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Training Log Archive: Forest Demon

In the 31 days ending Mar 31, 2015:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
Run	21	11:43:34	78.58		126.46		1538
Orienteering	9	9:02:44	46.79	(11:36)	75.3	(7:12)	1550
Strength and Conditioning	8	8:00:00
Cycling	10	5:51:35	55.07		88.63		930
Total	33	34:37:53	180.44		290.39		4018
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Sunday Mar 29, 2015 #

Note
(sick) (rest day)

Feeling a bit better, head no longer hurts.

Cough still lingering though, and chest a bit tight.

Saturday Mar 28, 2015 #

Note
(sick) (rest day)

Feeling slightly less crap

Friday Mar 27, 2015 #

Note
(sick) (rest day)

Feeling crap.

Thursday Mar 26, 2015 #

7 AM

Strength and Conditioning 1:00:00 [0]

2x10 Wall squat
2x10 Kettlebell hip hinge (20kg)
10+10 Monster band walks
6+6 Single leg box squat
10x TRX row
2 lengths Spiderman crawl
Broomstick mobility

6x Hopscotch
6x Z jumps
5+5 Single leg Z jumps
5x Hopscotch w. jump and turn

3x3 Back squat (5x50 warm-up, 90kg)
8x Split jumps between sets
3x3 Weighted pull-ups (17.5kg)
4x4 Babby hurdle jumps between sets
3x3 Bench press (5x40 warm-up, 50kg)
6x Lateral dots track between sets
12+12 Step up (20kg)

Circuit Session: 3 sets of 30 seconds on, 10 seconds gap, 60 seconds between sets.
Plank with side touch
Pilates leg
Toe touches
Side plank pulses
Dead bugs
Bicycle crunches

Getting ill, could feel it in my throat and had a crap sleep. Thankfully it was a reduced session.

2 PM

Note
(sick) (rest day)

Supposed to be doing part 2 of Charlotte's testing, but just got progressively worse and worse through the day.

Throat hurts, head hurts, leg hurts (for some reason).
Crap timing to get ill, hopefully can kick it before next week with a weekend of nothing but rest.

Wednesday Mar 25, 2015 #

2 PM

Cycling 10:13 [2] 3.28 km (19.3 kph)
ahr:122 max:145

To DVC

Orienteering 11:20 [4] 2.47 km (4:35 / km) +28m 4:21 / km
ahr:160 max:179

Sprint training round central. Pretty good, planning ahead well.

Orienteering 14:53 [4] 3.13 km (4:45 / km) +87m 4:10 / km
ahr:161 max:174

Corridor course around the old town. Went well for nearly all of it, except one part on the mile where I messed up with the alleys

Run 19:42 [2] 3.7 km (5:19 / km) +63m 4:54 / km
ahr:131 max:147

Jogging to KB via Marchmont

Orienteering 9:49 [3] 2.11 km (4:39 / km) +42m 4:14 / km
ahr:151 max:161

Sprint training round KB. Nav was all good, having to dodge the building works, but was a little slow on this, getting tired.

Run 14:09 [2] 2.82 km (5:01 / km) +50m 4:37 / km
ahr:136 max:150

Back to central

Cycling 12:01 [1] 2.86 km (14.3 kph) +35m
ahr:102 max:126

Home

Tuesday Mar 24, 2015 #

7 AM

Strength and Conditioning 1:00:00 [0]

2x10 Wall squat
2x10 Kettlebell hip hinge (16kg)
2x10+10 Monster band walks
6+6 Single leg box squat
10x TRX row
2 lengths Spiderman crawl
Few overhead squats

6x Hopscotch
6x Z jumps
5+5 Single leg Z jumps
5x Hopscotch w. jump and turn

8x Split jumps
4x4 Babby hurdle jumps
10x Lateral dots track

Agility ladder
2x 1 in each
2x 2 in each
2x Lateral
2x Hopscotch
2x In-out
2x Ickey shuffle
2x Reverse ickey shuffle

Various drills (Heel flicks, bum squeeze, high knees, ostrich)

3x3 Back squat (5x50 warm-up, 107.5kg)
3x3 Weighted pull-ups (20kg)
3x5 Romanian deadlift (5x47.5 warm-up, 85kg)

6 PM

Cycling 12:10 [2] 3.2 km (15.8 kph) +85m
ahr:120 max:163

To central, very start-stoppy.

