Training Log Archive: rcro

Easy paced jog around High Cross and Bassaleg to see potential for orienteering since I've been toying with offering to hold a SWOC street-o around here. With the big estate still being built it's a little on the small side but otherwise huge potential - would make for a pretty varied ISSOM map and could easily tag on Rogerstone school/Tredegar Park/Gaer Fort for juniors.

Quite a lot of undulation though.

Now to work out how to update open street map for the (many) extra footpaths...

https://www.strava.com/activities/1093306067

Event: BOK Summer Series
 

Urban race around Dursley. 6km on straight line.

Again feeling pretty tired and not running strong. Think still recovering from Saturday and the stop/start nature yesterday didn't help.

Mostly a route choice course, and happy with my routes. Planning ahead well, but on a couple of legs planned route to go somewhere new rather than take the shortest/fastest.

Spent a while working out how to get to 17 (most of time from 14-15) as the one gap was a bit small, but ok on all the legs around the school. Head to head against Tommi towards the end so gave more of a reason to push.

Well done the results again tonight.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1091697395

Event: R2T2 - event 1
 

The launch of R2T2 at Chepstow Park Wood. Courses: 60 min MTBO score, "Man vs Bike" - same but without the MTB, or a (rather) long orange course with taped route.

I was checking out the long orange course and making sure the taped route could be followed by anyone (this wasn't the shortest route - idea is for the runners to take their own short cuts), and Andy Creber pulled me over beforehand to give me a roll of tape saying he thought I needed to put a lot more out.

So turned into quite a long and tiring intervals session - run 100-200 yards, stop, put up some tape, repeat. The "light waymarking" was probably adequate but Paul/Andy/me of the opinion that full marking required to stop anybody doubting; hence put up 100+ new tags so you would at least see (if not pass) one every minute if going at reasonable pace. Pat won't enjoy collecting them tomorrow!

Course actually pretty fun, and no brambles the way I went. Some good variety as some paths didn't really exist, and once on the bottom section (great views of the bridge) was actually twisty and technical. Thought it was very well done.

All went very smoothly, and hopefully lots of constructive feedback and thanks sent in to Pat. Everyone seemed to enjoy it - very good start and I think only minor tweaks needed to improve.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1090288853

Easy paced jog sticking to the flat from home. Legs better for it but the rest of me would have been happy to do a lot more.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1087022491/overv...

Suunto website messing about a bit tonight - run loaded onto Strava before movescount.

Long run in Black Mountains with rickyp. Mostly the race route but adding in bonus Waun Fach and doing a bit of cutting through the woods out of reservoir valley as we didn't fancy the look of the fence haul.

More running than I'd expected - some segment PBs and pretty close on others. Only really started walking on climb at about 12 miles - suffering a bit with dehydration although was still eating a lot.

Route off Bal Mar didn't work out so well - much more overgrown than it used to be. Ridge to Bal Mar is a hell of a long way too. Ran a lot of climb up to Crug Mawr - walking just the really steep section. Really tired from it all though.

In fog from by Table Mountain until half way down PYGF. Original plan was to go left at Waun Fach and around top of reservoir but didn't as windy. Probably glad as it was deceptively hot. Glad of the cloud as would be much harder in sunshine

Don't think I'm back in a position to do long distance as "races" yet but nice to get out for a long training run.