Training Log Archive: RichT

Welsh Champs - Newborough Forest. Good warm-up and feeling ok. Long first leg - tried cutting through some semi-open and caught in bramble infested slopes - not good start. Into map to #2 and nailed #3, Gavin Smith came past at #4 and tried rushing after him - wrong! Error #5, relocate. Careful into #6 and although navigated to correct place couldn't see flag in dip :(. Then boomeranged #7, okish through 8-12 when Julie Emerson came past. Speeded up slightly and kept with her until she missed #13, badly. OMG Julie you could just lead me through 1 control cleanly. After a couple of mins zig-zagging through the dunes found the control and she was away up next slope to #14. Out of #14 seemed to drift right (as did Quentin I found out afterwards) but quickly recognised line of cliffs, corrected and into reentrant on slope. Out of #15 and meet Julie coming back into the control . . . she passed me again on the way to #16. Exiting down another dune and caught foot in bramble patch and wallopped head first into the briars. Joe Woodley cruised by without a word - at least he didn't actually run over me! Struggled up, clean off the blood and wobble around the last couple of controls, checking if chest, arms, hands are going to be ok for the 5 hour drive home. Happy days.

NWJS Coaching - Big Covert - DEE area. Restricted attendance due to Interland race clash - just drove the 1 minibus :).

Out on Kirkby Moor with George & Jo & Hannah. You could tell we were losing the last of the light when I nearly stepped in a dead sheep - oops.

Easy loop through Croftlands, Birkrigg, Gleaston, Dendron, Dalton, Birkrigg Park, Croftlands.

Out with Graham, Jack & Fiona. Took the kids on a couple of loops of Birkrigg.

Met up with Hollie for her "easy recovery" run. Hard work for me out past Hill Foot garden centre lanes towards Pennington & loop around to Rosside.