Square etc - preparing for Olympic celebration on Thursday. Got home just after 11:30pm. Couldn't have asked for better weather. |
Sunday Oct 12 |
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| (injured) |
| Trip to Greenwich by bus and back by boat as the sun was shining. Hampstead Heath was out due to ankle and Greenwich won on culture. Really enjoyed cruise back to Westminster and then walk to Covent Garden. - Why do my feet always hurt like hell when I return to London! |
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| C • Feet 2 |
Saturday Oct 11 |
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| Event: City of London Orienteering Race
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| Race race 45:23 [3] 4.5 km (10:05 / km) | |
| (injured) shoes: Saucony Trigon Response |
| slow - hobbled due to ankle plus I made 2 errors - small one with control 7 being hidden behind a bench and big one in the Barbican controls 14 - 15, because I dropped down a level and shouldn't have. Foot has been extremely painful since; hindering touring London somewhat. Would have liked to have run women's open as it took you to some of the famous sights (St Paul's & the Gherkin), but W40+ proved too much as it was.
No idea about heart rate - forgot to press start for HRM! |
Wednesday Oct 8 |
| Training Jog/Walk 1:30:00 [1] | |
| (injured) |
| dog gone....... back to the IOM but managed to get 1 last walk in on Whitbarrow Scar - the place of my demise! |
| Swimming 1:00:00 [3] 2 km (30:00 / km) | |
| ahr:131 (injured) |
| 80 lengths @ Kendal pool - need to build stamina to go up & down, up & down. Still doing 'intervals'. Best horizontal exercise I've had for a long time. |
Tuesday Oct 7 |
| Training Jog/Walk 1:00:00 [2] | |
| (injured) shoes: Saucony Approach |
| Dog jog along Kendal Lancaster canal towpath. Thought I should try 'running' having done none since spraining my ankle and going to London this weekend. |
Monday Oct 6 |
| body conditioning class 1:00:00 [2] | |
| (injured) |
| don't be fooled into thinking it's easy! |
| Training Jog/Walk 1:00:00 [1] | |
| (injured) |
| 2 dog walks - Birkrigg common and the Hoad - realize ankle is NOT good on steep terrain! |
| Swimming 45:00 [3] | |
| (injured) |
| 50+ lengths plus aqua jogging sandwiched between Birkrigg Common and The Hoad walks. |
| Rowing - Concept 2 25:00 [3] 5 km (5:00 / km) | |
| (injured) |
| did intervals of 500m x 10 with 30 sec recovery, moving resistance from 1 to 10 (it takes all my time in 30 secs to unstrap feet, move resistance level, restrap feet and grab rowing handle!) |
Wednesday Oct 1 |
| Swimming 1:00:00 [4] | |
| (injured) |
| First time swimming since CLS last year - crock shoulder and ankle. Good for ankle but shoulder was troublesome - 5 months since I damaged it! Must have done plenty of lengths, but lost count. More of an interval session as I didn't swim continuously but rested and/or recovered with slower lengths. |
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| C • Triathlon 5 |