Training Log Archive: andyd

SOL4, Culbin. Black, 13.1 km. Superb. What a forest! And an excellent course. Ran pretty well except for a 6-min screw up on 5. Not sure what went wrong there. Just lost it completely and had to run quite a way to a track to relocate. And a half minute here and there in the control circle.

Jog to start.

Event: Moray Mix Weekend
 

Urban race around Lossiemouth, which included some beautiful forest terrain as well. Men's open, 8.8 km. A superb event, with all sorts of variety. The start was in the RAF base - a novel touch, having to walk past someone pointing a machine gun at you to get to the start. The base section was short and sprint-style, with the last control on a jet aircraft, then out and into town for more usual urban stuff, then off along the beach and into the woods, and finally back through town and a hugely technical housing estate full of a maze of alleyways. An awful lot packed into an hour or so, and 45 controls!! Had a good run, losing a minute or so on two of the beach/forest controls. The transition from town to more familiar terrain caught almost everyone out. Despite running through town on 1:5000, there wasn't much need to judge distances. In the forest it was all about distance judgement, and the unfamiliar mapping style and scale were tough to adjust to.

From work along the coastline and back over the hills. The first time for ages on an old favourite route. Very wet underfoot.

Commute