Training Log Archive: Frostbite

Scottish Relays, Binning Wood. Scrappy bit of woodland with a lot of rhododendrons. I couldn't keep up with the pack, and made a small mess of number 9 (i think), 30 seconds or so, which left me on my own for a bit. After that I could see people up ahead of me occasionally but never got closer to them, then up the hill out in the open Steve came past and left me for dead.

Only 5 minutes down on the leaders, 4 on Charlie so it wasn't too bad. Natasha, Dave and Amanda had a good race round on the second leg and then Evie was racing Paul on the last leg. She came back a minute down but still a good performance. Evie did faster mins/k than me - we should have put her on the long leg.

C • Put me on the long leg? 1

Scottish Champs, Gullane and Yellowcraig.

I wasn't really bothered about this race and prepared accordingly. I lost time at 2 controls in the beach run section - the first one because it was in the wrong place and the second one because I climbed up beside the wrong crag. This bit of the area was not mapped properly (extensive mature woodland mapped as rough open!) but I should have got it right. Other than that, a minor issue with paths in the first bit of wood cost me 30 seconds or so, and that was pretty much it. Slow and steady.

7th on the course, 3rd M45. 9 minutes behind Martin and Jase.

3 X 1 mile, hospital loop. Aiming for 7:05 to 7:10 but was a bit too relaxed on the first one and straining a bit on the last. 7:14, 7:04, 7:03.

warm up and down and jogging between reps. Very weary on the way home.

Seven Arches with Tasha.

Arseing about in the hollies, incorporating 10 x 10 secs with 20 secs rest on the field by the tennis courts (actually they were taking 11 secs slightly downhill and 13 seconds slightly uphill), 5 x bunny hopping the steps below the tennis courts, about 18 seconds each time, some hopping back through the rugby field, 4 x 10 on each leg, and a flat out sprint up the donkey steps 37 seconds.

My legs will not work tomorrow is my prediction.

Big lap of the Hollies and Meanwood. Not too bad but feeling a bit fat and the pissing rain didn't help. Warm though.

Jogging there quite sprightly, jogging back not so sprightly.