Training Log Archive: BrandNewMe

Ray is delighted that he has rocketed up the rankings after the city race last weekend. He has reached the giddy heights of 88th, only one place behind Roger, and rather ironically well ahead of Hollie, who scored him 1345 - his highest score and higher than any of her counting scores - when she borrowed his dibber at the SHI’s last year.

C • Borrowing dibbers 1

Trotter training. Annual outing. Hill reps. From Blackford Pond entrance, up to top of Observatory Road, recovery down, then rep up and recovery down back to blackford pond again and repeat 3 times. Then on to HBT Burns supper at the Bell.

Lunch running plans scuppered by lack of running tights. Jogging around in the evening doing some jobs.

To Queens Drive and back

Toni’s time trial. Felt slow so was pleased with a relatively quick time.

Primary school sprint, or plod. Tired. Knee still sore. Hip not great.

Mooching around after the kids. First the light green with Loz, then the orange with Lucy. It’s sad so see quite how much more Laurence prefers orienteering when he has me with him, he is THAT scared of the dogs. If I can get him past the orange stage at SOLs, where he is more likely to encounter dogs on paths, and we pretty much don’t ever orienteer in our local environment which is hooching with the damn things, he might actually enjoy the sport.

C • Bloody dogs! 7

EUOC City Race - Women’s Open

I really wanted to win this. It has been a bit of a three way battle with Tessa, Helen and I so many times in the past, so as a race it has many happy memories. And Robin Orr crafted some really nice trophies a few years ago. And running this race makes years of WOC sprint training pay off.

So I started nervously absolutely pegging it. Didn’t look at the map properly to number 1 and missed the alley, but I went straight down to number 2 which was best. Hesitant to 3, died to 4 - I am just not fit enough to run hard up the hill. Ditto 5. 6 I took the left route over the bridge which was fastest. 7 and 8 were easy. 9 was hard to see - magnifier used here. 10 and 11 were standard. Just realised looking at my map now that I thought 15 was a butterfly control, and so I went to it on the way to 12, then did 12,13 and 14 then back to 15. Which probably explains the time loss to 12. Did anyone approach 12 from the West? That was clearly the better route, if you don’t think you have to go to 15 on the way.

16, 17 fine. Tiring now. 18 was fine but confusing when I got to the lower level. I thought I had seen 19 at the top of the oppposite stairs when I went to 18, so was confused when I came up and didn’t see it. Dropped time here. 20-21 I went south to the Western Approach Road.

Dropped time to 23 by going down a long flight of stairs. Dying now. So tired. 24 wrong side of the wall. 25 good. 26 went towards 27. Dying. Brain not working. 28 and 29 easy. Took the east bridge to 30 which dropped time. 31 stood next to it didn’t see it. 32 easy. 33 and finish, killer.

Great courses, liked the bigger map scale. Pleased to win.

C • Really wanting to win 3

Jog to start, then after the finish staggered back to the start to get the jackets.