Training Log Archive: Thraws

After cocking up first control of the new year felt a bit heavy-legged on hills and never pushed that hard till Kenny caught me at 11 and I decided to try and stick with him. Had planned to go south from start to stream then turn right but went too far along path and missed flag on my left by a few feet. And still turned right. Was pleased to get through the tricky pick section OK, but some of my splits were slower than Lu's, mostly because I went the wrong way round things. Was getting going when I spotted a path contouring under the crags to 9. This involved ascending a slope almost too slippy to climb, and I resorted to hands and knees. When I got to the control about 200 metres along I found I'd lost my dibber and had to go back to the crags for it. It felt like I'd lost about 10 minutes. Picked up the tempo in the last 15 minutes, racing Kenny to controls, but was never going to have a good result in the circumstances. Was nice to be back on this area after four years though, and Ed's courses were excellent.

Dark in the morning but left work at 3.30 so got home without lights.