Training Log Archive: Jay-T

CSC Qualifier at The Wrekin.
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Started slowly, doing an unnecessary detour to #1 (1m) and being too hesitant and cautious way before #2 (30s). To #3 I misjudged my distance along the path, looking far too low, and had a big climb back up to the control (2m).

After this poor start, it all completely fell apart at #4; I was initially on a good line in to the control, and just a few metres above the flag / feature (boulder) on my first pass, but simply didn't spot it. Fortunately there was a valley shortly afterwards and a control higher up the hill on a crag; two good catching features. I quickly relocated and went back in, but still couldn't find the flag (it transpired I was just below the feature this time).
I then had a mind crisis of sorts and decided that maybe I hadn't gone far enough and went for a fruitless search further along the slope before eventually returning to the crag control. This time I went straight to my control; total time loss of around 13m 30s... Saw Matt Stott as I was leaving so gave him a hint that he was overshooting.

The rest of the course was pretty good (2nd only to Embrey for that section), but the damage was done.
Ran 8km 440m... Inflated ranking points at the top today too...

NGOC WNL Sallowvallets.
I went for a walk at the Kidnalls in the morning - the brambles seem to have proliferated if that were even possible.
Sallowvallets, however, was in beautiful condition, and a pretty clean run here saw me pick up the majority of controls (25 / 27), although I was a little late.
Misses on #20, where the feature seemed further from the edge of the wood than mapped (1m 30s), and #15, where I climbed too high up the slope (1m 30s).
Collected some afterwards.
Night O is fun.

C • WNL 2

An excursion to the Devil's Chapel today to maintain the theme from yesterday. Mostly strolling with brief bits of running interspersed. The Devil appears to like the FoD.

A pleasant sojourn to the Devil's Pulpit.

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