Training Log Archive: Tatty

Off to Deeside for a week on the U 17'/ training camp. Busy, busy!.

Off to Deeside for a week on the U 17'/ training camp. Busy, busy!.

Off to Deeside for a week on the U 17'/ training camp. Busy, busy!.

S6D Day 5, Affric West. This was one of the most physical and technical courses I have ever done in 40 plus years! Made very slow progress. Cross streams/rivers was very challenging. Too high up for 1, big error, again too high up at 6. By then I had lost interest and just walked. Amazed to find myself in 20th position when I finished, but only 4 people under 100 minutes then! Ended up 23rd, so a counting result. Not looking forward to Day 6!

S6D Darnaway. What an amazing area. Shame I just could not read the contours. Errors at 2, huge one at 7, where I eventually back tracked to 6, 9 and 10. Only 2 days left to redeem myself!

S6D Middle Race. OMG What a disaster!

Forres Age group Sprint races. Tricky area with loads of narrow gunnels, fences you couldn't go through and loads of pedestrians and cars to avoid! Bit slow at the beginning. Error leaving 11 as I did not notice the solid line of a fence on my chosen route! Lost a few seconds whilst I replanted. Pleased to be 4 th when I finished, and having beaten Miriam.

Day 2 Strathfarrar. More physical then Day 1! Lost time at 1,3 and 6. Exceedingly steep in an area of green where we had 2 spurs and a tiny crag amongst lots of other crags! Punched an extra control on the open area near the final control and didn't cut across the open as there was an uncross able fence on the map but it hadn't 't been built so we could have cut the corner. Amazed to finish in the top half! Was closer to the leader by 10 minutes today though.

Day 1 Achagour. Very tough physically. So many marshes and a very technical area of free target archery! Lost loads of time there and also at 3,6,9 and especially 10 where I thought I'd gone through a different fence crossing! Amazed I was further up from the bottom than I expected as I was way down on time.

Nairn Open Sprint race. Fast and furious. A few tricky barriers along route! Came out of 11the wrong way and had to double back. At 16 , in a tricky area of spurs and re-entrants went innone to early. Lost half a minute to Lynn which dropped me 5 places!

Event: WOC 2015 & Scottish 6 days