Training Log Archive: Ollie

JK Day 3 on Bigland. M35. Tough physically and technically, this is a classic area. The first section, on rough pastureland, was tough underfoot, but this was followed by a pleasant Scandinavian-forest section, then into the steep forested slopes for the second half of the course - I used a bypass option for a couple of the longer legs here. Great area. Quite a few small & medium-sized mistakes. Which I'd taken a bit less time! 12th of 18 completers - disappointing.

JK Day 2. Tough, physical course in a new area - Ulpha Park. Including a couple of steep and technical forest sections, a couple of moorland sections, and a nasty green forest, so a real mix. Struggled a bit, particularly with a couple of very steep downhill sections near the end. Finished 10th of 20 completers.

JK Sprint - Lancaster University. Enjoyable course, with some good mixing of technicality and speed. Very wet underfoot after heavy rain earlier, a lot of the grass sections had turned to mud and approaching some controls without slipping was difficult! Finished 8th of 21 completers. A very late start, having had one of my trains up from London cancelled.