Training Log Archive: Old Daniel

Day 5 Helsington Barrrows. Rate late and it was very hot. No real mistakes but a struggle to keep going

Day 4 Ravens crag -a very challenging green and rocky bit of Grizedale. Lost 2 -3 mins looking around in the circle at 3 and also coming down steep hill to 10 but really all about 5 where I lost map contact and had to come out twice to relocate -oh dear! (10 mins +)

Lakes Day 2, Thekeld Knotts -not a (great?) orienteering area mostly hunt the boulder. Navigated well and in control to 1 -distracted by another flag and went too high to 2 and a bit too low towards 3 so overshot maybe lost 1 min on each. Rest was more lack of agility on stony ground.

Swindale South. Started ok, overshot 3 and stamped control on crag which was actually 100m further on and a little high, went higher and then back and hit second time lost a lot of time (9-10 mins), spiked 4 but on route to 5 started to navigate to 6...... could not make sense of map - eventually found a sheep fold and navigated from here to 9 -still really in dis belief. (-20mins) Then ran quite well if slowly back to 5 (longest leg of revised course) and on through 13. Nearly dead last and although enjoyed the race an opportunity lost.