Training Log Archive: jonny crickmoreIn the 31 days ending May 31, 2019:
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Friday May 31, 2019 #
Running 54:20 [2] 12.06 km (4:30 / km) +186m 4:11 / km
shoes: Saucony Peregrines 1
Thursday May 30, 2019 #
Running 12:00 [2] 2.6 km (4:37 / km)
S+C 40:00 [0]
Running 1:17:12 19.41 km (3:59 / km)
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
35:49 at 3:32s.
Legs tired but okay. Stopped due to stomach in the end.
Drills 10:00 [2] 1.0 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Wednesday May 29, 2019 #
Running 57:08 [2] 12.29 km (4:39 / km) +102m 4:28 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Running 55:55 [2] 11.7 km (4:47 / km) +205m 4:24 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Tuesday May 28, 2019 #
Running 29:47 [2] 5.46 km (5:27 / km) +172m 4:43 / km
shoes: Roclite 290
Running 1:35:39 20.37 km (4:42 / km) +34m 4:39 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
16x300(90s).
First rep session in ages and really amazed how well it went. First 12 on the back of the hounds then last 4 by myself trying to push on. Those ones hurt.
51.6, 49.8, 49.3, 49.8, 50.0, 52.0, 49.4, 49.6,
49.4, 48.9, 49.2, 48.5, 47.9, 48.4, 47.8, 47.0.
Mean 49.3.
Drills 10:00 [2] 1.0 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Monday May 27, 2019 #
Running 1:08:15 [2] 15.08 km (4:32 / km) +214m 4:14 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
S+C 20:00 [0]
Running 42:38 [2] 9.99 km (4:16 / km) +95m 4:04 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Sunday May 26, 2019 #
Running 1:24:28 [2] 15.27 km (5:32 / km) +538m 4:42 / km
shoes: X-talon 225 2nd
Saturday May 25, 2019 #
Running 24:20 [2] 4.65 km (5:14 / km) +111m 4:40 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Trying to loosen up and wake up a bit after the 5:30am start from Edinburgh. Starting feeling good though.
Drills 10:00 [2] 1.0 km (10:00 / km)
Running 1:22:39 [4] 15.6 km (5:18 / km) +852m 4:10 / km
shoes: X-talon 225 2nd
Looking forward to it as all completely new hills for me and looked like a pretty competitive field. Long run out and gradual climb for a while before it got a bit steeper and felt like I paced it well in around 10th. Only Elkington came flying past me.
Tops were all completely in cloud and leading two got lost and managed to get back to the front by the bottom of the first descent. Losing a lot of time on the climb though. Then after the next descent was in 3rd (Carl and Jack a way off) but feeling pretty bad and lost a lot of time and places on the 4th split to the top of the final hill.
In about 8th at the top moved quickly past Si Bailey and Gaz Hughes. This was a mistake as then Gaz knew the descent line and I followed the next people ahead. Got ahead of a couple more but then Gaz just appeared below and had caught up Elkington in 3rd.
The track run back was horrendous. I was maybe slightly gaining on the two ahead but only got close enough to witness Elkington destroy the sprint finish for 3rd.
One day I will do better than the 4th place I got at English Champs in 2013 in my 3rd ever fell race.
Results and Splits
Running 16:37 [2] 3.02 km (5:30 / km) +30m 5:15 / km
shoes: X-talon 225 2nd
Friday May 24, 2019 #
Running 29:13 [2] 6.51 km (4:29 / km) +22m 4:25 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Thursday May 23, 2019 #
Running 12:00 [2] 2.6 km (4:37 / km)
S+C 45:00 [0]
Running 53:49 [2] 11.59 km (4:39 / km) +165m 4:20 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Wednesday May 22, 2019 #
Running 57:27 [2] 12.27 km (4:41 / km) +110m 4:29 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Running 18:34 [2] 4.17 km (4:27 / km) +20m 4:21 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Orienteering 27:56 7.05 km (3:58 / km) +37m 3:52 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Running 11:12 [2] 2.25 km (4:58 / km)
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Tuesday May 21, 2019 #
Running 1:19:18 18.74 km (4:14 / km) +41m 4:11 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
With some iffy calves decided that grass session was the best idea. Decided on pre breakfast as generally been feeling really tired after work and often don't eat too well so stomach isn't great. This solved that.