Run 34:50 [4] 5.97 km (5:50 / km) +21m 5:44 / km
ahr:150 max:189

12x400, 90s active rest

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Legs absolutely wrecked from this morning, feeling very heavy.

1: 0.39km: 01:15 (3:12/km)
2: 0.40km: 01:15 (3:08/km)
3: 0.40km: 01:16 (3:10/km)
4: 0.40km: 01:17 (3:12/km)
5: 0.40km: 01:17 (3:12/km)
6: 0.41km: 01:18 (3:10/km)
7: 0.40km: 01:19 (3:17/km)
8: 0.40km: 01:18 (3:15/km)
9: 0.41km: 01:21 (3:18/km)
10: 0.41km: 01:20 (3:15/km)
11: 0.41km: 01:21 (3:18/km)
12: 0.42km: 01:10 (2:47/km)

Actually had someone to run with for once, with Stephen and Jack not far behind on the reps. At least, until they stopped after 8, at which point pace started to drop off a cliff even more than it had been already.
Persuaded to run with the boyz on the last rep, so obviously it was a total banter rep. Managed to beat Mark and Sasha, but nearly died doing so.

Run 16:44 [2] 2.63 km (6:22 / km) +44m 5:52 / km
ahr:127 max:140

Small lap of the meadows

Cycling 8:29 [2] 2.97 km (21.0 kph) +28m
ahr:120 max:137

Monday Mar 23, 2015 #

6 PM

Cycling 9:29 [3] 3.17 km (20.1 kph) +63m
ahr:143 max:164

Run 49:45 [3] 9.32 km (5:20 / km) +195m 4:50 / km
ahr:142 max:174

Arrived late, so was running rather faster than recovery for the first ~20 minutes until I managed to catch up the group

Cycling 8:22 [2] 3.16 km (22.7 kph) +35m
ahr:123 max:138

Sunday Mar 22, 2015 #

12 PM

Run 8:51 [2] 1.62 km (5:28 / km)
ahr:141 max:167

To the start with El Purko

Orienteering 1:07:21 [3] 9.73 km (6:55 / km) +210m 6:15 / km
ahr:161 max:179

SOL 2, Bonskeid.

Really nice area, really enjoyed myself. Wasn't really running as hard as I should have been, just cruised round having fun.

A few small errors - lost some time on 7, felt like it was further round the hill than marked, and there was definitely extra crags in there - had another look when collecting controls.
Lost time to 26, direction was poor down the hill and misread what it was going to be on. Lost a bit more to 27, but that was due to the windblow - had dropped down to the right height, but there was no way through the crap. Sticking high would have been a better bet - crag seemed like it was higher than marked anyways.
Apart from that, it was good, perhaps a few iffy routechoices, but no way to see if they were worse without results or splits.

Run 8:17 [2] 1.13 km (7:20 / km) +21m 6:42 / km
ahr:126 max:143

Back from the finish with the legendary Spanish bandito

3 PM

Run 31:10 [2] 2.68 km (11:38 / km) +105m 9:43 / km
ahr:141 max:166

Lucky enough to get the opportunity to collect in controls accompanied by one of my orienteering idols, the famous Will Rigg

Saturday Mar 21, 2015 #

9 AM

Cycling 15:21 [3] 6.61 km (25.8 kph) +10m
ahr:148 max:167

Run 18:17 [4] 5.01 km (3:39 / km)
ahr:176 max:192

Parkrun - new PB.

Pretty good day for it, fairly calm, just a bit of a headwind on the way out. I reckon I could go sub 18 without /too/ much bother, though my legs were feeling pretty heavy today. Somehow have bruised my left quad, vaguely remember the bike falling into it on Thursday night, so that's probably the reason.

1: 3:36
2: 3:47
3: 3:46
4: 3:40
5: 3:28

C • PB 3

Cycling 18:43 [3] 6.49 km (20.8 kph) +77m
ahr:146 max:171

Friday Mar 20, 2015 #

Note
(rest day)

Thursday Mar 19, 2015 #

3 PM

Strength and Conditioning 1:00:00 [0]

Managed to sleep through the early morning session, oops. Came in at a more civilised time to do it.

