whw 19.02.10

whw 19.02.10
A cold winters morning.

Saturday 23 April 2011

SATURDAY 23RD APRIL

Today i went for a run with my brother derek, we ran along the forth and clyde canal to maryhill loch and onto the kelvin walkway, up through dawsholme park and through the forrest at westerton. The weather was wet and  mild.
 Total distance was 5.55m

Friday 22 April 2011

FRIDAY 22ND APRIL

Off work today and did my 10 mile loop, which is actually 10.39 miles. I wore a pair of shorts and vest which is very unlike me. The sun was shining and it was a little breeze. Wish i had weighed myself as i was constantly sweating buckets. My average miling was 7.34m a mile and i felt steady all the way, i really enjoyed my run and as i was going along i was remembered of the saying PAIN IS THE BODYS WAY OF GETTING RIDE OF WEAKNESS ! ! !
Total mileage 10.39m

THURSDAY 21 APRIL

Ran from glasgow royal infirmary to glasgow green and ran along the clyde walkway into glasgow and crossed over into govan and ran through the clyde tunnel and ran through victoria park and up through jordan hill to knightswood. My legs were tired before the run i was tired and so the run was very hard just to keep going but i did manage to add a few extra miles which is always good when your counting your miles.
Total mileage. 9.75m.

Thursday 21 April 2011

WEDNESDAY 20TH APRIL

Rest day.
Was at work till 10.30 pm and didnt get a run done, legs were sore anyway, but a run would have eased them off maybe.

TUESDAY 19TH APRIL ( CLUB TRACK SESSION )

Today i made arrangements to meet my brother derek and go to clydesdale harriers new venue for training at  Saint Peter's in clydebank. The facilitys in the school were excellent, the running track is closed off to joe public and only way in was through the school. The track was quite soft and the weather was perfect. A perfect venue for running with toilets close bye.
I met up with derek at his house and ran round the corner to the school, the senior athletes met outside and ran a 2.25m loop on the road as a warm up. Tonights session was 15 + 200m with a jog back infield to the start, i had intended doing 20 reps and derek had decided on 16 reps - why ? well my reason was when i did 200m reps it was always 20 reps and derek always did 16 reps. The session was alot harder than i thought due to a few reasons.
 (1) The last proper speed session done was 1994
 (2) I had intended doing a 200m jog recovery this wasabout 90m.
 (3) There were lots of bodys about so this made the session more competitive and intense.
My session was probably 41s average for the 20 200m reps and my warm down was 4 miles home with my head a little dizzy on the way home due to either trying to hard or maybe it was running round the track so much.
So verdict on the new venue PERFECT it will be a magnet for new recruits (kids) and with some publicity in the local papers about our new training facilities and easy to find the mighty DALE will be in good hands in years to come.
Sad news this week another harrier runner has left the dale ranks and joined another club, so whats my conclusion to all this stupidity i can only assume that tha radiation fallout from japan has arrived in clydebank and sent these athletes mad clydesdale harriers are one of the biggest clubs in scotland we have a great tradition in the club that has disappearedin recent years due to being evicted from our home in whitecrook and our winter headquarters the old swimming baths. I believe that the new track in clydebank is a great start to bringing back the good values which is installed in all the harrier runners in the past and good times are round the corner.
 It was great to see so many age groups together tonight and the clydesdale harriers training as a club again.
Total mileage. 8.91 miles.

Monday 18 April 2011

MONDAY 18TH APRIL

I was doing a back shift today so ran to work at 11am in shorts and sunglasses what a wonderfull day it was along the forth and clyde canal to glasgow royal infirmary. 6.4 miles

Finished my shift at 9pm and ran home in the rain along great western road to knightswood.5.91miles.
Total mileage today 12.32 miles.

SUNDAY 17TH APRIL

Ran to work via clydebank giving me 10.84 miles
Weeks mileage. 30.95m.
Wrotten weeks training due to sore ankle and kids on holiday.

SATURDAY 16TH APRIL

Ran from gri to house 6.34 miles.

FRIDAY 15TH APRIL

Rest day. watching the kids.