Training Log Archive: paul c

Tired this morning.

Easy from Aldermaston to Buckleberry.
Legs were very tired.

Event: Midlands Championships (UKOL)
 

Hamstring hurt on warm up so went off steady but would stop if it got worse.
Started ok but I still don't think the map should have been light green around controls 2 and 5.
I caught up Paul at 6 and pushed on past but stopped short on #7 and dropped over a minute. Pretty clean after that until veering right on #14.
Hamstring held up well and although my legs felt shot from #10, they lasted out well until the finish.
More happy with this result than last nights so fitness is starting to come back.

C • light green 2

Event: British Night Championships (UKOL)
 

This area looked tough from the map in the event centre so I knew safe routes would be good. After the first easy control I got very lucky. On the way to #2 I went across an open rough area and didn't know where I had come out on the track. I tried to relocate and could feel the time bleeding away from me. After backtracking and going off in hope I managed to see a control. I went over to see the feature and try to relocate when I found it was mine.
After that I stuck to the tracks and stopped as often as I needed, to check the next route ahead. This worked very well and I caught Tom up on the way to #9. We worked well with each other until Ali M came past and I latched onto him until #23.
I lead the way to #24 but this was a bugger to find even though we were in the right area. After that I tried to push on towards the finish and got away from Tom at #27.
I took it very steady around the last few but still dropped time.
I think I dropped about 5 minutes over the course but others seemed to have a nightmare out there.
Hamstring just about held out but was painful and tight afterwards.

Usual.

Event: London Night Series 2015-16 #4: Wimbledon Common
 

Started off easy to get the legs moving and stopped too short for #2. After this my hamstring was fine for a while and hit it hard to #3. I hadn't read the whole leg to #4 and started to cut across the rough open. When I saw the other end to the leg I diverted to the car park which cost me over a minute to others.
Ok until #8 where I hit the unmapped path as others did but still did ok for the split. #10 screwed me over like many others so no problem with that. Hamstring really tight from 10 onwards so took it easy to the finish.
Really nice change as always from Scott in the planning and enjoyable on The Common.

Long - Splits