Training Log Archive: ba-ba

Event: Midlands Championships + Interland Selection
 

Mine and Faz's awesome warm-up obviously put the shitters up Rhodri, as he didn't show up.

New shoes after my debarcle last weekend...
I hesitate to call it a race as my O isn't up to the standard where I can run at race speed (except over long legs with obvious route choice), but if racing is when you get the balance of nav and speed just right, this wasn't far off for me! I was moving quite well considering the last few weeks, made few mistakes, and was less hesitant in route planning and fine nav than I normally am. Really enjoyed it and found the mother of all orange mud pits on exiting #18!
Few tinsy snaffus:
#1 bit slow, bit faffy, but just getting into the stride of things (and going up to my nipples in brambles...)
#4 Drifted right and checked every pit east of the actual one. Maybe a min lost. Similar at 6 but no way near as bad.
#17 had my route planned great, but went a bit far along the path adding maybe 200m.
#20 by this point Ben Stevens and JC had caught me and we all spent a bit of time looking for the depression next to a (seemingly there when they mapped it...) patch of open. 1min. (they helped me through the next few controls even though I was a good 200m behind them.)

Only got caught by my 6min man at 14 after 45mins of running, which I was more chuffed about when I thought he was my 3 minute man, but still not too bad. Slowed a bit at the end, especially once I'd passed Faz. Tried a sprint finish but cramped up after 20m.

Heavygate, Bole Hill, Stables, down to Rivelin Glen, up and down a bit to the Mill Pond, along the bottom to the bridge. Up the fields of tiny horses (no horses) VERY slowly, coppice, cirith ungol, allotments, stables, back through crookes/crookesmoor.
Lacking any get up and go today - it was struggle. Tomorrow's gonna be FUN!

We lost. Played OK, but lost. I ran about a lot (when I was on the pitch...)

Out to accelerate to drop off the size run and not get shoes as they didn't have any in my size. Then back to Tesco. Walked back from there.
Not run at a decent pace in what seems like an aaaaage. Felt not too bad.

best part of 5 hours singing in a cathedral which swallows all sound in a choir which doesn't enunciate = good diaphragm work-out!

blast around weston park. Cocked up 2 on the wrong side of an impossible wall. Small mistakes on 1, 16. Not up for anything at the moment really. Lost a lot of time pin-punching.

very lazy Birthday hills