Training Log Archive: A damp otter

Cycling back in the rain and dark , definetly need to get some lights :L

having an easy week :) chest is almost completely better :)

Event: November Classic
 

long warm up ( 2.61k ) then some strides and stretching
shortish warm down couldn't really be bothered doing more

November classic - buskets lawn
running short brown as i need to run up to go for interland selection
started slowly to get into the 1:15000 scale but the beggining was just running down and ride , spiked the first control by taking a bearing and just running straight , the map was quite vague so i decided to take a bearing to everything . was having a amazing run up to 14 spiking all the controls and only a few hesitations , i was 2nd at 14 , messed up 15 a little by not seeing it and relocating ( + 1 min ) then the course got all green and horrible and i lost more time on 16 by overshooting ( + 1 min ) my biggest mistake though was on the last control where i lost ( + 2 mins ) by missing the ride and hacking through all of the green and undergrowth , i then relocated off the ride, apart from the last few controls it was a really good run and my chest held out i could feel it but it just felt like a weak stich , came 6th on short brown and was best m18 30 secs ahead of chris young and a min 20 ahead of jack . should hopefully be good enough for interland as ive won 2 races now :D

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C • Well done.. 4

Chest was feeling a bit better today so i thought i would give the sandy balls event a go as i had already entered , quite a lot went wrong in this course , firstly the crucial mistake , i punched the wrong number 3 by seeing david hunt who started a min infront of me coming out of it and i didnt take any control descriptions so i assumed that was my control but he had made a mistake on it to . Bad route to 5 by going down the hill , very slippy should have worn o shoes , (+30 secs) going to 10 took a stupid route by going up the hill when round was clearly better , legs got chewed in all the. Undergrowth as i was wearing shorts ( + 30 secs ) big mistake on 12 cut across the valley instead of going round and ended up being above knee i marsh and having to clamber through green to get back on track , the rest wasnt to bad but was a bit slpw as i was a bit put off by this point . Keep getting stiches for no apparant reason , i hadnt eaten foe 3.5 hours :L may be the antibiotocs :L all in all need to sort out these mispunches thats 2 events in a row now :L maybe need to check descriptions

Shortish warm up , and long warm down from collecting in controls , followed by a lot of stretching but legs feeling pretty good :)

Resting up for sunday , chest still quite painful but my cold is slowly dying off :)

Steady jog out round oldbury court
It was pitch black so took the headtorch out , lungs were painful to start with but better than yesterday , it got better when i got into a steady pace and was bearable , felt really wierd running here in the dark as usually the place is packed but i didnt see anyone from leaving home to getting back :L pleased i got out to do something :) hopefully should be ok to run for sunday :)

Long warm down to try and get my breathing rate down slowly , them some stretching but everything leg wose feels fine :)

Chest got worse last night so i took the day off of school And went to see the doctor , who said that ive inflamed something by my lungs from coughing and ive been subscribed some anti biotics , she said
Running wouldent make it any worse though but it would be painful :/ just have to make sure im
Fully better by sunday :)

C • Rankings 9

Tried to go for a run before stopping because it was far to painful , it felt like by lungs were getting ripped apart :L

C • seems it damaged your spell... 2

Easy into college and back , quite nice weather :)

i think my Achilles is better now :) glad it was only a quick one :) only 3 days off training :) but as its about the 4th time ive had Achilles problem i knew exactly what to do about it so that really helped :)

Usual tuesday gym session
2 full circuits then some plank and core stretching

recovery jog round the fields at the top of Oldbury court . got some serious chest pains after i got home , every time i move my body it feels like im having a heart attack :L if this is just as bad tommorow i will have to see the doctor ( for the first time in many years ) :L enjoyable run though but it was dark and i didn't have a head torch which made it quite interesting :P