Training Log Archive: Old Daniel

Middle race at Black Lakes - glorious setting but now in the company of a huge wind farm- surprisingly eery. The map had been simplified and actually the course was quite easy. Just one Horlicks on control 7 lost confidence thinking I had gone too far and turned around to visit a control. Not mine of course and now offline - hunting around on the simplified map on now unmarked crags. Why would anyone want to make an excellent map ordinary? First time at the Shamrock I did not take 100mins. Only fly in the ointment was no.2 did not register so DNF and I wont feature in the chasing start. More Murphy's I think.

Travel to Ireland -ferry arrived (actually disembarked) 6 hours late! Roslare at midnight. Still lovely day and good company.

Downs -Pyramid 30 secs to 3 mins with 2 mins max gap.
Found it very tough -don't know why - perhaps the gap in running?

Sidcot School and Winscombe. If Keith had planned or Dudley made the map I might have through could do better, but they did not -Graham Hartley did. (I don't know Graham at all) and full marks. Novelty - not throw a six but I have a complex but small school and a village . So two maps and scales - roads footpaths, old railway and fields and then sprint round buildings. Great
The map deteriorated quite badly in the wet - that's not great.
As for the race I got confused crossing the road bridge both ways, went to wrong garden in sprint (-1min?) and another error (0.5 mins). Sundry hesitations etc,