2x10 Wall squat
2x10 Kettlebell hip hinge (16kg)
10+10 Monster band walks
6+6 Single leg box squat
10x TRX row
2 lengths Spiderman crawl
Broomstick mobility

6x Hopscotch
6x Z jumps
5+5 Single leg Z jumps
5x Hopscotch w. jump and turn

3x3 Back squat (5x50 warm-up, 105kg)
8x Split jumps between sets
3x3 Weighted pull-ups (20kg)
4x4 Babby hurdle jumps between sets
3x3 Bench press (5x40 warm-up, 60kg)
6x Lateral dots track between sets
3x4+4 Step up (30kg)

Circuit Session: 3 sets of 30 seconds on, 10 seconds gap, 60 seconds between sets.
Toe touches
Russian twists (10kg)
Leg raises
Windscreen wipers
Dead bugs
Side plank pulses
Plank with side touch
Bicycle crunches

Absolutely dying by the end

Then a mega session of stretching and rolling, no swimmers to kick me out.

5 PM

Cycling 1:01:23 [2] 14.39 km (14.1 kph) +84m
ahr:123 max:166

From Appleton to Colinton Dell, then putting out all the controls. Originally planned to put out the controls on foot, but realised I'd forgotten the cable lock. Decided just to cycle round after that, cause I'm pretty fond of my bike having both wheels. Worked out surprisingly well, given it's not a mountain bike, though a couple of the muddy slopes/stairs were pretty sketchy.

Also saw a man who had trained his dog to put its own poop bag in the bin, best trick ever.

8 PM

Cycling 59:43 [2] 13.25 km (13.3 kph) +99m
ahr:121 max:162

Collecting in the controls. Turns out my big torch battery was dead, so was just using my bike light, which made the couple of slopes/stairs fairly exciting, cause I could see about 2m infront of me. Managed not to die, then back home along the canal. Also discovered I can ride my bike with no hands, though a dark towpath probably isn't the best place to practice it.

Nobody seemed to hate the courses I'd planned either, so that was a plus.

Wednesday Mar 18, 2015 #

12 PM

Cycling 10:53 [2] 3.33 km (18.4 kph) +49m
ahr:126 max:151

Run 10:00 [2]

Run (Treadmill) 30:00 [3] 6.7 km (4:29 / km)

Being a guinea pig for Charlotte's project

Ran on a treadmill for half an hour at 4:30/km, then did some cognitive tests and ate some chocolate shortbread.

Cycling 11:49 [2] 3.28 km (16.7 kph) +63m
ahr:121 max:155

3 PM

Run 45:14 [3] 8.26 km (5:29 / km) +154m 5:01 / km
ahr:143 max:166

Topping up the miles on Corstorphine Hill. Met a terrier called Toto, bit cliché.

Tuesday Mar 17, 2015 #

7 AM

Strength and Conditioning 1:00:00 [0]

2x10 Wall squat
2x10 Kettlebell hip hinge (16kg)
2x10+10 Monster band walks
6+6 Single leg box squat
10x TRX row
2 lengths Spiderman crawl
Few overhead squats

6x Hopscotch
6x Z jumps
5+5 Single leg Z jumps
5x Hopscotch w. jump and turn

8x Split jumps
4x4 Babby hurdle jumps
10x Lateral dots track
Various drills

3x3 Back squat (5x50 warm-up, 100kg)
3x3 Weighted pull-ups (18.75kg)
3x5 Romanian deadlift (50 warm-up, 82.5kg)

Circuit Session: 2 sets of 60 seconds on, 15 seconds gap, 60 seconds between sets.
Med-ball slams (10kg)
Plank
Dumbbell fly (6, 5kg)
Dumbbell curl and press (9, 8kg)
Too much involving arms for me to hack it!

