Racing and Training 2023

 I did the Castle Hill Corker. The weather was kind. The course was very hilly and muddy. I need to work on my leg strength.

 Welsh Cross Country Championships at Brecon I found it quite tough.. but I did it. I met John Townsend. He had a mild heart attack and has had a stent fitted. He got married again.. to a lady that he has known for 40 years. I met Mick McGeogh. He has sciatica problems. I chatted to Keith Roberts. He was telling me that Steve Owen has a heart problem.

 Castle Hill Corker

 I did Pilates.. Michelle took the lesson today - Claire was perhaps otherwise engaged (half term?)

 I did an easy 20 minutes active recovery run. It was so easy, it took me 23 minutes

 I had a massage sessuion with Daniela.. this week she focused on legs. My IT band , calfs, quads  etc were very tight

 I did a SLOGs interval session. They did 8 * 400, I did 8 * 300

 Pilates was cancelled so I went to the Busy Kitchen and had a breakfast on the way home. Bacon (2) Sausage (1) Eggs (2) Fried Bread (1) Toast (1) Tea (1) Afternoon - I did a 20 minutes easy run (active recovery)

I did the Sorbrook Slog. It was 7.8 miles of fun! 

Warm up,  Riverfront parkrun (slowly with tired legs) and cool down  

 I did Pilates with Claire

 I did the Weston Prom Race. I am still fatigued so I ran it at a tempo pace. I struggled towards the end with tired legs.  

 I did a SLOGs session. I was very fatigued so I just did this as a recovery session. In the afternoon I had a massage (Daniela).

 I did the Bramley 10 mile road race. I went off a bit quick (I was tailing Sonja and Ellis Breese). So, 9:30 pace for the first five miles then 10:30 pace for the slightly more difficult second half of the course. Also there were.. Chris & Julia Davies and Steve Goodwin from Winchester.

 I did the Riverfront parkrun as quickly as I could! (27:17) I did a warm up from Mainndee and ran back to Maindee as a cool down

 I did 3 * 700 + 3 * 300 on the grass at the Glebelands

 I did Pilates with Claire, very gingerly on a sore right foot and ankle.

 I did a 10 miles LSR with Ian Macrory and Mike Williams. The pace was a bit quick for me. I had quite a bad reaction afterwards, a very painful foot and ankle which requireed Biofreeze, paracetemol and Ibuprofen. I need to consider taking a rest from something. As running mileage is important to me at the moment I may focus my cut backs on exercise classes and hope to have to reduce my mileage by less. I may do midweek sessions on grass  

 I did the riverfront parkrun, running from home in a new pair of Saucony Ride 15. It went OK.

 Pilates with Claire

 Ed ran a GRIT strength session at at Bannatyne's - I quite liked it. In the afternoon, I did some intervals on the top field of Beechwood Park. It was 200 * 10 + 400 * 10 with 1 minute recovery. Tough session on grass, I did it! 

 I did Michelle's Pilates class