Training Log Archive: AC

Decided to see if a longer warm up would make a difference to the race today. So headed out for a decent jog with several strides towards the end. Found a beautiful part of Fontainebleau forest with a mass of wild daffodils - yellow amongst the trees as far as the eye could see. Truly spectacular. Went back after the race and picked a bunch to take home for the girls.

First of the Regionale races. This one was in Fontainebleau at Rocher Desmoiselle. Very rocky mixed with flat featureless terrain. Started out well enough and hit the first 10 controls okay with only a bit of minor messing around in the control circle (e.g. standing 5m from a control and not seeing it because it was behind a rock or a tree or in a pit). Then started to get tired and making errors, missing 2 controls in the flat featureless terrain. THey were bingo controls, but could have been spiked with a bit of care. On the first, I got confused by the tracks and didn't realize I had crossed one so was searching in the wrong forest compartment. The second was really tucked away in a pit and I ran past it several times before I saw someone pop in and out of it. Wasted a good 7-8 minutes on these two controls. THen got pretty tired and just managed a jog for the rest of the course. A bit disappointed in the effort in the end.