Training Log Archive: Ollie

Bushy Park Time Trial - first run in the new, and permanent, "reverse" direction. Very cold indeed (around freezing) and a clear, cloudless sky. A lot of people there, considering it's February. My pace was well down on what I was doing last year, but this could be as much to do with it just being difficult to run in such cold conditions, as me being out of fitness. My HR (first time I've worn my HRM to the BPTT) was a lot lower than I was expecting, and climbed gradually throughout the race - quite a bit different to orienteering, where it starts and stays high - I wasn't expecting that. Finished 59th, which I didn't think was too bad at all.

To/from Waterloo. Much slower in than normal as, for once, I got up when planned. It was also extremely cold (sub-zero.)

More field surveying. Planned to do the Broadgate Estate, and surrounding streets in Hackney. Got around 70% of the estate done before security caught up with me - to be fair I had taken over 100 photographs by that point - and kicked me out. I'll have to get permission to finish off the remaining section (mainly around Exchange Square.)

Warming down. Up to the old water pump and back. Didn't do much as I hadn't got very hot during the race itself, and also wanted to get back to have breakfast.