Training Log Archive: madmike

jog/walk and look at map samples
Karst terrain with grizedale mossy rocks - horrible for my ankles

Middle Race 11 of 30. Karst Terrain but with mossy boulders so loads of walking. went downhill to start and then climbed back up all the way.

race was 3.5Km and 175m climb.

Error on 5 as on map and descrips as crag but was a boulder and i was on wrong side lost 2.5 mins. Biffed penultimate and lost 45 secs as too many crags in circle and not concentrating enough, should have gone lower and looked up.

overall result Ok and good start in Italia Copa - rnd 2 in Salento next month

only 670 Km away from yesterday afternoons race!

First go at trail O got the hang of it on the latter part but then biffed the 2 timed controls.

Good tecjhnicla training - will do this again now i know what I am doing but still finished in top half of the field

VDP W Trophy of the Villas 2 3.6 Km, out hard and tried to hang on but was longer than a sprint, winning time 19 mins on elite and 21 on m40 (same course).

1 control in same spot on map as last week but in different place, one route choice error at the end in oxygen debt maybe 40 secs lost and I still can't see the mapped gaps in that bloody hedge so went wide right to obvious gap then control was not on corner but 3 trees back.

also had problems finding 2 punches which were other side of trees from flags.

Overall 5th on M40 and could have been 2nd or 3rd but on bright side was within a minute of GianLuca on a runners course. 2-7 in 120 secs but Zarfo 4 mins clear - needs to run elite

walk around to loosen off knees and calves

After 3 days waiting for aches to go away - decided to go for jog. nothing special but few creaks, right knee in particular.

Going to do 2 races this weekend with a 700Km trip between them, must be mad! VDP Ovest on Sat and then off to border with Slovenia for a middle race.