Training Log Archive: A damp otter

British relay champs running the mens open . Had a really great start catching up keith and i was pleased with my navigating . After switching to the second map however things went downhill fast, i made a 2 min mistake on the first control and another min on the one following that and once i crossed back over the bridge my knee gave way on a really steep downhill section and became agony to run on , i lost all the pace and keith got away from me by 10 mins so i was really dissapointed . Going to take a couple of weeks off running now and concentrate on getting recovered for training for next season and to focus on exams .

Event: British Orienteering Championships
 

British champs wharncliffe and greno . Went off cautiously not Going to fast for the forst control . My cocentration Gone by number 2 and i lost about 3.5 mins in the sea of bushes . Carried on a bit annoyed to lose it so early on in the race . Aidan caught me up at 8 and i was with him to 12 where i took the wrong path . After that i found very little motivation and i found it very hard to run in all the unfergrowth i probally dropped about 5 mins because of this in the latter of the controls . Disapointed with my run to say the least but i need to learn from it for next season . 7th, winner = 55 somthing

Course 17 - Splits

Bok urban race 4 at henleaze another great course
started off at reasonable pace then slowed down a bit to ( take it easier ) otherwise i would have ben screaming at me not sure i took the best route to 3 and didnt notice the drinks station at 7 probally because i was just sooo concentrated :P at nine started to get into a reasonble pace again which i tried to keep with for the rest of the course . craney overtook me going to 10 and was gone by the time i punched 10. had trouble understanding the map around 13-14 and took the wrong path to 15 . apart from that an alright run and leg felt ok to :) and of course *benmaliphant* i know there is a national chamionships on saturday and i can promise i ran with that in mind

C • So whys the injury box tick... 7