Training Log Archive: mikeyA

Uath Lochan.

6 hour drive to Lagganlia having done 4 yesterday to Macclesfield. Eurgh.

Croeso day 5. Much better run today. Still lost a bit of time on a couple on the slope but no more than 20 seconds. Lost maybe 1.40 on #8 by being incredibly slow and hesitant along the slope. Similar on #9, too low as well. Minute lost on #19 by going left through the green. Still pleased though. Finished 5th and 10th overall which is okay but 3 average at best runs at the start of the week weren't good enough really.

To the start

Croeso day 4. Bit of a shocker. Good going to #1 until I was about 100m away at which point I lost my compass slightly and ran pretty close to it but past and had to turn round. 1.30 lost. Again similar story to #5 this time lost it slightly earlier and drifted quite far south and couldn't relocate with all the mist and the only feature I could see being a depression, not helpful. 5 minutes lost. Bad to #6, barely following compass at all and going way too far left, 3 minutes gone. Luckiest control ever on #10. No idea where i was and happened to see someone 15 metres up the hill drop into a pit which happened to be mine when i went to check it. Overshot #11 and #12, 30 seconds and 2 minutes lost. Okay to the finish when the French (?) guy caught me 12 minutes so had a bit of a race with him. Nightmare run really didn't enjoy it with the rain and constant tussocks. Definately my day to drop.

Croeso day 3. 3 minute mistake to #1 by going too far around the hill and then dropped down to the path to recover. Thought my race was over already. Improved a bit but still made other mistakes although not as big. Probably lost around 6-7 minutes total. Thought I was doing much worse out in the forest than I actually did. Managed to be very consistently average this week. 12th, 13th and 12th so far :)

To the start and around the car park afterwards

Croeso day 2. Again started well and held it well through the middle part of the course. Didn't think it was too hard really, just a case of pick the big hill or re-entrant by the control and run to it. Lost 30 seconds on #21 after I must have run right past the depression as it was on a fairly slim strip of raised land and had to turn round. Lost a minute on #22 after I lost concentration due to the mistake and knowing Rich Robinson who'd started 2 minutes after me must be close behind. Just ran out of #21 the wrong direction and ended up looping round too far and also getting slowed down by the marsh I ran through. Better today but still not as good as id have liked. Also am definitely just slower than the other guys, understandably.