Training Log Archive: Olivia

Quick warm up including some dynamic stretching

NI Score Champs. I completely messed up the start, I identified my first control and my route and then ran clean past a control about 20m off my line cos I didn't see it. Thankfully it was only a 10 pointer. After that every thing was going smoothly, it was a pretty easy area so it was mainly about speed and correct direction. Coming out of 227 I was following the tapes to the crossing point but they seemed to just stop in the woods. I headed to the fence and promptly fell off the top of it twisting my leg on landing. I hobbled round the last section hoovering as many controls on the way as possible.

1st Female 410 points
2nd Heather 380

NI Night Champs, my leg had seized up in the break so I couldnt go as hard as I would have liked since it hurt like hell. The course was easy enough, the B which the women's open was running didn't go anywhere near the woods, so it was just keeping in contact with the map and getting the direction right. The first 11 controls were bang on, 12 I had a light wobble since I was just aiming for the middle of a field and hoping I hit/spotted the control. I then managed to lose about 30s at the final control since it was tucked just to the right and I couldn't see it. Overall I was really happy with my run.

1st Me 27:52
2nd Richard D 29:11(not dark)
3rd Lyle 30:28