Training Log Archive: SarahD

Holme Fell. Not too sure where the sky ended and the marshes began. Headed into the middle of the AP course to observe (as far as I could see) then shadowed PC over the last few legs. Then shadowed RF on half of the "no compass" course. Impressed at the youngsters sticking it out without complaining. Wasn't a day for extending the session though.

Hawkshead w/e. Colonels Drive. Shadowing LB RB and DC. Dreich wet day so good to keep moving.

Haverthwaite Heights. Big hike up to the start. Then shadowing AG round a short loop. Really tricky. Rough tough steep technical misty and wet. All character building stuff.

With J from bottom of big Birse track. Up Gamie's track to join Fungle then all the way over to Birse castle. Back by the kirk road across Glen Cat. Finally some brightness but it felt really cold, especially heading out into the wind - time to get some winter tights out. Not feeling brilliant but tried to work the hills and pleased that I ran all of the last one up from Glen Cat. Just need to keep getting a few more runs like this in.

Crap night. Hadn't run hard, but body went into some stupid post-running weird circulation state. And it's peeing it down again this morning. Don't like November.

DNC#5 Balmedie. Wild night, but mild at least. Didn't bother with a w-u, just wanted to get it over with. Really lacking in confidence tonight. Struggling to see the map at all without stopping - lines seemed really thin and with the wind and rain I had to get my torch clearly focused on it. Circled the hill at 2 without finding the control because I couldn't see that the re-entrant was set above a low contour. Lost even more time at 4 going below it several times when it was tucked in an upper bit of re-entrant metres higher etc. After several more similar time losses managed to build my self-belief a bit more and the controls popped up rather better.
So frustrated at having to bumble round guessing where controls are because you can't see the map detail. Had the wrong shoes on as well, having decided that dobbs weren't necessary in the dunes, but the wooden paths were lethal without. And the wind was blasting sand into your face the whole time.

Steady headtorch round the woods with J - didn't fancy flogging round Aboyne in the rain.

A93 to Aboyne then up to Queens View via Coull and back by cross-roads. Darn chilly. Lost my toes. Should have had lights / reflective kit too. Feeling a lot better otherwise.

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