Trog's Training

[that_fjell_guy]

I did Guisboro' Woods too. Was also disappointed at the route change as its been a few years since I last did it. Had a bad run tbh. Still suffering from a bad spell of 'the cold', plus I'm very short of race speed. I need half a dozen good races to get that back and its not going to happen anytime soon. I think I enjoyed it though! Nearly jacked it on second lap, stopped, had a think then carried on!! Its been dried out a lot from when I first (and possibly last!?) did it...the path out of the quarry used to be a guagmire!! Keep Trogging!!

[Trog]

Hi Ian, my favourite bit is the fast decent through the woods, which is the bit they changed and left out this year. The only good point for me this year was that I was first in my age group from our Club so become the 'new' record holder.

Day 114: 45 mins steady. Heel hurting late on.

[Trog]

Day 115: 20 min easy on grass, heel not too good.

[Trog]

Day 116: 20 mins easy.

Well I achieved the target of getting to the end of the year, and with the exception of my sore heel, in one piece. It wasn't too bad today, I had planned to race tomorrow but as Capt Cooks has some fast downhill road in the route which caused the problem in the first place I am going to give it a miss.

I have actually run on 106 of the 116 days, covered almost 500 miles and raced 5 times.

The question is where do I go from here: 3 months easy and steady running has got me to a stage where I can comfortably finish my local races and in a reasonable position. I could just enjoy the running and carry on doing more of the same. On the other hand I could train a bit 'smarter' and harder and hope to get nearer the front end although that obviously increases the risk of injury.

[Trog]

Day 117: 30 mins steady. Felt quite good, only the hint of a twinge from the heel.

[Tuffer]

Shame you missed today, good turnout on a chill though sunny day. Just pulling together the club champs - Clay Bank East, High Cup Nick, Glaisdale Rigg, G'Boro Moors, Carlton Challenge likely to be the early ones, probably a 5/12.

Might see you at CBEast.

[Trog]

Hi Tuff,

In reality the heel would not have survived the fast down hills, should be fine for Clay Bank though. I would hope to be at the four local races you mention above.

Day 118: 45 min hill run. First hill run of the year in constant rain and ankle deep mud, the term character building springs to mind.

Day 119: 20 mins easy.

[Tuffer]

Day 118, must of been after the 1st Jan as the sun shone most places.

Including the Commondale Beacon as the Nov event, its a tweaked version of the Beacon race, it was a cracking course when we started at Danby for one year in early 2012, though parking fees apply so Dave has changed the start to Commondale.
Will see you at CBE

[Trog]

118 was Wednesday morning, by the afternoon the sun was out - typical.

I used to enjoy the old Beacon race starting next to the pub. I see you shaved a few seconds of last years time on New Years Day...

I obviously need to up my training

[Tuffer]

I glanced to the top 20 of Captain Cooks, three M45's and a couple of M50's, plenty of work to do!