Training Log Archive: Keith

St Jaume et le Plo de Maurou - Lezignan-Corbieres

My first event in france and for a while. Terraine was rocky forest with some contour detail and many tracks. Overall quite good but not too technical.

Slowish through first 2 then small mistake at 3. Bad route choice to 6, realised aobut half way that it wasn't optimum but didn't relise it cost me 2 mins. A bit slow through the next ones. Fastest split to 14, which is suprising considering i lost 10 secs going into it. I think nearly every one else tried to go straight, rather than the track. Hesitant at 16. Small misses on detail ones at 20 & 21. Thought i'd just be able to hit them, so wasn't really reading map, going to fast. Lesson to be learnt. Rest was sweet, got speed up by a dog chasing me to 24.

Good to get out and do some O, felt my running, and specifcially terraine running was poor. It was hot - 30 deg, but i didn't think this had too much of an effect. O shoes would've knocked off 1 - 2 mins. Terraine not to disimilar to parts of NZ (eg a much much simplier Naseby) so I didn't struglle to pick this up. Although not used to running past grapes which was cool.

4th overall, they give out mint prizes (bottle of wines t-shirts etc) and it's not that hard to get one, so i'll have to try harder next time!!

Serious lack of girls at the event, something the french federation will have to work on to establish gender equality.

Short run to let the legs know they're there before my first O event in france tomorrow

To work

Home from work, looking forward to orienteering french style this weekend!! And a rest from biking.

Measured the routes i currently take to and from work.

So train arrived late, so 10 mins to get ready and then off to work, probably followed by the slowest ride hom ever, due to sore vein in neither regions.

Pleasntly suprised to see that GBR took out the mens relay gold.

Light Run from campground at Lac Chambon. Very like roto vegas area (volcanic plateau). Round lake then up hill behind, thought about going up suc de quoc, but thought better of it.

Then long drive to paris, and sleeper back to toulouse.

Quick walk up Puy de Sancy, 8.4 km 2hr 10 min ~ 600 m. Loads of tourists around, seemed amazing how much gear some needed to walk from the top of the gondala to the top, up a paved path.

Earlier this morning was the highlight of the trip, my first use of a squating toilet, tres bien!

To satisfy Jordan another MTB, this time a black track from Charlannes in La Bour boule. Better surfaces than the previous day. Although I couldn't do one bit of tech single track, and then got wet trying to go through the river. Nice climb to finish.

MTB from Albepierre in Cantal Mts. Alright not many people around, good to get out and do some proper MTB on a nice bike