Training Log Archive: Frostbite

West Haigh, middle distance Brown. A bit tired after mountain climbing and 7+ hours of driving yesterday. Started off ok when it was mainly downhill. Lost myself on #12 - I was on the path below it but couldn't work it out, went past as far as the boulder field before the pylons (almost invisible on the map, quite large on the ground) which wasn't too far away. Then I banana'd a bit on the way to 16 - I was beginning to suffer and just wasn't climbing enough and ended up struggling uphill into the control. After that it seemed to be all uphill and I lost a few places.

9th place, 7 minutes behind Epocspookster.

C • Great to see you in the forest 5

Plynlimon/Pumlumon from Eisteddfa Gurig. A nice easy climb - up the valley on a good track as far as the mine, then a vague trod up the fellside. It was never really very steep and I managed to run all the way up. Then down the ridge south to the forest and back. Quite warm, a bit hazy for views but I could see the sea and lots of other nondescript mid-Wales hills.

Slow, really, but nice to be out and running up a mountain.

Rankings update - back into the top 200 and I am ahead of RobB. Lots of movements this week.

C • Scores Dropping Off 3

stepping stones. A bit more sprightly.

Meanwood, Bywater, Hollies, Weetwood Lane. Slow mainly. Pleasant sunshine.