Training Log Archive: cousteauIn the 31 days ending Aug 31, 2012:
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Friday Aug 31, 2012 #
6 PM
Orienteering race 17:49 [5] *** 3.0 km (5:56 / km) +95m 5:08 / km
spiked:18/18c shoes: Saucony Cohesion
A small Devon training event on Salcombe Hill, above Sidmouth - another nice new map! The orange course was the longest, so I went for a blast around that to 'christen' the map, before doing a bit of coaching. Nice summers evening. :-)
Thursday Aug 30, 2012 #
7 PM
Hashing tempo 1:01:00 [4] 11.5 km (5:18 / km)
shoes: Saucony Cohesion
An excellent hash from Four Firs on Woodbury Common. Plenty of fast running on a hash which was definitely a trail of two halves......Spockey laid the first bit as a 'one dot and on' trail, and Dobbie laid the second part as a 'three dots and on'. Interesting to experience two different styles of 'laying' on one trail. Sadly, it will be the last trail of the year where we don't need torches....as it was, I ran a large section of the final part of the trail by moon-light - it was a glorious full moon that lit up the whole common.
Wednesday Aug 29, 2012 #
7 PM
Steady Run 1:07:00 [3] 12.0 km (5:35 / km)
shoes: Saucony Excursion
A nice run with running club from the Sailing Club. We went straight up Peak Hill and along the coast path for a bit. Then along to Seaview Farm, and through to Piscombe Lane, and out to Stantyway Farm. Then back out to the coast and back along the coast to Sidmouth, via the summit of High Peak for the awesome views. A nice run on a nice evening.
Stretching/Core Stability 10:00 [1]
Stretching - inside the Sailing Club this week as it started to piss down just after we finished!!
Tuesday Aug 28, 2012 #
Note
(rest day)
Monday Aug 27, 2012 #
7 PM
Steady Run 58:00 [3] 10.0 km (5:48 / km)
shoes: Inov8 Mudrock 290
A nice easy run with running club from Mutters Moor. It had pissed down for most of the day, but actually turned out to be a reasonable evening for a run. It was only a small group though, coz the rain will have put some off! I decided not to do the Lustleigh 10k earlier in the day because, apparently, the car parking field was a bog, so it was mayhem trying to park.....couldn't be arsed with that!!
Sunday Aug 26, 2012 #
11 AM
Hashing tempo 1:05:00 [4] 12.5 km (5:12 / km)
shoes: Saucony Cohesion
A good City of Exeter hash from Exminster. Plenty of fast running throughout, and some nasty hills in the first section before we went out onto the Exe flood plain. Good fun on a nice warm summer day.
12 PM
Stretching/Core Stability 10:00 [1]
Stretching with Paperwork.
Saturday Aug 25, 2012 #
Note
(rest day)
Friday Aug 24, 2012 #
Note
(rest day)
Thursday Aug 23, 2012 #
7 PM
Hashing 51:00 [4] 10.0 km (5:06 / km)
shoes: Saucony Cohesion
A good hash from the Warren car park on Woodbury Common, laid by Porkie and Freewheeler. There was plenty of fast running and a long tough climb back to the cars at the end. Good stuff!!
8 PM
Stretching/Core Stability 10:00 [1]
Stretching with Lilo!
Wednesday Aug 22, 2012 #
7 PM
Steady Run 1:00:00 [3] 11.0 km (5:27 / km)
shoes: Saucony Cohesion
A good session with running club on a glorious summer evening. We went up Salcombe Hill on the coast path - awesome views! Then along the coastal path for a bit before turning inland and eventually ending up a the top of Trow Hill. Then we went along the side of the hill, before dropping down Soldiers Hill to The Byes. Back down The Byes to the Sailing Club. I ran with Justin most of the way - we've both just come back from running in the Alps, so we were cruising fairly fast at times, but talked all the way!!
Stretching/Core Stability 10:00 [1]
Stretching in the beach watching the sailors packing up!