6 PM

Cycling 10:14 [2] 3.18 km (18.6 kph) +56m
ahr:135 max:161

Run 5:48 [2] 1.07 km (5:25 / km)
ahr:135 max:146

Run 31:37 [4] 5.81 km (5:27 / km) +28m 5:19 / km
ahr:160 max:190

8x600, 2 minutes active rest between

1: 0.58km: 01:55 (3:17/km)
2: 0.62km: 02:02 (3:17/km)
3: 0.62km: 02:05 (3:21/km)
4: 0.61km: 02:06 (3:26/km)
5: 0.64km: 02:07 (3:19/km)
6: 0.64km: 02:08 (3:20/km)
7: 0.63km: 02:07 (3:21/km)
8: 0.63km: 02:08 (3:23/km)

First rep was on the path, all others by the road. Running just behind the boys for the first two, but knew I couldn't sustain the pace for the full session.
No man's land was more interesting than usual, with groups of haries around to sort of judge pace against, except for the last 2 when it was lonely as usual.

Run 13:21 [2] 2.1 km (6:21 / km) +24m 6:01 / km
ahr:131 max:141

Cycling 8:29 [1] 2.97 km (21.0 kph) +28m
ahr:120 max:137

Monday Mar 16, 2015 #

3 PM

Run 51:23 [3] 9.71 km (5:18 / km) +113m 5:00 / km
ahr:136 max:149

Two laps of circuit, knee a bit bruised from yesterday.

Sunday Mar 15, 2015 #

11 AM

Run 9:50 [3] 1.64 km (6:00 / km) +42m 5:19 / km
ahr:148 max:165

With Ronny Ron Rondo to the start.

Orienteering 1:28:57 [3] 11.69 km (7:37 / km) +273m 6:49 / km
ahr:149 max:175

Bit of a shite run.

Couldn't get into the map at all, nothing seemed to fit how I was expecting. Calves really tight up the mega hill to 6, and fell on knee to 13, which hurt.

Lots of really stupid mistakes through not having a proper plan/crap compass. Probably the worst I've orienteered in a while. Considering seppuku.

Run 9:20 [2] 1.6 km (5:50 / km) +7m 5:43 / km
ahr:124 max:136

With Rona and Alexis Sanchez to the assembly.

Saturday Mar 14, 2015 #

Note
(rest day)

Essentially a rest day, doing some turismo. Went in Broughty Castle, had some ice cream, went for a walk, looked at some Coots. Also got amazingly overfed at the McLeod's house, can't understand how they aren't all fat.

Friday Mar 13, 2015 #

Note
(rest day)

Knee was fine on the cycle to uni, and alright on the long walk home, thanks to a puncture.

Thursday Mar 12, 2015 #

7 AM

Strength and Conditioning 1:00:00 [0]

2x10 Wall squat
2x10 Kettlebell hip hinge (16kg)
10+10 Monster band walks
6+6 Single leg box squat
10x TRX row
2 lengths Spiderman crawl
Broomstick mobility

6x Hopscotch
6x Z jumps
5+5 Single leg Z jumps
5x Hopscotch w. jump and turn

3x3 Back squat (5x50 warm-up, 100kg)
8x Split jumps between sets
3x3 Weighted pull-ups (17.5kg)
4x4 Babby hurdle jumps between sets
3x3 Bench press (5x40 warm-up, 57.5kg)
10x Lateral dots track between sets
3x4+4 Step up (30kg)

Stretch and roll

6 PM

Cycling 18:54 [2] 5.08 km (16.1 kph) +84m
ahr:131 max:159

The weather fairy tricked me into thinking I wasn't going to get too wet by only drizzling when I left the house, before pissing it down halfway to KB.

Orienteering 7:12 [3] 1.17 km (6:09 / km) +10m 5:54 / km
ahr:134 max:164

Mass start sprint relay training around KB - at least, that was the idea.

Did rather less of the course than planned by faceplanting on the way to 3. Tripped over a root or something in the dark, but luckily a gravel path was there to break my fall. Richard followed the pirate code to the letter, and just abandoned me to my fate.

Limped around for a bit, but wasn't going fast enough to stay warm in the downpour, so just jacked it in. Left knee a bit bloody and bruised - will be stiff and sore tomorrow.

C • Stiff and sore tomorrow 7

Cycling 16:52 [2] 5.05 km (18.0 kph) +35m
ahr:121 max:148

The rain managed to get even heavier, somehow. Spirit animal is now a drowned rat.

