Training Log Archive: Craney

If only all orienteering events were this close to home - got up after 10am, and still got there too early for our starts. Great to be orienteering on the Chase again. Course was a bit tougher than I expected, and I thought the bracken was a bit higher than normal... basically, I didn't feel very good running. But only a couple of minor wobbles and kept going at a reasonable pace. Felt like it was raining with the frost dripping off the trees which made me quite cold. I think the Chase needs completely remapping from scratch as there's quite a lot of detail missing/warped, but I guess that would be quite a big project!

C • charie says... 6

15min warm-up/0min warm-down.

Cracking run with Gracie in the mist on Cannock Chase. From Brocton Coppice out to Rifle Ranges and back over to Katyn Memorial. Really enjoyed running back on my "home area". Saw a few deer to boot. Just getting back to the car when got bumped into the controller and planner for tomorrow's event - busted! Wasn't cheating honest guvnor.

IW - very cold and frosty.

Neighbours upstairs music blaring all evening and still going on after midnight, so up I stomped and knocked on the door, but no-one in. "Hmm, this is no good," thinks I, "but what's this big switch up on the wall outside their flat?" So I switch off their power and run back downstairs hehehehe.

C • ha ha, brilliant! 2

IW

HFW following my nose a bit and making it up as I went along. Felt quite good.

Another headtorch run out along woods beside ring road, round back of Sainsburys and Homebase, into Adel Woods then up the Dales way to Eccup reservoir and over fields to Alwoodley. Back on roads mainly. Took a lot longer than I expected, the original run plan would've taken over 2hrs. Muddy and hard to see where I was going for a lot of it, but good to be off roads again.

C • nice 4

IW

HFW via Roundhay Road to pick up winnings from the Skipton race.

Donned the petzl and headed out through Roundhay park, round the back of the lake, over golf course and out to Shadwell. Quite muddy and dark and cold. Saw a couple of pairs of foxes eyes looking back at me.

IW slowly. Bumped into someone else jogging to HBoS so joined him for a bit.

HFW