Training Log Archive: mikeyA

Event: British Middle Championships (UKOL)
 

British Middle distance champs. Started out well. Clean to 1 and then 10 seconds lost on 2. I wasn't sure where I was and then relocated just as I'd run past my turn off so looped back on myself. Good until 6 where I lost (Edit:) 1 minutes. Poor direction and hit the path too low down and so thought the lower junction was my AP and got confused when I didnt see the control. Ran back to the path and further down but saw the junction where the road crossing was and so able to find the control. Basically clean up until 20ish where I caught the train of Tim and Alex (later Andrew). Stopped paying attention to my own race and gave them too much attention. Several scrappy mistakes from then on lost maybe 30 seconds. Finished with them as well. 4th on M20, 5 seconds off Dane and 3rd. Good run just more annoyed about the podium than I thought I'd be.

C • But what about those 1 seco... 2

Jog to the start and then around the field after

British sprints prologue. Pretty dismal run. I kept getting stuck in dead ends and so looping back on myself. Worst of the lot was 11 where I went down a dead end and then once I'd sorted that out, got to 10 metres away from the control before deciding to run around the building that 12 was on and back to where the control and I were. Lost a 1.30 which is huge on a sprint. Just about made the B final anyway. Could have made the A with a clean run.

British sprints B final. Actually had a decent run. A couple of 5 second mistakes but nothing too bad and not much to say really. Finished 3rd on the B final behind Lindsay and Potter.

All the running around during the day

First run with new Garmin. Didn't know what I was doing when I set out but just wanted to be back by the football.

Run with harriers. Went places i cannot name but it was good fun. I also won a spot prize from last weeks point to point, a box of thorntons chocolates. Very pleased :)