Training Log Archive: OJ

Event: Compass Sport Cup Final
 

Long warm up along Froggatt Edge to get a bit of extra time and mileage in and a shorter warm down with Alex.

Compass Sport Cup. Bit jaded after yesterday's efforts, but felt pretty good running. Got caught out a couple of times by lack of concentration (too much local knowledge?) and lost 2x1min on easy controls. Nice course through the best bits of the terrain, and kept you thinking more or less all the way. Some way down on Oleg and just behind Murray and Ant. Saved by Mike's birthday cake at the finish. Very tired now!

C • Cake 4

FRA relays, leg 2 with RobB. Nervous and psyched to be set off in the lead after a storming first leg by Little Rob, we pushed the pace on the first climb to try to distance ourselves from the pack of strong chasers, but Mercia reeled us in anyway and were right on our heels by the bottom of the first steep descent at checkpoint 1. Decided that we needed to try to keep the mental advantage of the slim lead and pushed on up the big ascent, wondering who was going to pop first. No one did, but Mercia started to show some signs of weakness, and a bit of bog trotting over the top of the route gave us a bit of a gap, which Rob capitalised on by blazing the way down the hill, with me hanging on for dear life.

John and Rhys took it out on the nav leg and got out of Mercia's line of sight, leaving them floundering. Lloyd didn't have much work to do in the end on last leg, although he still ran one of the fastest times of the day. Cracking team performance and a great day out in the sunny Yorkshire Dales.

Steady cruise from Thornton over the viaduct and up the hill. Feeling pretty good.

IW.

Frem work to Chris' place up Eccy Rd. Ran via the parks.

Up on Kinder with Mr Baker. Ran 4x up the side in various different places including a (not very successful) reverse recce of the down and up from the Skyline. In the clouds most of the time and ran along some great grough rivers full of warm (not-cold) water. Saw a massive CND symbol cleared in the bracken up above the YH. Not very speedy at all, but then we barely saw a path and ran in some pretty nasty stuff, probably worthwhile.

Unexpectedly socialble run into work with amkr via Bolehill Park. Enjoyable in spite of the mizzle.

HFW via Lodge Moor. Ran 10x 3/1min reps at a tempo sort of pace and felt pretty good. Dull and damp.

Trudge IW.

HFW. Better.

Drills on the way home to make myself feel as though I had done something worthwhile.