Long and slow evening run in Aberdeen

10.63km at 5'32"/km (5'26"/km moving pace), but no gas at all. But small breakfast and soup only for lunch, so probably ok

More catching up

11th Feb: 10km treadmill, then 14km time trial loop anticlockwise on old bike (new bike broken) 12th Feb: treadmill intervals: 10.5km/hr, 15 km/hr, 12 minutes at 30 secondes each - 2.6 km 13th Feb: 20km in total on the turbo 14th Feb: gym session with 5km on treadmill, 1.5km in pool 16th Feb: 4.28km on Bennachie with Judith and the dog 16th Feb: 40km on the old bike at average 25.4 moving speed 17th Feb: 1km warm up walk up the Whitehills hill, then 5.77km around Whitehills - slow again

Tempo run and then longer session

Thursday 24th: 5km on the treadmill, in 24'23" (4'52"/km - according to the machinery Saturday 26th: 2km warmup at 12km/hr, then abs, then 8km at steady (long and slow) pace of 5'27"/km. Which wasn't bad.

Hungover waddle around Whitehills

Very slow and painful - lots of walking, and average moving pace of 5'58"/km over 7.44km But average overall pace of 7'21"/km - including all the stops for Minnie

Morning in Glasgow

6.4km at 5'35" moving intended as a long and slow

Nice 10k around Hareid, Norway, plus distance so far in September

10.1 km with Mike in around 57 minutes (faster moving speed, details to come). Trying to be steadyish, but a little fast in the middle and towards the end. Cumulative distance for September now: Swim: 4.795km (needing 3.5km to get back on target for the month) Run: 54.5 (8km required to get on track) Bike: 130.56 (needing 36.61km, I think) Better cycle to the gym and swim a lot. And then run too!

Heritage weekend with the Mervs

Saturday: 10.12km at 5'58/km with Merv Sunday: 9.29km with Merv and Slash - 6'31" moving Both on the heritage tour plus Clissold reservoir 1

July starts

with 7.33km at a moving pace of 6'33"/km along the Bennachie Turnpike Trail on a muddy and rainy day with Minnie (who is to blame for some of the interruptions). Very slow, no energy following yesterday

Wet at Whitehills

A waddle around Whitehills with Minnie on a murky misty evening. 8.46km at a moving pace of 5'46" No bounce in my bungee

Around Newham

Around Newham, at 5'35"/km moving (5'43"/km total) on a flat course around the Excel Centre

Long and slow Whitehills to Paradise

A 75 minute Zone 2 was required: so Whitehills to Paradise - long and slow. 12.09km at 5'46" moving pace (6'15" average, with one 5 minutes break for Minnie to reappear)

Around the Alster

In Hamburg - 10.82 km in just over 1 hour, at 5'40"/km (5'33" moving pace), with Mike. Comfortable.

London visit

8.08km on the Heritage tour from Thornhill, via Singer to Clissold Park. Speed lap of Clissold Park, and then back via Leconfield and Canonbury Square. Sunny and fine (but still not quick)

Isle of Wight Randonnee

A cold and initially wet day, and the clockwise route. So drizzly from around Porchfield to probably Bembridge, by which time it had stopped raining and was just cloudy. Total expired time: 5hr45, clock time 5hr3 (due to stoppages for two punctures,and a third along the railway path which I didn't repair), and rolling time 4hr50'40" for an average moving speed of 22.1km/hr. I went a little adrift south of Ryde, so my total distance was 107.1 km. Lots of outages from the HR monitor, so the official average HR was 130, but I'm guessing that 140 was probably closer. Long day in the saddle.

52km on the bike - no real wind, cool

Cold feet by the end - but wasn't wearing booties so my own fault. 52 km at 25.5km/hr around the county. Down to Cluny, to Souter's Cottage, along the A944 to Sauchen, and then right up the hill at Mains of Linton, then left back to the A944 at Ruth's farm, then Dunecht, Echt, Garlogie, Westhill, Mason Lodge, Lyne of Skene, Dunecht, Castle Fraser, Cluny and home. No beans left after about 30km - couldn't push the HR above about 135 for the last 20km. Must have been yesterday in the gym that did it.

Relaxed swim, and two leaden runs

2.2 km around Aberdeen, and 6.8 km around Whitehill (Tuesday and Saturday respectively). Around 5'45"/km.


1 km swim (very slow), after a session with Lyn

Moseyish cycle

39.63km up to Chapel of Garioch, completing the 1/2M loop, then back to Kemnay and home on the main road. Average speed 23.1km/hr, which was fine as I wasn't even trying to push.

Lovely lovely spring day, though

Last long run before half marathon

10.01km on the hilly part of the 1/2M course - 5'34"/km, including some shameful slacking (walking) at around 15 minutes.

Should do better on race day, as there's a nice long flat section to start

Last long run before Garioch 1/2M

15km ground out, at only just better than 6'/km (5'57"/km).

Five laps of the dam, then across the rickety bridge to Delab and back. Not much power available, but steady enough.

Long slow bike, on sunny but cold day

65.7 km (Lords Throat to Bridge of Alford, then back to Dunecht, Echt, Dunecht and then back via Castle Fraser and Kemnay. Average speed 24.1km/hr