Holiday contingency plans – w/e 29/7/2014
It’s certainly great to get away with the family but any hilarious plans I had in my mind about being disciplined and carrying on a decent level of training while pushing ice cream and croissants into my face were just that – hilarious.
Having finally had a chance to test myself on some giant alpine descents with the Trail Team recently, it was great to see that the time I’ve spent learning to run fast and efficiently downhill was well spent – I had an immense amount of fun.
Getting bored of niggles now – w/e 13/07/2014
Having managed the three heavy days in Chamonix last week with the trail team, I seem to have aggravated something on my return. This is getting annoying now.
Mountains and racing a barge – w/e 6/7/2014
Not your normal training week because of the epic Trail Team trip to Chamonix and a race at the weekend.
The Berghaus Trail Team hit Chamonix
The last week has been one of the most intense, challenging and fun weeks in my short running history as I joined up with the rest of the Berghaus Trail Team for 3 days mountain running in Chamonix.
I don’t think the matchup was entirely fair in the end to be honest but man vs barge was another good trail race from TeamOA where I managed 6th place on dead legs.
Getting back to normal – w/e 29/06/2014
For the first time in a while, I’ve done a reasonable week of running and feel reasonably ready for a busy week in Chamonix followed by Man Vs Barge.
What a difference a week (and a physio) makes – Week ending 22nd June 2014
Last week I felt down, I had the trail team trip to Chamonix coming in 2 weeks and I was worrying about a niggle that rest alone hadn’t shifted so I finally saw a physio.
Well this is a bit grim – Week ending 15th June 2014
I guess at some point I was due a week or two off running to rest and recover and it’s shown what a big part of my life it is now when I’m not doing it.
Knee niggle and Summer Wine – Week ending 8th June 2014
Just when it was all going so well, the dreaded knee niggle appears, like a thief about to steal all my hard earned training miles.