Training Log Archive: olsoran

Event: British Long Distance Orienteering Champs
 

Good and bad really.
Got rather found out by the distance after recent injuries, and found out by dubious map quality but the good bit is that whilst the ankle heel was sore it was bearable and better than last week.

Bit fast for me but enjoyable. Aged map didn't help over the first few - particularly the strange vegetation patches in the runnable forest around number 3, and then bizarre mapping in the quarry around 6. Rest were ok apart from the long leg to 18 - where a route choice through the young trees wasn't a good idea, and was worse than going through the dark green. Came out of that area pretty tired, promptly turned the wrong way up a track and met C.B-G coming the other way so turned around.

Was never going to be competitive today but things should get better from now on. ..here's hoping.

S&C

Collecting controls at Shooting Greens after MAROC training. Light getting very short towards the end, certainly tough to read the map with ageing eyesight but got them all in.

Nice evening, and 40 folk turned out.

Lovely day in Aberdeen.
Hazlehead loop. Felt pretty good, foot held up - just feel I need to keep stretching and working it now.

Pretty quick round the loop considering...must stop being so competitive..think it's probably closer to 8 than 8.5 but still.

Bridge of Feugh, Bogendreip, Strachan and up to Shooting Greens.

Putting out controls for MAROC training. Nice afternoon, great bit of Shooting Greens and better still, a pretty good ankle.