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Training Log Archive: PeterM

In the 7 days ending Mar 26, 2023:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m	load
Running	9	10:15:57	82.99	(7:25)	133.56	(4:37)	1454	91673.4
Strength and Conditioning	3	1:05:00						6695.0
Total	11	11:20:57	82.99		133.56		1454	98368.4
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Sunday Mar 26, 2023 #

8 AM

Running 1:55:28 25.07 km (4:36 / km) +247m 4:23 / km
ahr:137 max:157 shoes: Nike Revolution 6 NN #2

Happily managed to find a sunday running group here so thought I might as well give it a shot. In the end it was a thoroughly enjoyable run and it was great to get out the city a bit more and closer to the mountains. The route was in no way inspiring but I loved how big everything felt - big landscape, big mountains, big skies, big desire to pee 2k in.
The views were really just fantastic and the chat was fun as well. Nice to meet some other runners and stuck around for some socialising afterwards, during which the president of kyrgyzstan's helicopter flew right above us (his gaff is just up the road). So yeah, fun morning. Hot though.

Saturday Mar 25, 2023 #

7 AM

Running 1:11:53 15.35 km (4:41 / km) +101m 4:32 / km
ahr:135 max:156 shoes: Nike Revolution 6 NN #2

Another lovely morning, another nice run round a slightly different variation of Ataturk. Got yelled at by some guy out his car window but apart from that, no dramas. And I have been informed that I am indeed allowed to compete in Kyrgyz nationals next weekend - hurrah.

10 PM

Strength and Conditioning 25:00 [0]

Friday Mar 24, 2023 #

7 AM

Running 38:39 8.1 km (4:46 / km) +81m 4:33 / km
ahr:130 max:150 shoes: Nike Revolution 6 NN #2

Morning mooch to find the nearest track. As expected, it’s asphalt/hard surface with no markings, but seems to be a) open and b) moderately smooth. We can give it a shot next week.

10 AM

Running 17:14 3.44 km (5:00 / km) +31m 4:47 / km
ahr:132 max:141 shoes: Nike Revolution 6 NN #2

WU with a view to the mountains :)

Running 35:58 9.78 km (3:41 / km) +104m 3:29 / km
ahr:169 max:184 shoes: Nike Revolution 6 NN #2

Ints at botanic garden
5x1k(90), 6x400(60)
Another solid if highly uneven session, owing to the nature of this loop. The air just felt hella dry, but at least it makes you work hard. Not too shabby.
Have discovered that the Kyrgyzstan xc champs are next Sunday, so next mission is to find out if they take foreigners and give it a wee crack I reckon. Exciting.

Running 14:02 2.44 km (5:45 / km) +56m 5:10 / km
ahr:144 max:157 shoes: Nike Revolution 6 NN #2

WD. Sweaty

6 PM

Strength and Conditioning 20:00 [0]

Thursday Mar 23, 2023 #

7 AM

Running 1:12:13 [2] 15.27 km (4:44 / km) +121m 4:33 / km
ahr:170 max:189 shoes: Nike Revolution 6 NN #2

Beautiful clear morning today with some stunning views to the mountains south of Bishkek. They look incredible so I’ll have to get myself there soon.
Lovely mooch out to ataturk park. Found some really nice wee trails here and just generally had great morning vibes. Could defo squeeze out a 5-6k single loop here I reckon.
Good stuff :)

Wednesday Mar 22, 2023 #

7 AM

Running 38:26 [2] 8.14 km (4:43 / km) +69m 4:32 / km
ahr:141 max:154 shoes: Nike Revolution 6 NN #2

Chilly jog out to victory park, which massively exceeded my expectations. Nice non-paved trails in some cute forest - lovely. Very quiet out in the morning but I think the other runners (all retired men in flat caps) were not appreciating the split shorts.
Ran past, who’d have guessed it, Heydar Aliyev park. This man must be winning the prestigious parks-named-after-you competition. No doubt about it.

11 AM

Running 14:53 3.12 km (4:46 / km) +25m 4:35 / km
ahr:134 max:146 shoes: Nike Revolution 6 NN #2

Running 40:14 11.35 km (3:33 / km) +138m 3:21 / km
ahr:168 max:184 shoes: Nike Revolution 6 NN #2

Ints at the botanic garden
16(4),8(2),4(2),2(1),1
Straight out the edinburgh playbook today for this one. Have learnt through experience that one should not expect a lot from the first session post-moving abroad, so thus I chose this as a way to bank some miles and put in some okay work no matter what.
That being said it was pretty decent in the end - moving okay but the long drag of an uphill on the second half of each lap was a real grind. Worked hard throughout and finished pretty well - was getting a bit toasty and humidity had left the chat so certainly felt like I’d worked hard - mission accomplished.
I’m currently engaged in an industrial level Insta-stalk of Kyrgyzstan’s top runners (cos there’s some speedy boys here) so hopefully that’ll bear fruit. Let’s see.

Running 10:45 2.08 km (5:11 / km) +26m 4:53 / km
ahr:146 max:163 shoes: Nike Revolution 6 NN #2

WD. Sweaty

Tuesday Mar 21, 2023 #

4 PM

Running 1:11:01 15.11 km (4:42 / km) +157m 4:28 / km
ahr:137 max:147 shoes: Nike Revolution 6 NN #2

In Bishkek! I was feeling unsurprisingly dreadful with a 19 hour journey and 6 hour time delay in the bank but still felt pretty motivated to get out for a run.
Headed to the botanic garden, which is an ambitious way to describe a rather overgrown and poorly kept park, to explore there. Ignoring a clear tendency among paths to just die out for literally no reason, I really enjoyed it and there is great promise here. Even found an exactly 3k road loop which I think shall be being used for intervals tomorrow - hurrah.
So conclusions from Bishkek so far - if you wanna get your car washed here then you'll be in heaven cos there are car washes everywhere, but if you wanna see a stray dog then you'll be sad, cos there are hardly any.
Also, hazy today but boy do the mountains to the south of the city look cool.

C • Dogs 4

Strength and Conditioning 20:00 [0]

Monday Mar 20, 2023 #

6 AM

Running 1:15:11 14.3 km (5:15 / km) +299m 4:46 / km
ahr:132 max:148 shoes: Nike Air Zoom Terra Kiger 7

An early morning pre-flight job round a now-open Beecraigs. Pea soup but pretty much had the run of the place and thoroughly enjoyed chopping round some lovely trails. No time for core today, off to Kyrgyzstan instead!

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