Training Log Archive: Parkino

Event: Scottish 6 Days
 

Scottish 6 Days, Lossie
good run, but the course didn't offer the technical challenge I had expected and the very late start didn't offer much benefit, apart from the tracks to the last control, which gave me my best split of the week (3rd), caught by Chas (-3) on the way to 11, quite pleased by that

2) slowed the pace after hitting 1 earlier than expected, getting used to the scale [10]
3/4) slow, giving the area too much respect [20]
9) went straight but got greedy and cut across the semi-open, it was rough and I emerged slightly disoriented and knocked off line, stumbled on across the white, hitting the track too far left, good line into control [60secs]
13) crossed the ridge lower than intended, confused by paths on the other side, paused to re-locate [40secs]
14) went south out of control, better line would've been left to pick up the path [20]

20th, only 9mins behind Steve Birkinshaw

turned out to be the best result of the week: quite a few of the better runners lost time, in particular on 16 in the green, where my use of the gorse and careful compass work paid off

Stanton Moor
quick blast on the moor with the 1:10 map from the British, slowed down by the bracken on the edge of the quarries, but the heather in the woods didn't stop me, oh no

Well, there it is: possibly the most ridiculous ranking score I've ever seen. I'm the beneficiary, but that only makes it worse. 1343. Only guys in the top 40 get these kind of scores. Of course, it was at an urban event too.

http://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/index.php?pg...;

up-date: after Frances Alexander became Andrew Yeates, my score fell by 58 points to 1285, no longer ridiculous, but still an overly-generous award

C • impressive score 19

back to Birchen Edge to tramp the marshes in the wide shallow valley beyond the edge while they are (were) still dry

(I shall name this area the 'slough of despond' - everything is a bit vague in there)

Crich, Fritchley, Wingfield Manor, Moorwood Moor
very warm, but at least the pace was quite steady - gentle, but steady, put in an effort on the hills, then waited for the others, until the last climbs where the route was pretty obvious and I carried on alone