Training Log Archive: Alex M

Event: British Orienteering Championships
 

Was doing fine, with only my route choice on the long leg (me not being brave enough to thrash through the brashings up the hill) and straying into the rockson the steeper slope letting me down, then got tired and had moments of complete stupidity where I just switched off and lost about 3 mins just because I didn't read the map and spot the control was in the woods not the open, finished 4th equal, but would have been 1 second quicker if I had heard the finish box the first time.

Course 17 - Splits

From the Lomas's with John, at an easy pace but still a reasonable distance, everybody else thought we were going the wrong way, as we kept meeting them going in the opposite direction.

Only the planner beat me tonight, and even he was only 43 seconds ahead.

From Axe Edge, across to Danebower Quarries, over to the Cat and Fiddle, up Shining Tor, down to Erwood Hall through the Acess land and forest tracks, all the way up the road to the car park at the top, parallel to the Cat and Fiddle road for a bit, then crossed it and direct to the trig point on Axe Edge moor, straight over the top and back to the car park.