Training Log Archive: Bomb

recovery run with miri and fransisca. trying to sort the legs out a bit before 3 days of travel home.

day 6 of the Scottish 6 day. long. tired running to the start and never had the legs for it. the first part of the course had heaps of open marsh and heather and I struggled to get any decent rhythm running. the middle part was really nice, then the last loop was steep and annoying, particularly the bingo control right near the end that cost me 5 mins, which was partly due to being too tired to relocate properly.
the course and area were generally really good and it would have been great to have been able to really race it. great to see Mary get around a really tough course. pity the Aussie boys couldn't be bothered.

run to the start. warm down was a very slow walk to the car.

day 5 at Roseisle. back on sand dunes and nice runnable terrain. really enjoyed the race and felt like I was starting to orienteer properly again.

long run too the start, warm down and a swim at burghead beach.

euromeeting middle at loch of boath. moraine terrain with lots of marsh. started well for the first few controls but then the course got into the marshy area and I really struggled to run properly. took most of the rest of the course to remember how to get through this type of terrain.

euromeeting Sprint at lossiemouth. good section at the start through a housing estate with lots of small paths. not too many dead ends but hard to keep track of where you were as it all looked the same. ran well through this section but ran out of legs in the quarry section at the end.

day 3 at culbin. on the less good part of the map, probably as the better parts have been saved for woc.
tough run with lots of heather and pine thinnings and not particularly tricky nav. really struggled physically and lost a bit of time in places where I was focusing too much on just moving forward and not enough on the destination.

day 2 at Carse of Ardersier. better race today and could really get into running hard in the terrain. unfortunately ruined a good race by heading straight from 15 to 17 and losing 2 mins before I realised. Times were close and it cost a lot of places. oh well.