Training Log Archive: mikeyA

French 6 days. Day 6. Oh dear. Determind to have a good run here and no.1 was easy and it got me in then 2 i missed massive. there was a easy path route down the hill a little but i didnt see that. went straight and lost 8 mins messing around. no.3 i messed up as well. lost almost 10 mins. Ran down a path that went in completly the wrong direction and i never checked my compass. ended up miles away, relocating on some random open bit on the path next to some big crags. Still got lost going back. apsolutly caned the rest of the course hitting everything and going flat out. really annoyed bout 2 and 3.

French 6 days. Day 5. Really annoyed with this. Having a great run. Caught Patrick R up 2 mins by 1. Left him to 2 then missed 3 slightly lost maybe 1 min. 4 and 5 were fine then 6..... Lost 7 mins on a simple leg. dont know where i went but Patrick got there at the same time. 7 went wrong as well lost 4 mins and ended up following these old women's instructions into it. grrrrrr

French 6 days. Day 4. Lost lots of time on 2. Came out of the control in the wrong direction and ended up on the wrong path. Realised but still lost time. Then got down into the right area but just couldnt find it. Ended up in a huge group of people looking for the same one. Saw at least 3 people on my course there as well but im not sure wether i had caught them or the other way round. Someone found it eventually and shouted out to us all. Lost maybe 10 mins. Beasted the hill to 3 but lost 30 secs at the circle. Lost another 8 mins at 4 having come out of the control the wrong way and being to high up a path and not realising. Relocated on a massive crag but still anoying. Took the safe routes for the rest but i got a bit lucky on 7 when i was too low down the hill and found this wire. followed it up to the hill and the control :S

French 6 days. Day 3. Started off badly again. messed up 1. Knew i was in an open depression right next to the control but when i went in i just couldnt find it and ended up running down to the main path. Went back to the depression and went in again and found it. Lost maybe 3 mins. Bit hesitant going into 3 lost maybe 30 secs. Went a rubbish way out of 3 and ended up in this huge felled area. Lost maybe 1 min trying to get out of this onto the main path. Lost another min at the control when i was stood in the wrong open area so 2 mins in total there gone. Then missed 8. Lost 3 and a bit mins messin about on the top of a hill. lost a lot of height trying to relocate as well.

Rest day. Seemed too early one in the week but still. Just watched the sprint race at Chambery (Well done GG :D) and sat around in the house.

French 6 days. Day 2. Thought i had a decentish race here. Messed 3 badly lost maybe 5 mins just running down a path that i thought was another. Saw Will R at 6 but i dont really know how he had gone past me, maybe at 3. Ran the rest of the race with Will untill he messed up the second last and i didnt get distracted (bonus points with Liz) and went the right way to the control, not following Will. Missed it a tiny bit in the circle maybe losing 30 secs. Only ended up less than a min down on Will tho.

French 6 days. Day 1. Pretty poor race really. started off not really thinking despite what everyone had told me about how hard it was going to be and headed straight into the terain, trying to go straight. Got v lost and ended up losing over 10 mins on a route that went a fair bit round on a path. Missed 2 as well not concentrating on which path i was on. lost maybe 2 mins here. Did well on 3 tho as finally decided just to follow a path as close as i could but yet again missed 4. Got to the control circle then just messed it up. lost another 2 mins here. Lost another 3 mins on 5 just running over the wrong hill. Rest of the race was good. Went past little harison tho ;)

Event: WOC 2011 + O'Festival Savoie Grand Revard