Training Log Archive: Akhilleus

Determined to do better than sprint and show I should be in the first relay team. Overall fairly pleased, 45 sec error at 16 not realising that the dark green was representing a fallen tree. Then 30 sec loss at 21 which I was really pissed off about as I lost 3 places, didn't look at the descriptions but navigated to the centre of the circle...cannot believe that the circles aren't centred properly at the JK!!!

Pleased with my running though still wouldn't say I'm that fit and pretty competitive. Beat the othe BOK guys apart from Craney so showed I had the speed for the relay.

Day 2 Course 1 - Splits

Event: JK 2010
 

Started really well and was running strongly, such a shame that I made two 45sec errors at 11 and 13, otherwise the result would have been good. Very disappointed.

Saunders set up I nice 50 control control pick on some sand dunes for us. Really pleased only a couple of errors and only one largish minute one in quite a vague are with lots of form line contours.

Started easy but kept catching Tim up and I had to collect 22-39 so had to wait for him to get away a bit. Hard to keep a good rythm stopping to pick up controls but after this I sped up a bit...that's when I made a min error but good after that, nice confidence booster but I'd find it really hard to push hard on that and not make mistakes.

Having another rest day. Out training on some sand dunes tomorrow.

Felt fine physically which just shows my lack of effort/interest after first half yesterday. So sleep deprived though. Oh well will have to make up for it at the JK.

Event: FVO Regional Event, World Ranking Event & Scottish O League 1
 

Not a good start, got 3 hours sleep the night before due to some danish tosser who got pissed, talked absolute crap then snored all night. I got out of bed and shook his bed, he stopped for 30 secs, after a bit Bown got up and shook him. Then at about 5am I got really p1ssed off and threw my book at him which seemed to work.

Started ok nav was good and running steady to 9 then lost time at 10 when from the map it looked like I could cut round the bottom of a crag, I couldn't and ended up doing some rock climbing. Then good to 13.

On the way to 14 the heel pads I was wearing started to slip forward under the arch of my foot, this was really frustrating and uncomfortable so I stopped and took my shoe off...then I stopped for a piss...lost about 3 mins total fannying about. Then it was all going wrong as I started to get tired at 15 I couldn't even see which re-entrant the control was supposed to be in but I was in one near to the centre of the circle but no control. Heel pads slipped forward again but couldnt really do anything about it but it was very uncomfortable.

Lost time at 19...didn't get it, route was good but didn't find it, seemed a few people had trouble. Told Andy L where 25 was so taking all credit for his result ;-). Then ok till right at the end, very tired still running when I could but wouldn't say I was really racing after 14 just not fit enough for that terrain. Lost my mind on the last control as I was convinced the control was on the crag, even looked at the description several times and still thought it was on the crag. Still thought it was in the wrong place after I finished till someone pointed out it was on the hill not the crag!

Pleased with my nav when I wasn't ruined but basically the terrain was just too tough for my current fitness level. Pretty embarressingly long time. Not so happy.