Training Log Archive: Wyatt

Event: DVOA Springton Manor
 

Warm up stage 2

Day 2 of 5.

3rd, dropped to 2nd overall behind 'airbag' from nord west (Moscow, I think.)

Lots of rugged side hills. BAOC like. Several mistakes adding to 6-7 minutes -avoidable too... :|. But fun still.

Event: 5 days of the Apennines
 

5-days of Italy, stage 1. When I left the arena, I was 1st of ~20 in M35, 8 minutes clear of 3rd, but most of the field within 10 minutes after that.

Not a great run by far - lots of little mistakes - probably as much as 5-10 minutes total - but nothing really major. Apparently with the somewhat WOC France like terrain in parts of the area, sloppy, but mostly-controlled, was apparently good enough.

Technically, running around whenever possible seemed the smart choice, and I'll continue with that tomorrow. Looking for good opportunities to contour on one of the many indistinct trails also makes sense to continue. Manmade cliffs (stone wall shelves) in the forest (likely fields once) were pretty useful - something I'll know to use from the start tomorrow. And, as usual, compass, compass - esp. from the attacks that aren't terrain-linear (e.g. follow this reentrant, and/or contour totally-flat until I find a reentrant..). Even though there are often slopes to refer to, those are a bit easy to drift from on the diagonals up/down.

Hot - 'feels like' of 97 according to WeatherPro - in the fields I'd agree - cooler in the forest - and humidity of 'only' 50% meant water/sweat helped more than in Philly. And tomorrow looks similarly hot for my also semi-late start, and longer course. Cold water at a font on way to start, and in stream crossings was key for heat control. Will need to take advantage of that tomorrow too, if possible. We are also packing more cold water - if the hotel fridge can actually get it cold overnight - TBD... 2 excedrin & 500ml pepsi & ~2 liters of water within 1 hour of finishing & I survived the heat.

C • Wow! 2

Very limited warmup, no cooldown. Was too hot...

Running around Lucca in the late evening, using a tourist map (~95% streets/passages correct -5% more, hidden by symbols...), and ran to all the photos. Sightseeing and orienteering all at once...

Rome Italy, past Coleseum, Circus Maximus, to the River Tiber south (should've gone North) and back.

Near the Coleseum, and then around the somewhat less trafficked large blocks to the SouthEast with Angelica.

Running around Ancient Rome while the kids slept in the afternoon. Incl. running along the track in Circus Maximus and imagining Ancient Rome (and the Hunger Games).

Easy run before heading to airport