Training Log Archive: tomtom

Nice run in the beautiful weather with Gemma around Teggs Nose

Event: British Middle Distance Championships
 

All I can say is ahhhhhh! This could have been my race, was feeling confident going into it and physically better than ever. Started cleanly, spiked the first 2 controls and then disaster struck! After a hesitation into the 3rd control I got myself in the circle and to where I thought the control was but saw no control. Panic sets in and I thought I must have made a parallel error so ran across to the next hill but realise it definitely is the next hill so ran back, checked the circle again. Both my mum and dad run past me but don't look like they've seen the control so I ran out to a knoll with a control on, took a solid bearing back to the same hill and stumble across the control in a tiny hole in the ground, with the box showing at about ground level. This was so annoying as the hole was right next to where I had been the first time.
After this I knew I had lost a good few minutes so decided just to blast the rest of the race. Actually had a great run from there on, making the occasional 20 sec max mistake. Luckily not too far down on results but not a result that reflects where I am right now.

On a good note Lewis had a great run!

Warming up on the (badly mapped) warm up map
Jog afterwards with Jamie and with Gemma down the road.

Course 1 - Splits

Event: British Sprint Championships
 

Had been looking forward to this race for weeks. It was awesome!
Had the same start time as Jamie so we both set off hard. Orienteered well, could have pushed harder in the middle and near the end but qualified comfortably so didn't need to. Came 4th on my heat and only 4 seconds off 3rd! Very pleased to make the A final!

Warming up and down for each race

The A final! Didn't have much pressure for this race so just ran hard to see how many seniors I could beat! Again ran well, made a couple of small errors, but apart from that couldn't have done much better. Could have pushed harder towards the end through the spectator. Very pleased with the result, tied with Jonny for first junior!

Quali - Course H1C - Splits

Final - Course FA1 - Splits

Easy to Hursdfield and back with Matthew. With maps for the weekend again.

C • Link 3

Loops of the NT field with maps for the weekend. Gorgeous day.... feeling gurddddddddd

Orienteering training on Brereton Heath with Lewis. Brereton is a flat wooded area with lots of paths and vague features so goo training for Strensall.
Four courses - all technical, changes of direction and lots of information to process quickly. Had a couple of minutes between each one. Ran the third one twice.