Training Log Archive: conör

To start

Silva League Middle Distance in Gothenburg. Couldd feel the last week or so in the legs, but felt pretty good anyway.

Started off really well. 1st was easy and involved a hill so chilled a bit and made sure I knew what I was doing as well as looking ahead at the course a bit. Slight misses on 3 and 5 but caught on quick. Caught my 2-minute man at 6 and everything was just awesome.

By 10 I was with my 4- and 6-minuters as well, and then we took different route choices to 11. My route probably wasn't great, but we all got there at pretty much the same time, along with Mr 8 minute. Let them lead me to twelve and then I thought I'd pick up the pace a bit and passed them out on the way to 13. No plan, no attackpoint, lost 2½ minutes. Two of the others disappeared and one guy ran way off up the hill. I tried to relocate but couldn't make much sense of anything and eventually found the control much higher than I expected, hidden behind a rock.

I was annoyed then and lost another 1½ to 2 mins on 14. Recovered for 15 and 16, and then went insane on the way to the last and followed and M21 to a different last control.

So up to thirteen this was really good... Was 25th at the 12th, finished 51st.

Coulda, woulda, shoulda.

To start

Silva League Long in Gothenburg. H20E2 (ie not good enough to be proper elite)

So this was good I guess. Bad route to 1, but spiked it. Around on the path was about 2 mins faster I think...
Stopped a bit early at 4, but no major time loss.

I actually lost time on the way to 7, but it doesn't really look like it on QR. I just veered a bit to the left. Also lost a wee bit of time in the circle. Caught some one there and sat behind him half way to 8 while I planned no. 10, then ran ahead and got it pretty perfectly.

My route to 10 was pretty poor though. Straight in from the river instead of between the OOBs would have been a good bit better.

Felt really good physically the whole way round, but maybe attacked the hills a bit too much, considering there was another race the next day.

1st! wooo. Got me bumped up to real elite for the Middle.

I need to work on my route choices.

Up at 0330 to go from Edinburgh to Gothenburg. Chilled in Gothenburg all day, trying not to fall asleep so I could sleep well that night.

Collecting controls.

Mass start on the JEC relay course in Faskally

Putting out controls

O intervals on that mad hill yoke in Scotland

Mostly shadowing Jack, did a few controls myself where he shadowed me.

Jk relay, 1st leg for CNOC. Went really well. Pretty much no mistakes.