In lane 6 as still a bit of dew so shallow bend was good.
76.8-5.1-5.0-5.1-5.5-6.4-5.7-4.9-6.2-5.2-4.8-6.5-7.1-4.5-5.0-5.0-5.2-5.5-4.2-0.8.
Pretty happy with that and energy levels fairly good.
Drills 10:00 [2] 1.0 km (10:00 / km)
Running 32:35 [2] 6.04 km (5:23 / km) +207m 4:36 / km
shoes: Roclite 290
Monday May 20, 2019 #
Running 38:13 [2] 8.19 km (4:40 / km) +108m 4:23 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Running 1:02:23 [2] 13.1 km (4:46 / km) +72m 4:38 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
S+C 30:00 [0]
Sunday May 19, 2019 #
Running 3:41:27 [2] 25.76 km (8:36 / km) +1720m 6:27 / km
shoes: Roclite 290
A nice run out to start then climb up Ben Lui into the coire. In thick clag fairly early on and we were following a path that soon very gradually disappeared as it got steeper and steeper. Knew we were wrong here, then we ended up finding remnants of a track but involved some steep scrambling on wet rocks and grass with some big drops and I was very scared. Eventually got up and the next three munros required some pretty tough fell nav at times but hit it all fine. Then it finally cleared up on the last hill and cracking views all around.
Both feeling tired so a bit of a plod but a cracking day out nonetheless.
Saturday May 18, 2019 #
Running 1:26:15 [2] 20.64 km (4:11 / km)
0m climb in over 20k is an AP first for me I think.
Running 12:00 [2] 2.6 km (4:37 / km)
Cross Training 30:00 [0]
Forgot what a world of pain this is.
Friday May 17, 2019 #
Running 31:44 [2] 7.06 km (4:30 / km)
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
S+C 25:00 [0]
Thursday May 16, 2019 #
Running 12:00 [2] 2.4 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Saucony Mileage 3
S+C 45:00 [0]
Running 1:16:57 [2] 16.07 km (4:47 / km) +212m 4:30 / km
(injured) shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Right calf had been a bit tight but then down to Cameron Toll really seized up badly so mostly walked home.
Wednesday May 15, 2019 #
Running 19:26 [2] 4.24 km (4:35 / km)
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Running 47:59 [2] 9.31 km (5:09 / km) +231m 4:35 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Running 48:13 11.7 km (4:07 / km) +265m 3:42 / km
shoes: X-Talon 225
Obviously expecting to be knackered but with such a nice evening decided to make this my session. Aim was to be tempo effort to the top then push the descent for some turnover then try and push the flat at the end.
Nailed the tempo and feeling pretty cruisey up the hill letting Sasha, Tom and Ali get a long way ahead. Then pushed the downhill well but my guts weren't too happy and so left to crawl to the finish a bit.
Running 10:11 [2] 1.9 km (5:21 / km)
shoes: X-Talon 225
Tuesday May 14, 2019 #
Running 30:47 [2] 5.63 km (5:28 / km) +189m 4:41 / km
shoes: Roclite 290
Running 1:32:53 21.81 km (4:16 / km) +35m 4:13 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Again nice second group in the hounds. Varied paces depending on who was pacing but all pretty even and nice. Starting hurting at around 10 then stomach went but happy to stop at 12 anyway.
2:34.5 , 31.7, 33.7, 35.0, 36.8, 35.1, 34.0, 32.1, 33.1, 31.2, 31.2, 29.6.
