Training Log Archive: tommig

Went for a hike from Haukkalampi but forgot to take map with me. Had big map in bag but as its starting to fall apart I didnt want to dig it out except for emergencies. Started on marked trail but after 30 mins and 3 people decided it was too crowded and went from memory into a block of forest I had skirted along the edge of before. Couldn't pick up the path end of a tiny path I had followed before so jumped a ditch and crashed off into the trees. Had to cross somebodies meadow and jump a stream, then fight along the bank to get to better forest, but once there I followed a principle of "if both feet fit side by side on the path, the path is too big" and just followed where my nose led. Stopped to admire the views and the smells and sounds of the forest every now and again. Eventually popped out behind Takalanlaavu which had been one of the points I would have gone to had I had a map. Not a huge feat of navigation, some reasonably big catching features in memory from a few years back. Eventually made my way back along the marked trails to car.

Sprint training round Nummela. Was fastest of the three RaVi folk running but in hindsight it turns out that I probably took an illegal route up some steps... fun though!