Training Log Archive: AlistairH

Scottish Score @ Stirling Uni. / Dumyat. http://fvo.org.uk/media/events/2011/nov/27/m20-35,...

6/28. Good fun if a bit grottier than I had expected... set off thinking I had to either commit to the moor at the NE or not... thought I would go for it, and then pick controls on the way back... then figured after 100m that I wasn't going to make it round, points were denser lower down and in particular I though few people who went to the moor would get the high points south west of the start. So turned round and went SW.

ORocs not quite doing the job on the mud - backtracked 1 minutes failing to get up a muddy path from 177 to 178. My guess it would take me just under 10 mins back from 180 looked accurate but made a mistake 180 to 175 - I though that to get to 175 you had to turn right 50m at the road to get round the uncrossable wall, where the road became OOB, but no, there was an uncrossable wall under the red line, so lost about a minute. Not sure if decision to go to 163 at the end was worth it. I think I'd have avoided a time penalty if I skipped it but I thought I could include it for a penalty of less than 10 points - no - 74 seconds over, 23 seconds from 3rd place!

3 points behind AndrewD, up from 4 points last year :-)

No idea of actual distance. Must get GPS sorted again.

Took day off - achilles a bit sore in evening. Might have been better with planned easy row.

Having missed intervals yesterday needed a proper aerobic session so did 15' @ 4 min/k as a threshold run with 15' @ 6 min/k warm up/down.

Under 80kg for first time since I trashed my achilles in 1997... 79.8kg = 12st 7 lbs. 22.3 BMI. Goal should be low 70s.

Another late home short session. Feeling better all the time though. Despite the slow speed, just getting out regularly again feels like its doing some good.

Short for time so quick evening run. Achilles slightly sore but feeling good. Starting hip flexor exercises - I think my hip flexor strength is particularly poor leading to occasional pulled muscled plus me being lousy at picking my feet up in terrain. Starting very gently.

Much less trashed than after the Tinto race despite really pushing hard. Clearly cross country is good for you...