Training Log Archive: Mark3

http://www.harlequins.org.uk/results/20180617_bham...

Bit more annoyed with this one - lost 30s on 4 where the CD was 'tower' but there was no tower on the map - pretty sure this is not allowed. Anyway it was up some steps round a corner in a place that looked very much OOB. Anyone who saw anyone else coming out of/into this would have had a massive advantage - I didn't. Classic CD just meant to catch you out - "stairs top" would have been much fairer. The control circle isn't even centered where the control was.

Lost my own 15s on 6 not reading the CD and going to the S, then climbing up the underside of the bridge through the undergrowth and over a technically crossable fence (although probably not one the mapper thought people would cross, in summer at least).

Bad route on 9, think N was better, another 15s there. Similarly on 12, didn't read CD until too late after had made routechoice decision. Need to read CD on previous leg for dubious controls. Another 15s.

Extra circuitous route to take in the start on 13 but not much time lost.

So I reckon maybe 45s my fault and 30s unfair, 1 min 15 faster would put me as in the morning just at the front of the also-rans. Can only really complain about the 30 though, which wouldn't have changed my position...

http://www.harlequins.org.uk/results/20180617_bham...

Terrible start. Lots of control numbers (with white border, which could have done with yesterday; clearly HOC do know how to do it!) but with bent control lines rather than gaps made it very hard to see what was going on.

Went
S - 14 - 1 - 14 - 2
which is pretty grim. Was good planning to be fair. First mistake probably because thought of the start rather than the start kite on the map and so thought I'd been through a gap whereas I actually needed two gaps from the actual start rather than just where it was marked on the map.
No excuse for going back to 14 a second time!

Aside from that initial rubbishness, one no-fault mistake on 6 where the map implies you can get to the control from both sides of the bridge, but actually one side goes into a building and so that isn't possible.

Otherwise good but too much time (30s) lost at the beginning to do very well - could have been 4th, at the front of the non-elites, which is probably fair.

3rd: http://www.harlequins.org.uk/results/20180616_cast...

Rescheduled urban league 2017 final. 2nd in league...as usual.

Couple of mistakes, both route choice, one big one (about a minute), avoided a trap and promptly fell into a different one. Otherwise good, and felt to be running ok.

Edit
9th/222
https://www.staffsmoorlands-ac.co.uk/our-races/sum...



Trailrocs

Turns out the altitude effect only lasts for one race :( still, at least used it on one with a trophy!

This race felt tough although made worse by some kind of trapped burp I couldn't release for the 2nd half which slowed me down a bit and made running pretty uncomfortable. Probably not enough to make up a place though. Outsprinted someone on the last few hundred meters which was nice.

Probably half of this was road. The other half was nice.

That must be what it's like to take EPO? Clear effects of being at 3000m+ for the past week - zero lactic acid for the entire run,it was great. Still got out of breath but no muscle issues whatsoever. I wish the effects were permanent!

1st by about 10 mins (2 hour score, but compulsory #1 to split people up led to a natural route). Organised by running club so on 1:25k map, but had proper kites and pin punching. All controls easy - basically a long Yellow course.

Won a trophy and some beer.

Was going to go for a run but pretty tired still.
Instead the washing machine broke so uninstalled it; this took several hours and is harder than it looks.

Travelling.