Tuesday Aug 21, 2012 #
Note
(rest day)
Monday Aug 20, 2012 #
7 PM
Steady Run 1:08:00 [3] 12.0 km (5:40 / km)
shoes: Saucony Excursion
A nice running club session from Salcombe Hill. We went out to the coast and along the coastal path to Dunscombe, and then back inland. It was a really nice summer evening, and the views along the coast where awesome......as much as I love places like the Alps, I'm not convinced that anywhere beats East Devon! :-)
Sunday Aug 19, 2012 #
11 AM
Hashing 1:15:00 [4] 13.0 km (5:46 / km)
shoes: Inov8 Mudrock 290
A good City of Exeter hash from Joneys Cross - plenty of hills, and some very muddy bits too!! Glorious views on a fairly warm, but not hot (25 degrees), day.
Saturday Aug 18, 2012 #
3 PM
Orienteering race 11:12 [5] ** 3.0 km (3:44 / km) +55m 3:25 / km
spiked:16/16c shoes: Inov8 Mudrock 290
Decided to go to a small Devon summer event and BBQ on a new area just up the road from home. It was basically some fields and a few orchards owned by a club member, but it was perfect for this type of event. Awesome views down the valley to the sea too, and fairly warm (25 degrees) conditions. Enjoyed being orienteering again!
Orienteering 9:06 [5] ** 2.5 km (3:38 / km) +45m 3:20 / km
spiked:14/14c shoes: Inov8 Mudrock 290
Second course at the same event.
4 PM
Orienteering 10:00 [2] 1.0 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 Mudrock 290
Collecting controls.
Stretching/Core Stability 10:00 [1]
Stretching.
Friday Aug 17, 2012 #
Note
(rest day)
Thursday Aug 16, 2012 #
7 PM
Hashing tempo 58:00 [4] 14.0 km (4:09 / km) +300m 3:45 / km
shoes: Inov8 Mudrock 290
Hashing from White Bridge near Budleigh. It wasn't the best trail with quite a bit of road but, nevertheless, it was enjoyable enough. It was strange to be running at almost sea level again - even though I was running pretty fast, it just didn't feel as though my heart or lungs were doing anything.....and I recovered within seconds of stopping. Definitely something in this altitude running business!!
Wednesday Aug 15, 2012 #
Note
Travelling home after an awesome week in an awesome place!
Tuesday Aug 14, 2012 #
Steady Run 23:25 [4] 4.0 km (5:51 / km) +300m 4:15 / km
shoes: Inov8 Mudrock 290
Popped out for another quick run! - from Plan Peisey again because its easy to get to and because its sort of on the way to the swimming lake that we spent the rest of the day at. Went out to the chapel at Les Vernettes, which is at 1805 metres. A fairly flat run though as Plan Peisey is only at 1650 metres. But still really nice running though the alpine meadows and areas of forest - awesome finish down a ski-slope too!!
Monday Aug 13, 2012 #
Steady Run 1:12:00 [4] 9.0 km (8:00 / km) +800m 5:32 / km
shoes: Inov8 Mudrock 290
Adam's knee was still playing him up, so he went shopping in Bourg for the morning while I drove up to Plan Peisey for a quick run. I went up to the 2389 metre high Col d' Entreporte. It was a great run using lots of small trails in the forest and then some really nice single track paths above the forest. Great views a really warm too!
Then went back to Bourg to collect Adam. We then went to Val-d'Isere, where we saw a shop amusingly named 'Boobs'! Then we went onto the 4th highest mountain pass in Europe - the Col de I'Iseran. Fantastic, remote place!
Then went back to Bourg to collect Adam. We then went to Val-d'Isere, where we saw a shop amusingly named 'Boobs'! Then we went onto the 4th highest mountain pass in Europe - the Col de I'Iseran. Fantastic, remote place!
Sunday Aug 12, 2012 #
Note
(rest day)
Rest day. We went for a drive up the Cormet de Roselend - another Tour De France climb from a few years ago!! The reservoir on the way down looked awesome this year, and I managed to find the road to the bottom of the dam this year too.....which is equally impressive from there too!
Saturday Aug 11, 2012 #
Mountian Biking 2:00:00 [3]
We hired mountain bikes on Bourg with the aim of cycling up to the Italian boarder at the Col du Petit St. Bernard. But, sadly, on an early road section some moron managed to pretty much knock Adam off his bike and almost do the same to me. That completely screwed his knee up, but he decided to carry on as far as he could before we returned to base. Got a fair way up, but nowhere near the top - awesome decent back to Bourg though!! Still, at least we could say we'd cycled up part of the Tour De France route from a few years ago!! Later we drove up to the boarder, an on into Italy instead!!
