Training Log Archive: Parkino

Rankings Up-date:
Scottish Six Days scores dropped off to lift me to a high of 128th. I'd say I was a tad flattered by this position, but as we know the rankings do not lie.

Lakes 5 Day Overall: 6th

Five fairly good performances, five fairly good results (depending on start times/others). I'm nothing if not consistent. Without ever troubling the leaders or finishing higher than 7th (11th on combined course), rewarded with 6th position overall, which was also 3rd Briton.

(Would've been 5th but for the voiding of the last four legs at Hampsfell.)

C • Niklas Bratt 4

Lakes Day Three, Grizedale NW
word was the forest was rough and unpleasant, but I enjoyed it, certainly an advantage not be starting early, again my pace varied, but subjectively I think I might have been running not far below yesterday's middle distance pace (which means I was running fast enough yesterday)

#1 using the edge would've provided a more certain attack point, very hesitant when I reached the ridge and challenged by the task of finding a pit among the windblow [20]
#3 slow to commit to route, possibly better to go out to track [20]
#5 erred on safe side aiming to hit ride early [20]
#6 navigated most of the way to #10 (because the line from 10-11 was bent just outside the circle) and ran into trouble on the way, finding myself the wrong side of the high fence, two high fences in fact [3.5mins]
#8 lost concentration when passed my Matthew Speake and noticed the M21L control, reading it as a hill not a dot knoll [40]
#9 good line but hesitant [15]
#15 contoured but should have gone straight, found myself with a climb at the end (which I walked) [30]
#17 stayed high out of the control, evidently not the quickest line [15]
#21 indecisive, almost changed my route, then saw a gap in the trees early and went for it, knowing it would lead me to the clearing left of the control, slow [40]
#23 better to followed ridge than re-entrant, found myself at the back of the little hill with a fallen tree between me and the control [40]

according to Winsplits (using a factor of 0.1) I lost 8.5mins, some of that was variations in pace, I think

7th, 18mins behind Max Cole! 10 behind JL

Lakes Day Two, Simpson Ground, Middle Distance
there were already a few tracks around the place whe I started (11:20), tried to attack but still not able to get close to 100%, no mistakes, then again plenty of small hesitations:

#2 may have been better line closer to lake towards end of leg [10]
#4 took a circuitous line into control crossing second marsh [15]
#5 nailed it, but slowed up in order to do so [10]
#7 skirted the open instead of driving straight through to flag [10]
#8 lost concentration when slipping down ridge, very hestitant, had to resist turning back to visit control on hill [30]
#9 nailed it, but slowed up in order to so so [10]
#10 got caught up in some rough stuff, slow [20]
#14 diverted around marsh, didn't need to [10]
#17 slow up the hill [10]
#18 hestitant (and tired), boulders were a long way into marsh [10]
#19 got caught up in some windblown and pushed off-line [15]

8th, 10mins behind Niklas Bratt, only 6.5 behind JL