Training Log Archive: Jay-T

HR data crazy (213 max)

Race the Castles - Balmoral.
Great area / course. Enjoyed, albeit a bit hilly for my liking.

#5 Went west as I thought it would save climb and offer better running but it didn't pay off [60]
#6 Caught Ian Webb here which provided a bit of impetus to get away by #9
#11 Briefly attempted to cross river (not a good idea), then off line up the hill [30]
#13 Pretty sure that this was the best route for me, but slightly overshot [20]
#14 Found the Brown control in the quarry, worked out where it must be, but then confused myself as it didn't seem to fit. Very hesitant. Led Spongey and Kris into flag [50]
#17 Chasing the aforementioned through the previous two controls (hence elevated splits); being dropped anyway, but in my haste I smacked my right knee against a boulder and came to a crippling halt. Hobbled on to flag and it wasn't too bad to run on; just got on with it [45]
#19 Stopped to stretch a bit to stave off cramp, but loss in concentration saw me drop too far down the hill and I got stuck in a load of brash in the open [80]
#21 Confused by people emerging from the OOB; once I had worked out it must be the main start area I had overshot the wall crossing and lost height that I had to regain [75]
#22 Not much fight left up the hill but found the flag ok.
#23 Thought I did it ok, but in retrospect a bit of a banana [30]
#26 Intended to use path, but swayed by Eddie and Burke around me went straight. Stupid miss; I realised first. Then Murray breezed past [90]
#27 Shortly after punching Murray came past again.

Got my knee checked out at the first aid van afterwards; significant laceration which will take a while to heal, but no major damage done it would seem.
Probably in about the right place in the results (58/73). Less than an hour behind Hubmann (!)

http://www.soa.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#44

Event: JOK Chasing Sprint
 

Not much required after long uphill walk to start.

JOK Prologue Birsemore
Binned quite a bit of time on the first three controls. A bit better thereafter, but outclassed in this field.

Long time to wait.

JOK Final Birsemore
Not much chasing for me as most of the people who finished around / after me wimped out of the final.
Dodgy route to #2 and missed #3 to the west. More time lost on the craggy slope to #5. Perked up a bit when I saw CC just ahead at #8, but he disappeared after I switched off down the hill to #10. Started looking far too early for #11, but worked it out just in time as Duncan Grassie appeared to avoid being last overall finisher! Even further off the pace. Oh well.

Easy loosener around Bargany Estate.

Half term meant no badminton on offer in Girvan... so went for a damp run instead. Had to wait a while until my meal had digested at least partially. No torch, so initially planned to loop around the town. However, my shins and knees immediately determined that road running must be minimised, so I headed for the parks along the front, before moving to the beach. Almost made it to the lighthouse but the tide was just too far in. Probably a bit mad but weirdly enjoyable. Sandy afterwards.

http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/61362420...

Orch

Exacerbated lower right back towards end.

Event: Regional Middle Distance Event
 

EBOR Brayton Barff

#2 Confused by mapping of vegetation (outdated). Overshot but didn't realise immediately as I crossed a major path without even seeing it. Wandered around for a bit. Possibly not really into the map / concentrating sufficiently [90]
#6 Crossed into the car park and had to jump back over the fence [10]
#11 Initially crossed over the path I needed and had to loop back to it [10]
#18 A couple of people binned a lot of time here but it seemed ok to me.
#19 Went around rather than straight. Safer but possibly slightly slower.
#22 Map exchange; disorientated [10]

Not a bad run other than #2, enough to scrape ahead of the competition. The area was straightforward but there was lots of potential for little misses with many controls close together (some too close I would hazard a guess according to the guidelines). Once again (for this area) the climb in the details was massively overstated - I clocked just over a third of the quoted amount (310m).