Training Log Archive: Duncan

From Potters Bar around to Shenley and over the nice wooded hill, A1M, and stream past vet campus. In to PB and a stop at Morven Park.

RICEing the ankle a bit each day. Still a bit swollen now and then but not too bad. There's a fell race on Wednesday.

Starter session (again) with Abi. Good fun; less, and more calm, people than last time. Quite a lot of movement up and down the track and did get a little tired out.

Very exhausting race. Struggled to have enough energy/strength/fitness to read the map. Set off feeling slow and steady but was really finding it difficult to get into an orienteering rhythm. Wiggling around on routechoices and running further than required. Already caught 4 mins at #5 I did follow for a bit but fell in the river/stream on the left routechoice as we did't take the footbridge. He got away. Later in the leg got distracted/confused and thought I was a gap ahead of where I was, binning time. The Frenchman caught me into the control but it didn't look like he was orienteering very well though he was running faster. Then didn't punch the drinkspoint at #7, schoolboy, caught by a Russian, and the Italian + German who started in front of me. They clearly also were out of their depth, esp the Italian. Out to nine went over many cliffs and went up the slope some 00m to the north. Had a bit of a tussle with the German through the next few but lost him on the way to 15. Started to feel rather tired on the way over the hill to this one. Then just wanted to get round. Dead through the arena and off the path a bit early to 18 just to force myself to navigate again. Pooped up 20 and was a bit rough through the last few but eventually made it through the green to the run in. Twisted my R ankle a couple of times out there.

With Hector around the local peninsula

C • World Cup 1

Long model