Training Log Archive: mattspencer

Once again was not really feeling in the mood. Due to living at home I feel slightly tied by meal times. After getting back from work there is not enough time to run before the meal and yet given a good gap after the meal it is getting dark. Decided to do a kind of long interval run, into the village downhill was easy then back home on the slight uphill was hard. Left knee felt a little sore, also stomach felt bloated, so maybe didn't leave as long as I should after the meal.

C • running times 2

Easy run. Didn't feel much in the mood and was getting dark when I went out. Ran backwards and fowards to the village. In zone 136-165bpm for 25 of the 28 minutes.

Bradbourne Fell Race

First running event I have competed in, just wanted not to finish last in a field that included lots of older people. Went off reasonably quickly and was feeling pretty exhausted by end of first lap. Picked up a few places on the uphill parts of the 2nd lap then lost them and more on the downhills. Final uphill into the village finish I really pushed it and overtook several people, was on the verge of being sick and didn't have anything left for a sprint finish, luckily I had broken the people behind me with my uphill push. Winning time was 33 minutes so was 12 minutes off the pace, came 46 out of about 80 competitors which isn't bad for a first race, most however were M40 and above or older women, still I guess running is their first sport given the number with club vests on.

in zone 136-165 for 29 of the 39minutes the other 10 were probably in the 120-130bpm range. Generally felt really awful, had stomach ache (poss. from food) and just didn't really feel in the mood.

Went for a short loop with Rob around the dam wall, a couple of climbs to get the heart rate up but generally a nice easy loosener.

Gentle run, 29 minutes in heart rate zone 136-165. knee didn't feel too bad.

Steady jog, 25minutes in heart rate zone 136-165bpm. Think I have twisted my knee slightly on the last down hill section before home, really need to get myself some new trainers, my ones are years old and have virtually no padding left.

heart rate zone 136-165, within zone for 24 out of 30 minutes. steady run. calf muscles felt very tight again.

Hard Intervals session, spent 25minutes in the heart rate zone 136-165 and 20 above that during the hard runs up hills and on selected fast legs. Calf muscles felt really tight.

Hill reps, sprinting up and jogging down the big hill 5 times with a warm up before and an extended jog afterwards.

Went for a very flexible interval session around the reservoir, did bounding up all the hills and raced cyclists on a few of the flat sections. Was in the heart rate zone 136-165bpm for 19.37min which constituted the steady/post-sprint sections.

19.30min in heart rate zone 120-150bpm. Generally didn't feel very good at all during this run, really tired and achey.