Training Log Archive: RobB

Orienteering at Tankersley. First time I had raced here competitively and was looking forward to it (kind of). Started 1 minute down on OJ without knowing it (the start box had no one in when I ran to it honest!) and caught him up owing to a slight mistake he made early on. OJ then proceeded to run away from me - really struggled after yesterday and he seemed to love jumping over branches and changing direction and speed in a way that I struggled to keep up with. I always think that OJ runs like an excited 12 year old when I see him orienteering - sprinting in and out of controls and ducking and diving through the foliage.

I lost sight of him in the last 1/3rd, and made a slight (20s) mistake, so was expecting him to beat me overall. Turns out he also made a small mistake at the penultimate so I sneaked the victory. Magic was close on our heels.

My first victory in an O event for a long time, and the first of the year - tempted to retire undefeated!

Warm up (knee ok, but back stiff) and then a long run home. Cabbaged by the time I was putting the key in the door.