Training Log Archive: Big Jon

Collecting some controls from Coull. Legs felt dreadful - utterly without energy after first 10 minutes.

Walk round Aboyne Loch and golf course with E. Found 20 golf balls - Dixie they're yours when I remember to take them to an event!

C • golf balls 4

3 hours surveying, another bright sunny day (though chilly wind).

DNC Coull. 3rd on long course. Too many little errors (lost at least 4-5 minutes in 5 mistakes. Really struggling in the terrain and got tired by half way. Still first orienteering 6 weeks to the day since last O - at DNC in Glen Dye. Happy to be back doing real running... well walking in large parts to be honest :-)

Warm-up - 2 laps of Lodge o the Loch and easy up to start & back from finish.

Surveying 6 hours

Wee run round Clatto and Camperdown Woods. Pleasant but tracks a bit grotty and woodland has no features. Tired legs, took a long time to feel I was running.

Surveying 5 hours. Tired at end, long walk in/out.

Active rest day, helping at club coaching, then 30 mins sawing logs.

With E from Burn O'Vat south then up Cnoc Dubh and back down above gorge. He really pushed me on much of it - especially the downhills.

The harder bits - mostly uphills trying to stay with or even ahead (honestly) of E. Trouble was he just sprinted a bit to catch me at the top of the climbs...

Legs were slightly achey after Sat evening - lots of hills and on snow.
Think I'll have sore legs tomorrow - hardest I've run since appendix op. Good news was that the op site felt fine, but guts still not completely settled yet - still accumulating the 200 bn bacteria I need (and trying to get the right ones too!).

To DAP and some running around to marshal at gate and back. Nice and snowy underfoot and cold clear night. Wonderful.

Back to the usual.