Training Log Archive: TimM

Event: Southern Championships & UK Cup Race
 

Routegadget from yesterday: http://www.slow.routegadget.co.uk/cgi-bin/reitti.c...
Winsplits: http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/default.a...
Splitsbrowser: http://www.splitsbrowser.org.uk/splitsgraph.php?ev...
Finished quite strongly

Was looking forward to a fast race with some technical difficulty. Pre race i was focusing on finding clear AP's and checking the compass constantly as I knew it was going to be vague.
On the way to number one i was a bit unsure as to how to truly attack the control but was relieved when i came out into some open forest and decided that the vegetation was quite clear so i found it fine. #2 should be a very simple control but i can't have checked my compass as much or as well as i thought i was and ended up drifting too far north and made a parallel error that confused me and cost 10mins.
Obviously this was very frustrating and demorilising but i tried to keep running. on the way to three i saw nathan, who had started 4mins behind me, punching #5. I lost about 2mins on 3 as well from being a bit unsure. The next two were also poor compass work and i lost time.
6 was fine and so was 7 (fasted split) and 8, 9 and 10 with my compass improving considerably. 11 i was a bit hesitant but nothing major, and 12 was the same but probably a little more. 16 i dont think i trusted my route choice truly and wasn't fully attacking.
overall a poor performance, but i was pleased with a lot of the course and really enjoyed being racing again. I'm glad i kept on pushing despite knowing in the back of my mind a good result was out of the window. Hopefully this will be my one bad run of the year, luckily it didn't mean much. The main thing i learned is my compass needs work, but there's plenty of time to sort that out.
http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/default.a...
I wonder if the Sebastien Bergmann who won M21E is a relation of Gustav?

Event: The 5th City of London Race
 

Will write up in more detail tomorrow.
Had some good flow today but most of the course wasn't too challenging. A few route choices weren't optimum and made one major mistake at 4 but otherwise really enjoyed legging it around London. Slightly disappointed to be 2 minutes down on Dane which is a long time but wasn't taking it too seriously.
Looking forward to tommorow!
P.S. I sAid saints would be beat villa !!

Really looking forward to the weekend: london city race, saint's first win of the season vs villa, then southern champs.

The thread on nopesport about fcc is exciting!

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nice short run on matley

Short jog to warm up.

Short reps on Bolton's Bench. Trying to get a bit of speed for the weekend.

back home

Had a rest today because legs still aren't right and I want them to fully recover. Hopefully they'll be ok by tomorrow and I'll be able to go to Hardley tomorrow (depending on what time I get back from Oxford Latin trip)