Training Log Archive: Frostbite

White Rose day 2. Managed to visit all the controls today. Actually running quite strongly which was just as well because there was a lot more climb today. Won by 5 minutes. Lost a bit of time on the leg down the escarpment (to a veg boundary) but I think a lot of people lost more time.

White Rose day 1. It was hard work with lots of heavy going through bilberries, brashings, brambles. Made a couple of mistakes but also got disqualified for missing a control. There were two legs of similar length (400 - 500m) along a stream valley, and part way to the first I started reading the second. I passed within a few yards of the first control and was thinking - It's taking a long time to do this leg -but it still didn't dawn on me. I only realised when I looked at my map at the finish. The winner did more or less the same time as me.

From RHB south along the coast path as far as Stoupe Beck, then up the road to the old railway, back down to Fylingthorpe and down the footpath into RHB. Not trying too hard.

From Robin Hood's Bay to Scalby, along the coast path as far as the end of the promenade at Scalby Mills, then through housing estates and a golf course to get to the bus stop in Scalby. The weather was awful to begin with, heavy rain, but it brightened up after Ravenscar. Much better than yesterday but it was a long way.