Training Log Archive: Niamhunter

Jog and drills - was quite hard to get properly warmed up in the cold!

First exercise was a compass Talk O with Alice. She wasn't very confident with compass to start with so spent some time just getting used to the compass and terrain going quite slowly just to try and spike as many as we could.

Second exercise was a control pick. Again was a bit of a Talk O with Alice but a bit quicker as she was more confident with her bearings and therefore was more confident in running.

Was good practice for myself because i was telling Alice to do things it reminded me to do them as well.

Very small warm up after walking a long way to the start with a short jog and few drills

Afternoon exercises by myself.

First One was rocky exercise which was to help you focus on the main rock features and not get distracted by the little ones. this went well and managed to pretty much spike every control whilst keeping up quite a good pace. My compass bearings were also very accurate and was making sure i did everything we practiced in the morning exercises.

Second one was a 'run the lines' exercise where we had to follow the lines of limestone pavements to guide us into the controls. Was good apart from on a couple where the rocks seemed to go on for longer than marked. Apart from that managed to spike every other control.