Training Log Archive: O-ing

Day 2, M55, 1st. Distance Okm. Good consistent run on another spectacular day on open mountain. Map was good and had no real problems, spotting many of the control features from a good distance away. Wasn't the fastest starting, W40 Cristina Smedberg and M55 Senan O'Boyle were ahead of me at 2: I was being careful along that slope. However they both imploded early - Cristina lost 6 minutes at #4 and Senan 25 minutes at 5 looking for his compass! Kept consistent, and had my first fastest split at #12. That was obviously a difficult control and actually my biggest mistake of the day, as I climbed 4 contours too many, and stood still for quite a bit before plucking up the courage to descend. Seeing Bubo go for it helped. A really nice downhill blast to #14, the last control was my second fastest split for the day for a 6 minute lead over the field on the day, or 7:20 on the next M55.

C • #12 1

Event: Shamrock O-Ringen 2011
 

Actual distance about 6km, 4 to the start, but walked most of it.

Sheeps Head. M55 Day 1. Good run, spotted nearly every feature I needed straight away. Won by a big margin.
Added Route Gadget. Was slow to #1, mostly by choosing to run in the marsh near the start. Keeping high (like Senan on Route Gadget) was much quicker - a minute at least. Went past it a bit, but had my eye on the control feature as I went past it, just wanted to check a bit further uphill first. Had the fastest splits on 3,5,7,9 and 10, so running well, and consistent on the others. No split lower than 5th - that was a minute lost on #9, which looks like a danger control - heaps of people lost time. It doesn't look difficult on the map - in the terrain you just had toi convince yourself to keep on going down that ridge.

C • Great race 5

Cobdubh with Cath, Colm. Heavy going.

Mt Gabriel - magnificent conditions with Cath.