Training Log Archive: Old Daniel

Xmas card snow arrived overnight, very un-Bristol like I would say it was >4" So good fun to run in often virgin snow. Quite slow and a bit tiring so one of the shorter Frome valley options. Absolutely brilliant to see so many kids out - every slope in the valley will be sledged out by dusk -I have said before that this is the way to address childhood obesity but it had not previously occurred to me before that snowmen should pay tax - with the numbers around today this would quickly eliminate the need for austerity!

C • Snowy run.. 1

Another cold day -ground frozen but wind chill not to bad. Ran in multiple layers. Standard route from Swineford to golf course, Round Hill and back. Whilst foot did hurt and pace was glacial I did keep going on the hill and complete the route

BAOC Event at Greenham Common. Very cold day and frozen rock hard. Foot was a bit a painful, particularly in the forest section and breathing not great but really enjoyed the orienteering. So not going fast especially in forest section where long splits were despite being clean. Long time was really due to lack of concentration through the 31 controls.
(1) ran to 152 not 132 -thought I had passed square thicket -disconcerting.
(Not into map, not sure what was a frozen pond or frozen flooding.
(2) Ran 5,7,6,7......not really intentional, nor a good way of saving time
(3) Big hesitation going to 13 first leg into trading estate - scale stays at 1:10000 not a usual Urban scale and needlessly lost confidence and went to relocate
(4) 16 a pit. ran down hill crossed stream, no control assumed vegetation had pushed me off line went left to fence, then back and right to dam, then back and up to pit, which was at least one contour higher than mapped but no excuse for lack of confidence and losing so much time.
(5) Did not initially see crossing point - you had to go under using stream but did find pit which was a bit higher and further round hill
(6) 28 did not go to AP rather cut into flag where MBO competitor was punching -shame it was not mine
(7) 31 -ran to wrong last control with other runners, what was that about learning

Slow potter on Purdown to see if foot was bearable -which it was

The idea was to use January to build on the early training and transition to some faster running and then competition. Instead with the injuries and gap in training not only can I not run properly or quickly nor can I run in any kind of even light rough terrain but I am now losing general fitness. So new idea is just to focus on what I can do and reverse this trend

Another day with just a walk

Was very much in two minds about going to Stock Hill but did. This proved to be a mistake as foot hurt almost from outset. Not only could I not run but concentration was not existent and I got quite cold. Looks like anything that looks like orienteering in a proper forest is going to be challenging

I have not run since Wednesday but managed a short walk on the last few days
Ash said 'that I had gone from not orienteering but running to protect foot to orienteering and not running'