Wednesday Mar 11, 2015 #

4 PM

Run 1:05:23 [3] 13.1 km (4:59 / km) +165m 4:42 / km
ahr:131 max:145

Run in the sun, up Water of Leith to Slateford, then West along the canal into town and back home. Slightly shorter than planned, as right shin/calf started to hurt about halfway through once I was at my furthest point away. Stretched about a bit, and it was slightly better, but still cut it short to be safe. Just a bit tight/DOMSy from the gym, and muddy trail by the river wasn't the best in street shoes.

Tuesday Mar 10, 2015 #

7 AM

Strength and Conditioning 1:00:00 [0]

2x Spiderman stretch
2x10 Wall squat
2x10 Kettlebell hip hinge (16kg)
10+10 Monster band walks
6+6 Single leg box squat
10x TRX row
2 lengths Spiderman crawl
Few overhead squats

6x Hopscotch
6x Z jumps
5+5 Single leg Z jumps
5x Hopscotch w. jump and turn

8x Split jumps
4x4 Babby hurdle jumps
10x Lateral dots track

10x Hamstring curls with exercise ball
10+10 Single leg hamstring curls

3x3 Back squat (5x50 warm-up, 97.5kg)
8x Split squat jumps between sets
3x3 Weighted pull-ups (17.5kg)
3x5 Romanian deadlift (50 warm-up, 80kg)

Mini circuit, 3 supersets of 3 exercises
10x Push ups
20x Bicycle crunches
10+10 Windscreen wipers

5 PM

Run 6:12 [2] 1.1 km (5:38 / km) +10m 5:23 / km
ahr:137 max:152

Run 23:03 [4] 4.68 km (4:56 / km)
ahr:145 max:179

5x800, 2.5 minutes active rest between

Flying solo on a rather busy old railway line. Think 4th rep I managed to get a clear shot at it.

Feeling pretty good, though had to skip the last rep or I'd have been late to the AGM.

1: 0.8km: 02:39 (3:19/km)
2: 0.8km: 02:37 (3:16/km)
3: 0.8km: 02:38 (3:17/km)
4: 0.8km: 02:34 (3:13/km)
5: 0.8km: 02:37 (3:19/km)

Run 2:33 [2] 0.49 km (5:12 / km)
ahr:137 max:145

Monday Mar 9, 2015 #

9 PM

Run 48:22 [3] 9.69 km (4:59 / km) +116m 4:43 / km
ahr:138 max:151

2 laps of circuit, did it backwards just to make a change. It also meant I didn't have to do the 1.5km section straight into the wind.
Dinner was maybe too close, bit of heartburn.

Sunday Mar 8, 2015 #

11 AM

Run 7:05 [2] 0.95 km (7:27 / km) +32m 6:23 / km
ahr:128 max:144

Orienteering 1:24:13 [3] 13.23 km (6:22 / km) +140m 6:03 / km
ahr:152 max:174

SOL 1, Gullane Dunes.

Just cruising, apart from a bit of a banter start to 1 against Samuel.

Two errors, ran straight past the gap between cliffs up to 14. Expecting it to be wider, and didn't even notice it as I jumped down the smaller cliff.
Compass was poor to 34, so too far along the hill and had to double back.

Feeling kinda wiped out, not sure why.

Run 5:45 [2] 0.72 km (7:59 / km) +14m 7:17 / km
ahr:128 max:138

Saturday Mar 7, 2015 #

10 AM

Run 11:34 [2] 1.55 km (7:28 / km) +109m 5:31 / km
ahr:126 max:147

Orienteering 40:15 [3] 4.95 km (8:08 / km) +282m 6:20 / km
ahr:163 max:180

Middle training at Elibank.
Struggling to read the map at the beginning, too much stuff on the map. Slow up the hills, then daft mistake to 13, thrashing about in the green when I should have been in white, doh.

1 PM

Run 7:45 [2] 0.75 km (10:20 / km) +50m 7:45 / km
ahr:130 max:145

Orienteering 1:09:51 [4] 7.38 km (9:28 / km) +170m 8:29 / km
ahr:137 max:191

Relay practice.