Friday Aug 10, 2012 #
Steady Run 1:59:35 [4] 9.0 km (13:17 / km) +1028m 8:27 / km
shoes: Saucony Excursion
An epic run up Petit Mont Blanc, near Pralognan-la-Vanoise. Although the mountain is 'only' 2680 metres high, and the run is fairly short, it is a really tough one! The starting altitude is only 1652 metres, meaning that the run has an epic 1028 metres of climb.......and all in the first 5k's which took 85 minutes!! Stunning views at the top of all the mountains in the area, including the awesome Mont Blanc in the distance. A great run!
For amusement value, on the way back to Bourg, we just had to stop in the small village called Pussy! Too good to miss!! ;-)
Then we drove up the Col de la Madeleine which was used on this years Tour de France....those blokes are well hard!! All the writing that the spectators put on the road was still there, as well as the line at the summit.
For amusement value, on the way back to Bourg, we just had to stop in the small village called Pussy! Too good to miss!! ;-)
Then we drove up the Col de la Madeleine which was used on this years Tour de France....those blokes are well hard!! All the writing that the spectators put on the road was still there, as well as the line at the summit.
Thursday Aug 9, 2012 #
Steady Run 40:00 [2] 5.0 km (8:00 / km)
shoes: Saucony Excursion
We decided to get day lift passes for the Les Arcs resort and spent the day playing on the lifts a running between them. Good fun on a really nice warm day (32 degrees!), and a good way to introduce Adam to running at altitude as there wasn't much running to do, but what we did was at an altitude of at least 2100 metres. We played in the snow at the top of Aigulle Rouge at 3227 metres!!
Wednesday Aug 8, 2012 #
Note
Travelling to Bourg St. Maurice in the French Alps for a weeks holiday and altitude running with Adam.
Tuesday Aug 7, 2012 #
Note
(rest day)
Monday Aug 6, 2012 #
7 PM
Steady Run 1:08:00 [3] 12.0 km (5:40 / km)
shoes: Saucony Excursion
A nice steady run with the running club from Tipton. We went out up onto the Common and the back up the river. It was a glorious summer evening, with fantastic views off the Common.
8 PM
Stretching/Core Stability 10:00 [1]
Stretching.
Sunday Aug 5, 2012 #
3 PM
Steady Run 1:10:00 [3] 11.0 km (6:22 / km)
shoes: Saucony Excursion
A nice steady run with Joe from my house. We went up Bulverton Hill to Keebles Seat, then out to the coast and up High Peak. Then back onto Salcombe Hill and back to my house through the forest. Nice social pace.
Stretching/Core Stability 10:00 [1]
Stretching.
Saturday Aug 4, 2012 #
Note
(rest day)
Friday Aug 3, 2012 #
Note
(rest day)
Thursday Aug 2, 2012 #
5 PM
Steady Run 2:00:00 [3] 15.0 km (8:00 / km)
shoes: Saucony Excursion
Laying the hash from Joney's Cross on Woodbury Common. It was a really nice warm summer evening, with awesome views of the common and over to the coast. Needless to say, I made it a pretty cunning trail, which twisted around a lot, and even went back to the car park after about 1km! The furtherest the trail went from the cars was 1.2k! hehe!! :-)
7 PM
Hashing 1:00:00 [3] 8.5 km (7:04 / km)
shoes: Saucony Excursion
Running the hash. There was a massive pack (just over 50!) because the Devon Lunatics hash had joined us at Otter for the evening. That meant that there were some non-locals that were well confused and disorientated by all the twisting around!! :-) I ran with either Lilo Lil, Rucka or Joe Woodley for most of the trail, and blatantly ran up some false trails with them to confuse them!! ;-)
Wednesday Aug 1, 2012 #
7 PM
Steady Run 1:02:00 [3] 11.0 km (5:38 / km)
shoes: Saucony Excursion
A really nice running club session from Salcombe Hill. I led the long run and kept it very coastal, so we could enjoy the awesome views. It was a fairly social run which was good as I'm still feeling a wee bit tired from tour!
8 PM
Stretching/Core Stability 10:00 [1]
Stretching.