Training Log Archive: SarahD

From TofEss out the Firmounth through GT to high point, then left across the bog and round to Fungle. Back over Carnferg then Fungle to the Guard and return by track to ToE. Wouldn't have managed this if it hadn't been such a gorgeous morning. Sun, blue skies, frogs, thrushes, juniper, granny pines, hare and skylarks... what's not to like.
Tired now.

First road bike of the year and it was in shorts :-) Aboyne - Dinnet - Ordie - towards Tarland then back to Aboyne. Cruisey pace no rush. Sore bum.

Checking out western end of Linn of Dee map for permanent course. Not a great day but at least the snow's gone now.

From Linn of Quoich headed straight up spur onto the hill to the west. Picked up bits of old 4x4 track on the climb and other bits through heather. Cloud well down on the tops and glad of compass although I didn't have a map. Headed generally west, picking up cairns on the high points (Creag Bhalg), until I started dropping. Then found a 4x4 track to take me nicely across to the track across the spur used on run the 3D glens. Down to the road and back along to car.
Good.

To the railway and back

Time to get back to some more structured training. 5 x 4'+2' on the railway. Still stuffed up in the head but breathing ok and legs felt fine. Distance not great but that's not important.

Travelling. Head a bit stuffed up.

With J, MG and JG from Passo Falzarego up some of the ski runs. Perfect place to train at this point in the season with ski lifts closed but runs still nicely pisted. Found some old military tunnels at the top of one run then followed another to its start point at a lift up from the other side (high point of 2380m). Managed to trigger an alarm and set the lift off moving - oops. Great fun descent using the softer edge of the piste on the steeper sections. Legs not feeling too bad but slight head cold.

Short walk and ladder climb up a rock pillar at Sass de Rocia, with all the crew. Fun!

Skimo adventure with EG. From near Castillo below Passo Falzarego. Plan was for an out and back ascent of Pico Setsas, but we inadvertently ended up heading in a different direction after following ski trails from the start point rather than reading the map. Eventually worked out what had happened when we got the compass out and turned the map through 90 deg - oops. Managed to turn it into a circular route and had lunch in a shelter below Pico Setsas, but were on the wrong side to reach the summit. First part of descent was cheezy grinningly awesome, through soft snow on smooth slopes. Then it got a bit crappy trying to find a route back down through the trees, but eventually hit the outbound path again.
Brilliant. Out of my comfort zone again at times but all good learning. Out for 3.5h or so.