Drills 10:00 [2] 1.0 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Monday May 13, 2019 #
Running 30:12 [2] 5.5 km (5:30 / km) +171m 4:45 / km
shoes: Roclite 290
Running 1:03:34 [2] 13.69 km (4:38 / km) +202m 4:19 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
S+C 45:00 [0]
Sunday May 12, 2019 #
Running 2:05:05 [3] 30.32 km (4:08 / km) +211m 3:59 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Back at it. Trying to get some faster long runs in. Feeling okay on the way out then at Balerno realised it had been a tailwind then the aches and tiredness came.
So fairly ploddy last 12k or so. Beaut of a morning for it.
Saturday May 11, 2019 #
Running 18:34 [2] 3.54 km (5:15 / km) +19m 5:06 / km
shoes: Saucony Mileage 3
Running 19:06 [2] 3.62 km (5:16 / km) +88m 4:42 / km
shoes: Saucony Mileage 3
Checked out the first climb/last descent a bit.
Running race 54:31 [4] 13.2 km (4:08 / km) +566m 3:24 / km
shoes: X-talon 225 2nd
Was keen to run this as I never have and it looks one of the most stacked fell races in Britain with the Mountain and Fell runners both turning up.
Started fast steady to get near the front for the bottleneck and singletrack first climb. Got a nice spot in about 10th and stared at Rhys' arse for the next few minutes feeling pretty good. Then just ground out the long steady climb for the next 12min or so. Dangling by myself 40m behind Eoin and Ewan with a small gap behind.
First descent on the gravel track I got up to Ewan and Eoin and caught up the 2nd pack and so was now in 5th place with a pack of four maybe 30s ahead. A grim wooded section I struggled through then onto a long very runnable descent in the woods and I gapped the group behind a bit.
Then after a climb we hit the open fell and I had the group ahead in my sights as it was rough and downhill so was moving fast. I didn't see the flags but saw them then saw them standing around. I couldn't see any flags but the group behind me shouted so I pretty much turned round and there was so many people!
The front four still had a bit of a lead but now I was with a lot of people. Pushed the amazing descent with a nicely timed steamtrain appearance in the valley. Got into 4th with Max Nicholls and Dan Howarth ahead and then I was just behind Nick Swinburn.
A tough last climb but I got ahead of Nick and ground it out and thankfully no one came past until right at the end when Holdsworth and Carl came past much quicker than me. I then pretty much sprinted to keep up on the flat/uphill road so I could contend.
Descent came and went past Holdsworth quickly and then had to go into overspeed to get past Carl. Actually caught Dan by the bottom and was by his side in the field but legs were spent and so he cruised away.
Results
Very happy and all the cross training of February/March seems to have made me a fairly good uphill runner. Struggled on some of the very runnable descents too. Don't have the leg pace of some of the road specialists like Tim Morgan.
Team did really well with all 4 of us in top 14. Unfortunately just missed out on gold by one point.
Running 20:55 [2] 3.81 km (5:29 / km) +23m 5:20 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Then back to the pub for prize giving and a pint. Gotta love fell running.
Drills 10:00 [2] 1.0 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: X-talon 225 2nd
Friday May 10, 2019 #
Running 36:54 [2] 8.05 km (4:35 / km) +20m 4:32 / km
shoes: Saucony Mileage 3
Thursday May 9, 2019 #
Running 12:00 [2] 2.4 km (5:00 / km)
S+C 45:00 [0]
Running 53:51 [2] 11.61 km (4:38 / km) +97m 4:27 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Wednesday May 8, 2019 #
Running 1:08:23 [2] 12.79 km (5:21 / km) +422m 4:35 / km
shoes: Roclite 290
Super plod up all the hills.
Running 56:40 13.01 km (4:21 / km) +46m 4:17 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Tempo was very chilled but a bit surgey cause of strong wind.
In general feeling tired and a bit meh but the crap weather didn't help too much.
Managed to do 90% of this on grass which was good for the calf.
