Training Log Archive: OJ

Travelling to Moscow all day.

BOC relay, uninspiring area, uninspiring course, but Rob's run on first leg was inspiring so I got quite up for it, Neil did well to hang on in spite of his gut problems. Set of in a bit of a vacuum, caught sight of ShUOC and NOC up the hill, but then got pushed off by some unmapped OOB and punched at the wrong wall crossing, realised quite quickly and went back for the right punch, no chance to catch after that. Had a nice run around, surprised to come in 3rd, after ShUOC turned out to have been dsq'd. Not a very satisfying way to win a medal, but it's always good to bag another buff.

C • buffs 5

Warm up with a pep talk from Rob, half-hearted warm down with Mike on his rare guest appearance at an orienteering event.

Event: BOC 2012
 

BOC long, Dalegarth. Came into this with the wrong attitude and got what I deserved. Set off hard but never felt confident in my pace and I let my head drop for no good reason. Lost concentration in a few places in spite of the dead simple navigation and got punished for it - including missing over 2 mins on 11, which is unforgivable on an area like this. Pushed on towards the end, but without conviction for 4th place. Hector ran a great race for the win, good to see a new name on the trophy.

Ran a long warm up to get myself up for this. Not so much warm down as I was in a boo.

To clear my head. Not having a good day.

IW, heavy pack but feeling nice and fresh.

Harder run HFW after a very boring seminar.

No time for training, in Leeds all day for an interview. Stress, stress, stress.

HFW via Crosspool. Running medecine, instant hit. Feeling surprisingly springy.