Training Log Archive: Big Jon

AUOC 100 event.
5.9km 100 controls, mind burn! 3 loops (with brikke change at end of each and a map change after 2nd loop. First loop - often found myself behind my position, ran harder on this loop than others abut lost much more time, several occasions just had to stand still and work out what was happening. 2nd and 3rd loops much smoother except for one glitch on last loop - hopped a control and couldn't understand the code, sorted it after about 10 seconds.
Great fun - would recommend it to anyone as a lesson in having to plan ahead, check codes and stay in control.

Early morning run to village hall to check heating. Alternately hot and cold pockets of air - very refreshing!

C • So I guess 2

2 hours moving furniture and removing old carpets in brothers flat poor to painters coming in.

rest day

4.5 hours survey. -7c at start... everything on and still cold till had walked up long hill. Lovely sunny day. Saw about a dozen large stags close up -almost tame.

Head torch run round Dess Woods, most of a normal lap, legs felt very heavy and tired on uphills. Cold, crisp frosty night - many stars out, lovely.

Warm-up before night-O

DNC Balmedie.
Same tactic as previous DNCs this season - take it steady and in control. Worked very well for most then miscounted paths and turned up onto dunes too early, ended up doing a big extra loop in terrain, lost ca 1-40. Pleased with O, spot on for most controls but not running very fast. Legs still tender - lower quads and lower hamstrings.

seems like I made far fewer errors than the speed merchants ;-)

6x2+1 with S on Deeside way west of Dinnet. Shuffling along with legs still screaming with DOMS and all sorts of other hamstring aches and groans. Behind her on all but last one. Not sure if its sensible but another day of nothing was too much to bear.

Wonderful DOMs...

3.5 hours surveying. Very cold but bright.