Tuesday May 7, 2019 #
Running 26:15 [2] 5.07 km (5:11 / km) +125m 4:37 / km
shoes: Roclite 290
Running 1:25:06 19.74 km (4:19 / km) +34m 4:17 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
8min tempo (3:20s)
~5min off then
800s on a 4min cycle. I did four at maybe 5k pace ish in a nice group with JT and Alex Muir. Then skipped one and did two with the boys at the front which were tough.
2:26:4, 25:3, 25:2, 23:9, 19:3, 19:2
Drills 10:00 [2] 1.0 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Monday May 6, 2019 #
Running 1:00:58 [2] 14.31 km (4:16 / km) +105m 4:06 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Few aches and pains (especially calfs) but plenty of energy.
Running 33:51 [2] 6.79 km (4:59 / km) +190m 4:22 / km
shoes: Roclite 290
S+C 10:00 [0]
Sunday May 5, 2019 #
other 1 [0]
Overnight was a lot colder than we were expecting. So despite wearing everything I had I still didn't sleep too well. Next time I might not take my OMM sleeping bag. Not sure how cold it was but we had some nice frozen oranges in the morning.
Day 2 was more an exit day with just one Munro (Carn a'Chlamain) to begin with then a long track walk back to Blair Atholl.
A very nice way to spend a weekend with Laura and made me appreciate the comforts of a warm bed! Despite not being high effort I have got a fair few aches and pains. Shoulders and back are pretty sore from carrying the bag (and occasionally two bags :) ) which was fairly heavy. Also calves are sore from 5k then into climbing and finally got a pretty sore right hamstring not sure why.
Saturday May 4, 2019 #
other 1 [0]
Took the weekend to do some hillwalking with Laura. Got the train to Blair Atholl then walked out and did the Beinn a'Ghlo ridge including the three Munros; Carn Liath, Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain and Carn nan Gabhar. Then a steep descent into the valley, a very cold river crossing and round the hill to our lovely accommodation.
Weather was very mixed so we had nice patches of sunshine but also had about 4 or 5 snow/hail flurries which were less enjoyable. Main issue was a fairly strong Northernly wind which was bitterly cold.
Friday May 3, 2019 #
Running 18:33 [2] 4.14 km (4:29 / km)
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Running 17:22 [2] 3.95 km (4:24 / km) +21m 4:17 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Running 20:24 [2] 4.43 km (4:36 / km) +36m 4:26 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Running 15:37 [5] 5.03 km (3:06 / km)
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Always my favourite road/track race of the year. Of course the year I'm not running fast is the best conditions. Still a bit of wind though of course.
Got destroyed on the start and was going backwards very fast. This made me happy as I knew I was going to have a fun second half. Aerobically the first couple of k felt fine but my legs were maxed out. Then just spent the next 3k moving past people. Except for Waldie who came flying past so just tried to keep with him. When we turned into the wind at ~4k I felt very strong and just cruised past a load more even finding a kick to the finish.
Pretty happy to run 15:35 as I think these are my five fastest k's since mid my calf got screwed in mid February.
Nice to see the other orienteers run well. Especially Carcas breaking the 15min barrier.
Running 33:20 8.16 km (4:05 / km) +11m 4:04 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Drills 10:00 [2]
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Thursday May 2, 2019 #
Running 12:00 [2] 2.6 km (4:37 / km)
shoes: Saucony Mileage 3
S+C 50:00 [0]
Running 1:07:50 [2] 14.64 km (4:38 / km) +215m 4:19 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Wednesday May 1, 2019 #
Note
Running 25:40 [2] 4.21 km (6:06 / km) +154m 5:09 / km
shoes: Roclite 290
Running 1:46:38 [2] 22.92 km (4:39 / km) +418m 4:16 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Trails in Roslin as awesome as always.
Orienteering 26:30 [3] 6.45 km (4:06 / km) +27m 4:01 / km
shoes: Saucony Jazz Mileage
Good fun. Struggling to get the effort and speed up at all.
https://www.interlopers.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#41