Training Log Archive: GD44

Event: SouthWest League 5 Redruth
 

SWEMBO - Poldice Valley, Cornwall

I decided to sit down and plan a route following receipt of the map and highlighted it. I more or less stuck to the plan. I decided to leave the ones on the West of the map to the end if I had time as there were many 20, 30 and a 50 pointers to the N and E of the map.

S>3: Along the ridgeline but overshot it and had to come back.
3>6: Slow and cagey into the mining area to make sure I nailed it and I did.
6>7: Again lots of potential for getting this wrong and I overshot a few junctions. The arches underneath the old railway line got me confused as they didn't appear on the map. 7 wasn't easy to find. I crossed the valley on a track that wasn't shown on the map and went back on instinct - found it.
7>22: I totally forgot the instruction from John (Planner) when I started the race that the track to the E of 22 was blocked. So I got there and had to climb up to the road above it and attack it from the top. Lost ~5 mins. Probably should have gone into the field!
22>21: I decided to head W on the bridleway instead of going out the top i.e.the same way I came in. Big mistake as the bridleways were totally overgrown so I went into the adjacent fields instead and tried to find suitable gates to get out! Struggled to see CP21 and lost 1 minute.
21>8: Annoyingly lost xx minutes here as the description said gate E of track jct but it was W. I and two others were looking for it and as we were about to give up and go we saw it hidden behind brambles. Grrrr! Lost 7 minutes.
8>9: Minor error as shot past road jct but not bad.
9>19: South along BW then W on road over A30 to join BW.
19>20: Around on road then in/out - OK
20>27: Happy with this
27>11: OK
11>10: The 250m of BW from the road to the CP was very overgrown so I decided to go back out after collecting it instead of going through more. Small overshoot of CP but went back
10>4: OK
4>23: This is the CP that Ifor couldn't find as it was in the wrong place. However I got lucky and found it as I'd stopped at the junction before the one where it should have been.
23>5: Confusing maze getting out of here particularly as I wasn't where I thought I was! Found a way to the road eventually. However I infuriatingly lost 9 minutes finding this CP! I overshot it by a long way and eventually found it after almost giving up.
5>24: Left 5 the wrong way and then corrected but OK.
24>13: Multiple route options and I may have used a very short section of f/p by mistake. I struggled to find the CP as it said tree on W wall but it was on the E wall. Aaaarrghhhhh! Why can't people be as good as Sion James with CP placings and descriptions? To be fair to John the planner, it was his first go. Lost 3 minutes.
13>12: OK
12>2: Went up the wrong permissive path and lost 2-3mins.
2>F: I did think about going for CP1 (10 pointer) but it had a climb on BW and there was no point risking being late.

Ifor beat me with a score of 467, I had 430 so I got 921 points for the National League. Happy with that.

Lost ~20 minutes in mistakes and playing hide and seek with the CPs! :-(

Lower body stretches

Core

Upper body limb and shoulder - strength

Sneaked to the gym lunchtime from the Costan Coryton office to the Village Hotel

Lower body stretches and foam rolling in particular my quads which are still sore after about two weeks - why?

MDC Tuesday Night Run - Blaencwm

My quads are still sore after about 2 weeks. Particularly struggle on ascents. Albeit it was a nice stroll out.

Ended up n the steady group with Alice Bedwell and Cara Cullen.

Didn't stay for food.

Strava Moving Time: 1:02:00
GPS : 1:16:04