Training Log Archive: FRBlackSheep

Urgh, seem to have had a bad reaction to getting all scratched up by the gorse yesterday as up most of the night with cold sweats and the last time this happened was when I got badly nettled....

Event: GO Waggoners Wells Middle Distance Event
 

Right as people seem to have had an aversion to running for a team called SLOW I have switched into the Attackpoint Allstars team which someone created - 1 week to go! sign up now

http://www.marathontalk.com/challenges/spring_moti...

Easy cruise to the finish to mug someone for a map as they'd run out, felt quite good.

Quite a good race a bit itchy and scratchy from the off and was details route choice around the patches of dark green. Made mistakes at 7+8 and then later at 14, probably made 4 min of mistakes?

Results - 9/52 Happy with that, especially as was struggling physically and made some reasonable mistakes.

Nearly got taken by Charles BG though...

1st Peter Bray SN M20 38:41
2nd Geoffrey Ellis RAFO M35 39:16
3rd Paul Couldridge SLOW M35 39:55
4th Dane Blomquist BAOC M16 40:39
5th Tim Beale SN M21 43:11
6th Richard Purkis NATO M20 45:15
7th Sarah Rollins BAOC W35 45:22
8th Jeremy Edwards SN M35 46:18
9th Dan Findlay-Robinson SLOW M21 47:31
10th Charles Bromley Gardner BAOC M50 47:34

Got all motivated watching superstars and Llewellyn's BG video so went out for a trot.

Enjoyed

1 7:25.1 1.00 7:25
2 7:18.8 1.00 7:19
3 6:34.7 1.00 6:35
4 6:39.9 1.00 6:40
5 3:16.5 0.50 6:43

Not a bad set of splits last 2 miles were more where I want them to be rather than the 1st 2, but considering that last year I was running faster than this over a half marathon distance, some work to do yet.....

C • Hmm, that's quite quick. S... 2

Alarm went off at 6 and for a change bounced out of bed and took my self off out for a trot.... sign of things to come?

Didn't have a destination in mind so ended up running to Balham up one side of Wandsworth common and then after a slight 'detour' towards where I actually wanted to go - Clapham Common, back down the otherside of wandsworth common and home - Really good area to run in once

a. it gets lighter so I can run off the roads and
b. I actually know where I'm going rather than just cruising round hoping for the best.

Pleased to get up early and get my 4th run in a row for a long time in the bag!

Nice wet run with Dad as a loop out from the 'rents house.

Really nice little area of the chase their house backs onto

Enjoyed - feet cold though

Not a good choice of shoe this morning slipping and sliding all over the shop, good little route, very off-road at times and weather was lush.

Medium effort but felt it on the hills, went off at the end and did a rep of ballbag hill by myself - 3.49 from the base to where to levels off, Trig point race is going to be painful!!

Nice run though

CCC ballot entered - woop

Quite nice weather for th erun this year, but a lower turnout from Chasers this year and with Rhesus in NZ and little Rob suffering with a cold the pace was kept fairly tame for a change.

Quite nice to be out and hopefully this will be the platform to get keen again

Uh so when in these advanced marathoning schedules do I get to race?

C • On the last day??? 3