Training Log Archive: AlistairH

Manor Water Hill Race. 81/116. +47%. Really happy I could keep running hard for 100 mins and, although there is still a long, long way to go to get fit, this is a great deal of progress from e.g. the Carnethy 5 earlier this year. Achilles sore but not too bad - hill races (rather than training runs) have previously made them very sore so that is progress too.

I seemed to be doing best on gentle downhills and gentle inclines. There were two sharp descents - once they got steep enough that it was necessary to move from a normal running stride to 'using your quads to control the speed of descent' I dropped back alarmingly relative to the people round me. So that tells me I need to work a lot on quad strength. I knew that already but it was a good clear demonstration of what I need to work on most.

EUOC "Fight With The Night" race at KB + w/u,w/d. Good fun but didn't do very well... forgot compass and had only brought a 'normal' Petzl LED lamp. Not a problem I thought... good training. Didn't miss the compass much once I got going but I did start by running off in the wrong direction. Had to stop/slow down a lot more than in the day. Bit nervous of running fast as I'm still trying to avoid running much on tarmac.

Slightly hurt left hamstring leaving office to walk to gym - it didn't seem to warm up properly so just had a swim. Hopefully just a gentle reminder to keep up hamstring stretches...