Training Log Archive: Big Jon

Local event Potarch. Brown course 7.4km. Felt OK in warm-up and started well with no errors on first few. Struggled up hill to 5 then OK on top of hill and run to west. Clean through birch scrub at west end. Good back over main hill then into new area - got distracted by lines and ran almost to 19 instead of 16 (2 mins lost), going OK through rest till second last (22), didn't read map carefully enough and so dropped too low and saw wrong clearing, struggled to make sense until decided to cut losses and headed uphill to sharper re-entrant, worked out location and straight into control...
Managede to scrape a win over TG - no not that TG... the Gramp one ;-)
Please with how I managed to run most of the course and still felt physically ok at end - but mentally tired and two stupid errors, both fairly basic.
Return to fitness continues, I think the Wednesday evening sessions are being useful as tempo sessions. One more 6-Day area to revise (and its beast!) then less survey and hopefully some better time for physical training, including intervals.

C • Back with a bang 2

Steady run to start, had planned some stretching but was able to start straight away (Brown not so popular!). A few slight twinges from right hamstring/hip but nothing to worry about.

3.5 hours surveying, a bit dreich but rain never came to much.

With S, over Clachnaben, towards Battock but turned back after 70 mins because I was feeling wasted by then - food helped a little - back over Mount Shade (nasty, nasty climb!). Legs very tired by half way and pretty screwed by end. Felt left foot a couple of times so getting better quickly, right ham gave a few aches and almost nervy twitched near end, but also a big improvement over 2 weeks ago. So on the whole fairly positive that my body is healing, just need to work on aerobics and leg strength.

Needed!

1.5 hours surveying. Finished another map - well still got a load of drawing up but physical work done.

Hanging and collecting controls for after-school club. Left foot tender and didn't like any jarring. Nothing major - a couple of days should see it right.

5.5 hours surveying. Getting there.

WETT (Wednesday evening technical training) session Glen Davan. 4.4km. Set off fast and in decent position, then tweaked ankle between 3 & 4 which made me focus more on it. Struggled for a few then caught E and F and ran most of the course with them.
Mostly good map reading - but near end snagged head torch and loosened head band and twisted it, so struggled from there to the end holding head torch on! Compass was OK and only ran to a couple of wrong controls - 24 controls and lots of loops!
Still a fantastic area, map starting to show its age, shame there isn't any Lidar covering it!

4.5 hours surveying.

Down to Kinker and back with E - to pick up Chinese carry-out.

Hill of Banchory, ringing the changes - opposite direction to normal! Legs tired but hip/bum not sore.

5.5 hours surveying. Started very slowly! and just kept plodding along. Lovely day and nice bit of forest.