Training Log Archive: dstansfield

Pleased with the race and did my job. No Impressive fitness at the moment but kept plodding through, making sure I kept my eye on Matt. I think I would have been dropped had they been completely clean but a couple wobble kept me in the mix. 2nd on 1st leg and 1st team overall!!! very chuffed with a gold BUCS medal :D

Mixed feelings about this result. I am happy with a top 10 at BUCS but not especially happy with how I raced or my shape at the moment. I started hard and found 1 ok. Lost over 2 minutes on number 2. full speed around the track and then dropped down on the right line. spotted Potter running towards 3 across the slope which I think distracted me a bit and started looking too high. Dane mopped me up here and ran through to five together. got a reasonable gap on the long leg taking a better exit to the road before missing over 2 minutes again. Jonny caught here and I didn't have the legs to stay with him without hurting more than I wanted to. hopped on the Jonny train again at 15 and was gradually dropped until the end.
Weird that I managed to stick with Sasha and Jonny a lot better than Jonny on his own. I thin I maybe had it in my head that Jonny would easily get away but when Sasha came through felt I should be able to stick with him (I couldn't). looking at my very sporadic training recently I am not surprised but looking forward to a month of solid training now before the JK.

Squeezed in an easy one around Edinburgh.

Home from forth road bridge but got a puncture. RGing

Jogging to darroch

Easy with EUOC.

Steady around middle course.

>15 seconds lost on the long leg and 2 more 5 seconders. Feeling good though

Steady around the relay simulation.