Training Log Archive: Big Jon

Hanging controls for DNC at Carlogie. Dreich day, not raining but vegetation soaking and air cold. Big change from last few days! Courses should be fine tonight, but tricky in places.

C • Tricky 3

7-50 start to collect controls in from last nights O (couldn't face collecting them at 9-30 last night!)

C • eh? 2

Hills with S. Parked at Birse big track, warm-up to start of wee path. Intervals from there to top of Carn Ferg. Managed to fit in 15 x1 min. Legs not great - cycling yesterday? or maybe just too much running in last week. Anyway, did the session, so must be good for me long term. Right heel - slightly aware of it but no real pain and achilles fine. Touch wood, but it seems to be recovering.

Back through woods to fields at keepers cottage on Birsemore area. Wonderful pine woods with clean underfoot. Not much detail but very pleasant.
Another glorious sunny day - cold with a frost first thing but bright and warmth in the sun.

With S (she on road bike me on MTB...) Home to Lumphanan bowl, upper loop, then to X roads and Tarland road to east, cut back down to Lumphanan, church brae, back via DAP. Hard work on hills and even harder on flats - gears not high enough!
Sunny day - glorious warm sun and not a cloud in the sky, Deeside is the best place i the world in these conditions.

Easy run with after-school running club. Long loop up to fields to catch afternoon sun, great views.

Hanging controls for scout night-O in Aboyne, short runs and driving between - the advantage of urban O :-)

Short run home from DAP to pick up forgotten rucksack before helping at local event. Fantastic sunny day.

Marc run, JM and KN from Scotty carpark. Nice route along lower track to gravel pits and back on river-bank path. Right heel/achilles noticeable at start but settled and fine at end.

Hanging controls in Dess for local event. Feeling good and bouncy, legs strong. Heel fine.

C • Good and bouncy 1

Lap of Dess Wood - lovely afternoon with low sun across fields and hills.

Good session again, with calf stretches given extra time.

South Deeside road up track through woods to Coyles of Muick ridge, along to first Coyle and then down through forest to track in Allt Cailleach and back along to road. Met Steph at end - which explained the stud marks on the first track (she'd done main Coyle and then another point to the west. Wet day and windy when out on ridge, but very mild.
Heel/Achilles noticeable the whole time but didn't worsen.