Training Log Archive: Golfer

Event: Bubo cup 2015
 

Forest sprint. Slow, especially on leg 1 getting used to mapping and 1:5000 scale. Good on all the others except 7 where I didn't see the depression (flag was below ground level). 16 was odd: mapped as brown cross (tree root?), description was broad spur and flag was in small depression but number was right!! Nice open forest compared with last week in Slovenia.

Deb ran very well to be 3rd after the first day.

C • brown cross 2

Last day and it was probably the hardest race I have run, at least physically - and run is something I did to the Finish and back to the arena (remote finish) and not much anywhere else on the course! Generally good course but a couple of controls like my #6 bordered on dangerous due to extreme slope!

Nav was OK apart from 2, 11 and 14 (latter was bingo-ish in long grass), picking my way slowly through the terrain. Disappointed I didn't break 100 minutes :-))

Deb had another great run and lifted herself up into 3rd place and onto the podium which is an outstanding effort!

C • Super congrats to Deb 2

Poor effort today on such a technical but short course, 2.9km albeit with 5% climb. Small errors on 2 and 5 before big blowout on 7, losing over 20 minutes! After relocating from the main track, I basically retraced my steps and was frustrated to find I had almost reached the control first time round but stopped about 50m short!. Had a heavy fall onto a limestone rock just short of 9 with skin off right shin and calf and almost broken left ring finger - very swollen and sore around 2nd joint. Struggled to raise any pace from then on and silly error on 12 when I miscounted track cross overs. All in all a bad day - but it didn't rain!

Deb made up some time and places with her best run yet, 3rd fastest on the day just 3 minutes behind the winner:-)

C • congrats to Deb! 1

Less technical today but I made a few errors, mainly 1st control where I didn't follow compass accurately and drifted left before returning almost to the start to relocate, losing about 6 minutes. Otherwise no big errors (too far right on 3 and also on 12) but slow going as lack of stamina started to hit home after 3 straight days (and 2 more to go!). Torrential downpour just before my start didn't help as glasses were continually wet despite wearing a visor making map reading difficult.

Day 2 was advertised as the most technical, almost extreme and the first half of the course lived up to that description. Lots of rock, very steep slopes, big and rocky sink-holes plus a complex track/path/ride network.

Very conservative on the first couple with a minor error on 1 the only real issue. Moved a bit quicker after that and was reading it well but challenging physically with lots of fallen trees and loose rocks underfoot, even (especially?) on some of the "tracks" as well as the general steepness of the terrain.

Overall pretty pleased with my run. Slow as expected but course and map were both good.

Deb unfortunately picked up the wrong map at the start but didn't twig until she reached the 1st control. Decided to go back and get the right map but that cost her about 25 minutes! Otherwise had a good run.