Training Log Archive: paul c

Recovery run from the B&B in Kendal. Legs are not too bad and liking the roads:-)

Relay, 1st leg.
I love these.
After a hard start up the hill to the 1st control I settled in and let a pack lead me around the first loop.
Got to the central control a bit down on others I would normally be in front of so I thought I was on a longer gaffle.
I lead most of the 2nd loop and was hesitating too much that I lost contact with groups further on when we came back off this loop.
Took a safe route to #11 and then decided to go to #13 instead of 12. Very annoying but I caught up with the group again after losing no more than a minute.
I hung on to the end with the group taking some better and worse routes.
Not a great result overall but in one piece.

I was never going to do 4 races this close to London so went for a run up the river Tay an The Hermitage.
From the sounds of it, I was happy to not run on Craig a Barns.

To the start.

Middle.
The warm up area was shit. 3 controls and 2 of them in a big marsh...
I thought I was going well to #1 then I saw an elite woman going back towards the left. I thought she had already got the control and I ended up in the small re-entrant to the S.E. I picked up my 2 min man and then I found the control.
Fine to 2 and 3 reading the map well.
Then it all went wrong. The veg boundry screwed me over on the way to #4. If it had been marked then I think I'd have been ok. Couldn't make the map fit and was too far E without knowing it. The 2 other controls in the area didn't help me and I blew 5.30....
I ran with another guy to 8 swapping the lead before he went over and missed. I got it clean and went on.
The next few were fine as they were easy but on the uphill to #11 my legs were drained. I'd only done 3.1 km in terrain and the lack of practice had caught up with me. Surprising how quickly you can lose leg strength.
I banana'd around the rest of the course not seeing anyone.
A very disappointing run even taking out the mistake at #4.

1 - Splits

Event: JK 2012
 

Before and after.

I really enjoyed this.
I started off ok, not fast but safe. I didn't look inside the control circle for the 1st 4. Just ran into the courtyards and saw them.
Didn't have any recent sprint runs to get myself to plan ahead and fell into the trap at #5. I hit 2 deadends before coming back on myself and going around to the north.
I flowed from there for the rest of the northern estate section although my route choice for #14 was too slow. Saw James Williams(minute man) coming out of #15 and picked it up. I ran under the first bridge to #18 and nearly half way across the water before I realised I'd gone too far.
Still no worries until I hit #20 before #19. STUPID!!!
I was worrying about others than myself as usual.....
Got back into it from there except for the route choice to #26. I couldn't make the map fit with the skate park and lost 30 secs.
I felt really strong in this race and was never in fatigue, just a shame about the nav....

1 - Splits

Through Fort William to the Nevis Carpark, some strides and then back.

Up Ben Nevis the tourist way and back down the North Face route after the zig zags.
Stunning views today as the snow line was about 400m and cloud above the summit.