Training Log Archive: Magic

Went exploring an adjacent bit of parkland with GG to warm up and then collected the far wooded controls at the end. It’s getting cold again.

SYO local event on Bowden Housteads. Several objectives today: Not to make any mistakes (not acceptable on your own map!), not to get caught by GG and to run steady but not hard. Thankfully all achieved. Actually felt very comfortable running and enjoyed it – though the woods are so much more open and visible at this time of year (it would be much more difficult in the summer). Only problem was that I mapped it at 5k and when I enlarged it to 7.5k (to fit an A4) I didn’t enlarge the symbols so it was quite difficult to read. Loads of people out though and I’ve never seen so much tracking in the forest for a local event!
Routegadget and Results

DPFR New Years Day fell race (run) from the top of Eyam. Lovely route across to Shatton Moor, up to Abney Moor (very nice bit of runable terrain) and back down Bretton Clough. Diddn’t want to run hard due to not being completely recovered so sat between GG’s ‘still not named on AP’ misses and Alex. Start and first climb was a little faster than I was wanting but after that it settled into a nice relaxed pace and all went well until we got stuck in a re-entrant in Bretton Clough.

Quick but slow warm down with Alex.

Still ill but not so much today. Should be back exercising tomorrow.

Still feeling a little off colour so sitting it out for another day.

Not feeling good, all blocked up but thankfully not dying. A few days off required methinks.

Around Burbage with GG and his ‘yet to be named on AP’ misses… Slush on ice, needed dobs, didn’t have them. But even in a thick grey mist it felt well warm being 3 degrees!

Walking in a rather odd way after yesterday. All sorts of muscles are wanting the day off.