Training Log Archive: Bashman

The inaugural purple haze dash.
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Easy
Nice B&B leg stretcher after a rough day of travelling home with Jacob, Alex, Jack, and Lydia. Still coughing but physically fine, if not better than expected. Walked the last bit as Jacob began to struggle with last night's cheesy chips. Calf doms hit afterwards.
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BUCS XC (Men's B) - 19th

Had concerns going into this with the lingering cough but decided I would at least start warming up and see how much it was really going to harm my run. Felt a bit slow but decided this was regular pre-race nerves, which was met with a nose bleed 15mins before the start. Got it sorted however, did some drills with a tissue up my nose, and got to the start line just in time for one more stride and to find my place in the middle of the pack.

Just about jogged off the start line with Jacob with our buffs over our faces, talking about the chaos ensuing at the front. After about 500m half the field seemed to burn out and we were sat in about 50th. Left Jacob at this point and began the race, through a nice bit of forest before the first hill with Nathan, who unfortunately wasn't having a great day and dropped off. Began to pick off people here and was met with big cheers, especially after some finesse over the hay bales. Into the extra loop still climbing the ladder with Matt Elk and through the tricky trail section, absolutely loving the downhill and stream jump.

Next lap and suddenly Craig and James T where not far off. Put in a bit of a push to drag them in by the bottom of the hill and was soon ahead of both heading up the long climb. At this point Jacob scared the shit out of me as he cruised past. He was strong on the climb so tried to stick with him, but was a bit out my comfort zone so dropped back, already didn't expect to be ahead of James and Craig on a good day so didn't want to burn out. Extra loop went well again and Jacob's drag meant were taking a place every half a minute on average.

Final lap and things were beginning to hurt. Chilled out on the downhill, just letting the legs go as I knew there'd be a sprint finish in the hunt for a good team position. Took two more lads on the climb but one stuck with me, over the bales and then began to sprint with a grim 300m still left, with a fair amount of climb. Pushed on and we caught the backs of a St.Mary's and Loughborough group. A mad sprint finish ensued and I only had the energy to dip the Lough boy across the line. A huge coughing fit ensued but happy to have run on such a nice course and day with so much support.

Team came 3rd uni but unfortunately two St.Mary's teams beat us so 4th. Unsure on how much the cold effected my race, felt like not very much but at the same time would have liked to have been closer to Jack and Jacob - both of them flying at the moment though. Lap times good, 7mins for each 'small' lap and about 10:15 for both large, probably the most tactical race I've run this year. Guys I finished with have a pair of very tasty 3000m times but just think they can't run off road or they would have been higher up.
https://www.fullonsport.com/event/bucs-x-champs-me...
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Easy
Nice morning with gilmore girls, 5 'strides' to keep the legs going.
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Easy
Legs pretty good, fartlek is on.
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Fartlek - 30 x 35/25s
A bit snotty to begin with but took the efforts fairly comfortably so was okay. Threw in some uphills and downhills and generally feeling good by the end. Finished off at the boys flat.
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Easy
Cruise back home with a brand new lid after a very much mixed haircut experience. May offend some people this weekend.
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Easy
Feeling quite bad but better by the end. Bumped into a sister, a lost granny-filled car, and a purko lookalike. Also Craigmillar Park -> Mayfield Gds must be the most boring road in the city. Finished up at pasta night.
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Easy
Cruise home with Pablo on his bike.
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High temperature, migrane. Restarted too hard? Not enough sleep? Whatever the reason, bloody annoying. Let's see if a 12 hour sleep will fix it.
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WU
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Easy
With Ali, not feeling very good.
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Recovery
Got bored.
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Easy
Feeling good.
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