Training Log Archive: Jon X

VHI Individual, Sheringham. M45 2nd place, winner Alan V 52:06
Satisfactory rather than spectacular performance, kept decent control through the trickier bits that were the downfall of others but not so great elsewhere. An England 1-2 though so all good :)

Time loss
- Not once but twice (leaving #5 and halfway to #13) I took on some dark green and had to backtrack.
- After an early bad experience to #2, I was too wary of the undergrowth screen and inefficiently went round when I should have gone through (to #12, near #13, particularly to #14).
- A few other scrappy bits too - although it is that sort of area especially with the undergrowth high as it was today.

Also ran full tilt into a fallen tree with four controls left, my left quad took the impact and swelled up nicely, should have some good colourful bruising this week!

50 or 51 would have been a clean run and just avoiding stupidity with the green would have got me to 53 - which would have been nice as on M50 Clive ran 53:33 and Quentin 54:39....missed chance for a rare win over both!

C • Well done 2

Fair bit of jogging before. Few laps of the carpark after with Marcus and Ali and then Sarah - had to get it done straight away before my quad stiffened up too much....

Event: VHI Relay / Norfolk Dumpling & VHI Individual Event
 

On last leg so plenty of jogging and stretching. Up to the cafe area a couple of times - outside tables largely full of Morris Dancers so for once the orienteers weren't the most strangely attired!

VHI Relay. Last leg on 2 Man / 1 Woman class, with Rob Parkinson and Jane Morgan.
Went out in 2nd about a minute behind Rich Barrett for Wales, Nick B for another England team likely to be close behind.
Saw Rich near #1 & #3 (he had different ones and we both lost time at our #1, over a minute for me. Then he and Nick were both approaching #5 as I ran out - just as I ran down a dead end in the caravan park...
Nick caught me at #7 and somehow didn't see him at #8 so overran it, lost about 90s and Rich was on my tail again.
Continued a bit scrappy from there - especially at #11 - all with Rich just behind, he passed me on the track run to #14 (of 16) and ran away through the last bit. A better route to 15 might have helped me make more of a race of it - still safely back in third though so job done despite scrappy run.

With Nick and Steve W. Understand now why i was confused en route to #1 but shouldn't have lost a minute or so!

Pre-work short loop round Hyde Park.

Flying to London after work.

Took a long time to persuade myself out tonight.
Which sadly meant I was still out there when the torrential downpour began...

Eventually persuaded myself out well past 7pm. As ever felt less lethargic once decision made...

10min warm up then 20 times 60s on/off. Not too hard but planning to do the later ones harder - plan shelved when torch failed at Watson House and had to do the rest in the dark.