Training Log Archive: Old Daniel

Good warm up

Middle race at Sandscale Haws, Barrow. As good a run as I have had for some time. Found the map at 1:7500 clear and only 'mistakes' were really finding controls in the circle did go to wrong control at no 10 but able to quickly relocate

Late afternoon Mountain Walk with Kelsey's 2 hours mostly in mist 8km? 'White Coombe'

Mountain walk Wetherlam, Swirll How, Old Man loop keeping good pace qith good sized group: Fosters, Kelseys, Simmons
Snow quite low down, missed came and went, excellent day.
I understand was 21km probably 7 hours

Travel to Lake District with Pete & Jo no opportunity for exercise

Warm up

Army event at Bramshott Common- interesting area mostly semi-open -first part quite rough/ tussocks -very slow here, later part clumps of trees in mowed grass- did much better here. Did not find control 3, 5.40 v Mark's 1.10, just could not see it! Paid far too much attention to vegetation which needed and update - also lost time on 5 where I hunted in lots of bracken filled depressions and 6 where I looked in the bracken and was actually by the track. Went too straight early on. Rest of course ok -did lose small amounts of time but with 27 controls that was always going to be the case for my technical competence. One control had the wrong code and split has been taken out of the results - a bit of a shame as it was a good one for me.
Tried hard, ran well but again a long way down -bit of a theme!
Glad I went to this race

Oldbury Court 11 x 2 mins with 90 secs. Enjoyed the variety, and possibly ran a bit better -went early to try to avoid the rain

Swineford run -cold day and gathering gloom -good visibility from top of the Round Hill. Had intended to do more but limited by time (and enthusiasm?)

Warm up etc

November classic at Fritham -forest was in great condition a joy to run through - I though I had run quite well but actually 10+ mins down - I did make an error at 10 where I ran off line to a visible wrong control.
In retrospect other controls e. 7, 12, 15 may not have been that clean or not positive enough. Will be interesting to see splits