Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Creswick Diggings. Numerous people had gathered to shoot for the two hours (Fredo had set a 60-control course for the purpose). I never expected to be that ambitious and wasn't sure if I'd cope with terrain at all, but thought I might try for something around an hour if I felt OK. I felt something a bit less than OK - no pain, but not really running with much freedom, especially in the rougher stuff - and thought 35-40 minutes would do me.

First time for a long time in anything technical. The rust was definitely there (it didn't help that I forgot my compass) with lots of small time losses in the circle, but I also struggled to read the small contour detail. I suspect at least some of this is to do with the ancient grimy map bag that I salvaged from the bottom of my running gear bag, but I'm also conscious that I've got further than most do without needing glasses or magnifiers (45 is often the magic number), so I'll be monitoring this over my next few events (whenever those might be).

Hamstring felt fine afterwards, so that was definitely one positive (and getting out into the bush is always a positive in any case).

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