Running - Fell17:50 1.82 km (9:47 / km) +63m8:21 / km ahr:116 max:147
Orienteering46:19 [4] 4.82 km (9:37 / km) +290m7:23 / km ahr:144 max:192
Battleaxe 1 - Skelghyll Woods
Some M12 level navigation
Not a single control was where I expected it to be. Failing to take compass bearings, failing to read features at all. 10-11 ran in a dead straight line using sighting and ended up 150m above the control.
Map was 1:5000 so maybe partially why I was struggling to read details as big features on the map are not big features in the terrain. But still, just could never accuratly say one feature was one feature. Probably just not taking enough time once knocked out of the flow.
Compass bearings is a strange one though as the moment I say they are one of my stronger abilities, it goes to absolute shit.
Also, getting annoyed with someone who had paths on the map, so I would run straight and they would run slightly round and just pop out at the same time as me.
Fortunatly I was doing so terribly that I can go and run the course again. So think I will get the bus down from keswick to try again in a few weeks. Think I will add in the the map of wansfell though to do some extra stuff after.
Running - Fell17:33 2.07 km (8:29 / km) +62m7:23 / km ahr:127 max:154
Running - Fell1:04:29 9.23 km (6:59 / km) +463m5:35 / km ahr:148 max:167
Legs pretty good. Kept running into coughing fits. Hoping this is something that goes away with a bit of rest after this week. Ran a bit to much in zone 3 but rly hard to find a balance with my current state.
Running - Fell16:42 2.4 km (6:58 / km) +10m6:49 / km ahr:147 max:165
Orienteering1:08:09 [5] 7.88 km (8:39 / km) +565m6:22 / km ahr:158 max:193
Cumbrian Galloppen at Honister and High Doat
Struggling with my chest. Wearing the heart rate monitor for the first time since the illness and felt okay on the warm up/jog down to the start. But then as soon as I started my breathing was all off. To quick and felt strained. Just not good at all. Complete downwards spiral, had to put my heart monitor round my waist, just couldn’t run at speed. So much more walking on hills, which I normally wouldn’t have to do. Didn’t bonk, just couldn’t run fast. I think just lost a lot of fitness as only 10s quicker than Toby. Cate Mathews and Matthew McCreadie were running quicker than me when I caught them up. Chest felt completely wasted at the finish. Legs not so bad tho.
Navigation was mediocre two mistakes costing me about 40s in total. And a bad route through some crags that had me fearing breaking a leg. But just had to run on a compass as physically couldn’t do anything more complicated. Hopefully it’s a quick muscle memory fix after the illness, but shape as of today is worse than it was in December.