Training Log Archive: rob s

Decent warm and cool down in the forest plus easy running between intervals. Quite a cold day so the snow was a bit icy and the top layer not melted

Session on the cleared bit of road; 1km, 800m, 600m, 400m, 200m, 200m all with long recovery jog. A bit windy and cold but happy with the speed. Once the snow melts it leaves a covering of horrible big chunks of gravel on the pavements which is very unpleasant to run on

Long loop to Buchen and Wildmoos on some nice compacted snow. Quite a few icy patches but they were easy to see. Legs stiff from the race

Run from Armagh. Feeling tired after such a late night, with the prize giving at midnight. Legs stiff after the race and they didn't enjoy running on road again. I found a small grassy hill with some paths on it but it was a few miles away. On the plus side I got back just before they finished serving cooked breakfasts in the hotel

In Armagh, trying to find somewhere off road to run but failing. Feeling a bit tired from the journey but legs fine

Decent warm up jog plus strides then 15 minutes cool down after. Definitely needed to loosen the legs off

Armagh 5k. Top class field and flat course, 5 laps of a circuit, although in the dark with just streetlights. This made it quite hard for me to judge the pace and I went very fast for the first part, I would hate to see spilt times. It felt quite comfortable with so many other guys running fast but then it hit me with 2km to go and I slowed down a lot, so did lots of others though. I was pushed all the way to the line and lost some places in the last 400m which annoyed me. These track guys can really sprint at the end of a race. Happy to get a PB by 20s, I had no idea how it would go after not racing for over 6 weeks. Doing a race like this makes me realise I need to be 20 seconds quicker to be a decent road runner, I was only 24th place.

Back in Leutasch for one night before going to Ireland. Did the loop through Moos. Starting to feel fresher and rested

Run with faster efforts mixed in. Tried to use the cycle road but it had lots of ice patches so I found some other roads

Over Rechberg and Stuifen. Snow and ice most of the way even though it was warm and has been the last few days. It doesn't melt quick