Training Log Archive: roar

WOC 2011 middle final as far as no. 16

Chose this course as it's such a nice area.
Started after Colm and before Jonny. Took me a bit to get going, hesitant on 1 and then a miss on 2 so Jonny caught me. Kinda reset the brain for a second and tidied up staying with Jonny until 6. Went for the path option for 7 and executed it pretty well I thought. The hill was damn hard work though. Everything went a bit weird in the circle then and faffed looking for the crag. Met Colm then which was a surprise. We were beside each other for 8 and then he just went wild while I spiked it and 9. Had a decently big fall then and had to sit for a minute before meeting Graeme for a little chat. Pretty good for the rest then I think and just had a great time.

Some interesting discussion later on the value of training here without kites. It's easy to spend a lot of time faffing in the circle wondering if you're in the right place which loses the flow and concentration a bit.

Dent du Chat with Graeme, Conor and Jonny. Fantastic autumn colours and a lovely sunny, if sightly chilly day. Warmed up a lot walking, although shady side of the hill was cold. Nice lunch on the summit then where there was a little wind. Great views. Felt good on the down and jogged a few bits with Conor.

To France! No flight problems and a casual evening. I cooked curry.

To work. Pretty serious rain too. Then there were no towels when I got there which was rough. Ended up using my spare thermal.

To The Wall in my wet kit, taking the N11 as it felt like it might be more efficient. Electricity was gone in Stillorgan so that ended up being kinda sketchy.

Plan had been to climb with Gina and her sister but that didn't work out. I then was waiting for Gina with my kit so had a hot chocolate. Then some nice problems. Forearms pretty pumped!

Home from climbing. No bag was nice