Training Log Archive: grilla

A slightly better day today. Again wayward on 1, got pushed around by thick bush and found myself near finish... Ok until 5 where I tried to cut through high and early. Was too high and too early. Again, cut in early to 6 and lost a little time. Going to 8 I contoured via forest and could see a likely candidate for the control site from far off but did not head to it as it appeared so low. It was in fact the contrl, something funny with the map around there... Went too high to 9 and had to back track somewhat, obviously looked at neither my map nor compass to 10 and that cost 2 min - luckily no more.

About the same speed as Eoin for the part of the course where he and his broken foot were "taking it easy".

Day3 Hard 4 - Splits

Oh dear, not a good day.

Had trouble getting into the map on way to 1 - you can see from trace I did a half-moon deviation back to the road heading to 1. Then on way to 3 just lost my head. Did not keep good track of where I'd been and where I was up to, translocated myself to somewhere else and ran down wrong (very long) spur. Need to concentrate better. Funnily, after I knew I'd made a massive mistake, my foot/ankle got sore (old crepitis style sore) and that stopped me running properly for rest of the course. It was in spasm for the next hour and then disappeared...

Day 2 Hard 4 - Splits

Event: 2017 Xmas 5 Days Orienteering
 

Hard work today, felt like I'd run 10km not 2. Mucked up entrance to 3 despite stopping to check if there was a way through. Need to look at stronger glasses I think. After that ran wrong direction to 4. OK from there on.

Day 1 Hard 4 - Splits

Event: Big Foot Sprints
 

Final stage of the geocache Trail. Solo this time, I knew it would be steeper and didn’t want to push the friendship with Aoife :) made it to the end before the thunderstorm hit(it never did despite threatening all afternoon). Struggled with the first 2, all good after that.

Could not crack the code to find the final cache. Regardless, set out in a hunch after dinner and found it at one of my secret hideouts from child hood. Great to revisit after too many years!

C • Endless childhood 3

Annual walk up Tomaree. Great that the firls ran on ahead and we did not see them until the top!

Another geocaching expedition. Again, Aoife was pretty game riding the sandy tracks and very game bush bashing to get to sites. I was petrified of snakes and she was oetrified if spiders. We make a great team! Got another 12. Night try to get them all and slice the puzzle before heading home on Tuesday.