Training Log Archive: GraceE

CSC heat, The New Forest (Ashley Walk).
Running for my new club BOK.
A very open area with lots of heather and marshes, some hills here and there and lots of point features like pits. I tried to run really hard and go as straight as possible. It was going well up to c6 but then I made three mistakes:
c7: mis-interpreted the map (up/down) and therefore over ran by a lot (1.5mins lost).
c9: just running and not properly matching things. Relocated halfway through the leg and I was a fair bit off-line (1min lost).
c10: I really tried to go slow and get this one right but still missed it by 1min. Lots of others missed it too though so it was a bit weird.
Was really fun! Annoyed about the mistakes though, didn't concentrate enough. BOK did really well and we're through to the final :)

Ran with Matt to get our car from the other side of the downs where we left it on Friday night.

Once in the car we drove straight on to the Mendips (hills) and did a run around there, starting near Burrington. It was nice to get into the country and I kind of enjoyed the run, although the mud and surface water was really atrocious and slowed me down. The hills were nice though :)

I think I'll have a rest day today as I'm still coughing occasionally from last week's nasty cold.

My run went through Southmead, Henleaze, Westbury on Trym. I came across the Henleaze shops so now I know where they are. It was a good map memory exercise and I didn't get lost! Might try and get a map with street names on it though...

Did 10 x 2mins (1min rec) - it was hard going! Didn't push too hard as t'was the first sesh of the year but still felt a bit stiff and unnatural. Went Shirehampton Park, Sneyd Park, Downs, Stoke Bishop, home. Bit main-roady so probs won't be a regular loop - will need to tweak it to include quieter roads. Quite cold and a bit wet.

10mins at the start, recoveries, 11mins to finish.

Googled 'Blaise Castle' and from the city council webpage found a copy of the orienteering map, so printed that off and went for an explore. Ran along various paths then got up onto Kings Weston Hill and ran along that. Kept going into Shirehampton Woods for a bit, then turned around. Took a different route back through Blaise Castle Estate.
This place is just across the road from our house! Didn't see any castle but.

C • Not a real castle but a fol... 5

Monday night run - girl group with Alice and Alice, Hanne, Laura, Fiona, and Rhys came with us too. We ran from Keith and Matt's house in Clifton, across the suspension bridge to Ashton Court, around that and back. Mainly on open grass but a little bit on single track and I couldn't see shit.
Note to self: buy a headlamp!