Training Log Archive: Craney

With Gracie round Lindley Moor and over to Beaver Dyke (hehe) reservoir, then along some path westwards to another reservoir and back up the hill. A really nice route that would be lovely in the dry on a sunny day, unfortunately it was filthy wet, really windy and it got dark much sooner than I anticipated. Oh well, nice to get out and explore a bit and to have some company :o)

Not a great ending to my brief SYO career. It all went wrong from #1 in the prologue. Tried to do the right thing and check my descriptions to see which side of the fence it was on, but I looked at the start description and not number 1, and consequently ended up on the wrong side. I'd have been better off not checking and just guessing. Similar thing happened to me at WOC. Must practice reading control descriptions. Didn't even run that good after that, and had a little row with the man taking one of the controls, then told Tim Tett about it which put me off and meant I ran off in the wrong direction.... Nice map though.

Sabotage I tell thee! Got to number 11, didn't immediately see the flag, then Nev Myers is going on about it not being there. After the morning shenanigans and John Rocke holding the flag at the previous control, it wasn't hard to believe him, so I just ran off to number 12. Got to the finish, reported 11 not being there, and everyone's like, um yes it was. Turns out Nev wasn't even looking for my number 11. Shane Lynch got taken out with me. Oh well. Had a relatively good race (compared to everyone else) but there was lots of hesitations, poor route choices and mistakes. In all honesty, it wasn't fair running under all those levels etc as the map couldn't show what your options were, or whether stairs were going up or down, but it was fun. Tim Tett cruising round knowing where all the flags were was a bit weird cos I'd keep going past him, pause, then he'd trot back past me. Got away from Tim and Shane on the long leg to 24. Feels like I'm running alright, but too much "stuff happened" in these races to draw any conclusions or build or destroy and confidence.

Various warming up and down. Didn't warm down after the chase due to being in a boo, and because GG wanted me to do one.

Too tired to get up for an early morning run and getting the train straight after work, so no time for training. Boo.

C • but 1

Slow run exploring a few streets in Clifton and Stoke Bishop up to circuits. Tried not to go too fast so I wouldn't be too sweaty when I got there. My room-service lasagne that I'd just eaten wasn't sitting very happily in my tummy.

Arguably did a bit better this week than 2 weeks ago, although that's probably just because I was comparing myself to Keith and not Mark this week. And there wasn't any skipping.

C • Skipping 1

Early morning run, fairly gentle as legs a bit sore from last night. Across the water, up to Leighwoods, across the bridge, down past Cabot Tower.

Ran to Bath where I was greeted by sausage and mash cooked by Mr Bown. It was good that I knew such a culinary delight was waiting for me at the end of this run as it was quite long and boring and I needed an incentive. Out on the A431 to the edge of Bristol, then along the cyclepath on the disused railway. Put a bit of effort in along here. Think it was about 12miles all in.

Team Monday run with Saunders, Keith and Marky Mark. Met in Leighwoods and ran round Leigh Woods for 50mins - very nice (but quite muddy). Then nipped into Ashton Court for a cheeky extra 20mins. Keith made the mistake of telling Mark and I that we were going quite slow in the woods. Cuzza afterwards.

C • Team Monday 3