Training Log Archive: Gillian

then a bit of tennis with Rachel

Loch Moraig - Daldhu and back. very tired, but main problem was the soles on the balls of my feet which were sore from 12k, and incredibly sore from 16k to the end. Ended up walking some uphills because it was too sore to run. Still the same problem caused by wearing walking boots at Lendrick muir at start of August followed by 30k of hard pounding on the WHW.
Need to sort them out as well!

rest day: school + Rainbows

home, KS, AG, BC, Tar, WW
this was slower than in May. tired legs, heavier rucksack than usual when running this route, hungry from the start and fairly strong westerly are my excuses. Had to wear hat and gloves!
I think I lost all the time on the way to Ben Cleuch - coming back seemed to be normal time.

school to home to collect rucksack and change shoes

August training has gone OK. Knew it would be difficult to get consistent training around Wellies commitments, school commitments and the girls being on holiday, but managed to get a decent volume done.

September plan: 1 more long 3hr+ run (recceing Silver Day 3)
2 more biggish-volume weeks including speed stuff, perhaps slightly less volume than last 5 days though
run with rucksack as much as possible, rough terrain as much as possible
2 weeks taper (which unfortunately includes 3-day Silver exped but that can't be helped).

do physio exercises and stretches regularly
do core/circuits regularly

feeling tired

tempo run with rucksack: gate above top carpark over Maiden's Well to foot of Fairy Hill, turn round and run back (to slightly below the gate - coming back is quicker), turn round and back to foot of Fairy Hill. Good mix of up, flat, down, with some slightly rougher stuff but still soft ground to nurse my feet.

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