Training Log Archive: Ollie

Down to Limehouse, loop back round to Hackney Wick, then a loop through the Olympic Park - including running up the mound with the rings on it, then to Coppermill and then back home. Getting out the Olympic Park was tricky - still a lot of work going on near the velodrome. Like last week, 95%+ was on paths (mainly towpaths) rather than roads.

Original plan was to do a 30km loop like last weekend's, but I still hadn't recovered from that - my calves started aching a bit after 3km. I was hoping the pain would go away. It didn't, but didn't get much worse, and I was feeling better after 26km this time than last time. Feel a bit better after having finished, too. However, there's still too much pain, and it's appearing much too soon in my run. I would like to get to a place where I can cross the H/M mark with no pain. Pain is principally from the calves. Shins generally OK, just clicking a bit.

H/M time 108 min - 2 min slower than last week. Dry, sunny, and pretty warm (18degC).

C • Calves 6

Still got it.

Calves hurt after 100m! Continued to hurt - a bit - all the way around, but no residual pain afterwards. First km was 3:52 so then eased off to around 4:30/km for the rest of the run - a much more pleasant pace. Aiming not to do faster than 4:30 for anything between now and mid-April.

Hit a couple of showers coming in. Once read that the average London commuter only experiences 12 rainy commutes a year. Pretty sure I'm already at double that for this year.