Training Log Archive: Chas

Race the Castles, Balmoral estate. Short Brown 7.0km 285m.
Started 1 min after Colin McIntyre. Saw him punch no.1 but never caught him (for the first time) until no.5.I moved ahead up the hill to no.7 but we were both too far right. Colin corrected quicker and punched 1.5 min before me. I caught him again between 10 and 11 only to miss 13 and 14 letting him through again. Chased him down the hill to finish ensuring i was within the 1 min. Enough for the win despite around 5 mins lost. Routegadget:
http://www.soa.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#44

Event: JOK Chasing Sprint
 

JOK Chasing Sprint, Birsemore Hill. Vet Men prologue. 3.2km.
Steady but clean run. 25s down on Bilbo and 1min on Frank Buytaert (Belgium).

The Chase. 3.1km.
Sprinted off and caught Bilbo. We both caught Frank at no.1 and I settled in behind to recover from the initial sprint. Bilbo missed the dodgy no.4 (hidden under brashings) and I nipped ahead. Frank then twisted his ankle on the descent to no.8 and I found myself alone in the lead. Should have cruised home but stopped concentrating and got the wrong no.9. Disqualified, handing the win to JonX who finished a few minutes behind.

Golf with Andy and Dave H. 31 points (20/11). Avoided the embarrassment of getting beaten by Dave on my own course.

Digley, with Dave H.

Golf: Pro's mid-week comp. 34 points (17/17). Steady stuff, hitting my irons particularly well.

Holmfirth CC Sunday ride. B group. Lockwood, Meltham, Marsden (cafe stop), Diggle, Greenfield, Saddleworth Moor. Lots of stop start, particularly early on. Pleased to beat all but one of them to the top of the Greenfield climb. Left knee sore so need to do some quad stretching.

Plus stretching and rollering, concentrating on quads.
Now resting up with a view to hopefully completing 4 races over 3 days next weekend.