Mass start first leg sim: 9:03, 1.6km
Second leg sim, 11:47, 1.8km
Third leg sim: 12:33, 2.29km

Time includes standing around, jogging between starts etc

Run 4:50 [2] 0.68 km (7:06 / km) +40m 5:30 / km
ahr:133 max:149

Friday Mar 6, 2015 #

Note
(rest day)

Thursday Mar 5, 2015 #

7 AM

Strength and Conditioning 1:00:00 [0]

2x10 Wall squat
2x10 Kettlebell hip hinge (16kg)
10+10 Monster band walks
6+6 Single leg box squat
10x TRX row
2 lengths Spiderman crawl
Broomstick mobility

6x Hopscotch
6x Z jumps
5+5 Single leg Z jumps
5x Hopscotch w. jump and turn

3x3 Back squat (50 warm-up, 97.5kg)
8x Split jumps between sets
3x3 Weighted pull-ups (18kg) - really tough
4x4 Babby hurdle jumps between sets
3x3 Bench press (30 warm-up, 57.5kg)
10x Lateral dots track between sets
3x4+4 Step up (20, 30, 30kg) - could have had more weight on this, but rushing to finish everything

7 PM

Run 6:59 [2] 1.12 km (6:14 / km)
ahr:121 max:138

Orienteering 28:58 [4] 6.38 km (4:32 / km) +35m 4:25 / km
ahr:168 max:185

Riccarton FwtN. Really fun little course planned by Will, few dog legs here and there, but the route choice they gave made up for it.

Running comfortably hard, felt good. Knew where I was, where I was going, and what I was looking for. Good stuff.

Wednesday Mar 4, 2015 #

5 PM

Run 46:23 [3] 9.9 km (4:41 / km) +85m 4:30 / km
ahr:149 max:167

The trouble with being an incredibly good procrastinator is you end up running out of time to do things. Still a bit of a dry throat this morning, so maybe it was for the best.

Tuesday Mar 3, 2015 #

7 AM

Strength and Conditioning 1:00:00 [0]

4x Thoracic exercises
All fours, spiderman, press up (with actual press up between each reach), elbow
5x Inch worm to hip drop
2x Spiderman stretch

~3 minutes of jogging/grapevines
Whole load of hopscotch and jumping around

More max tests :D

8x Benchpress (30kg)
2x5 Benchpress (40, 50kg)
1x Benchpress (55, 60, 65, 67.5kg) Attempted 70, couldn't manage.

1x Weighted pull-ups (15, 17.5, 20, 22.5kg) Attempted 25, no dice

Stretch and roll

9 PM

Run 11:55 [2] 1.95 km (6:07 / km) +15m 5:53 / km
ahr:126 max:137

Was going to go to EUOC intervals, but it was absolutely pissing it down, and I wasn't exactly keen for a good hour in the wind and rain, so didn't.
Went out later to the old railway line once the stars had come out again, so stayed nice and dry.

Run 28:17 [4] 4.7 km (6:01 / km) +21m 5:53 / km
ahr:160 max:173

4x1000, 3 minutes active rest between

Taking it steady, didn't want to gut myself and end up like Sunday again. Had dinner a bit too close too, so a little full.

1: 1km: 03:39
2: 1km: 03:40
3: 1km: 03:38
3: 1km: 03:36

Run 8:41 [2] 1.35 km (6:26 / km)
ahr:128 max:143

Monday Mar 2, 2015 #

4 PM

Cycling 10:43 [2] 3.13 km (17.5 kph) +57m
ahr:123 max:157

Cycling (Spinning) 35:14 [2]
ahr:134 max:167 (sick)

Still a bit run down, but more like Saturday rather than Sunday. Taking it easy on the bike just to be sensible.
Stuck on some music, and watched England getting beaten at cricket. At least, I think they were getting beaten, it's kinda hard to tell.

Cycling 12:33 [2] 3.23 km (15.4 kph) +42m
ahr:125 max:156

Sunday Mar 1, 2015 #

11 AM

Run 10:29 [2] 1.96 km (5:21 / km) +14m 5:10 / km
ahr:137 max:149 (sick)

A too fast warm-up to get to the start on time, because the guy in the toilet queue ahead of me took about 10 years.
Used up what little energy I had

Orienteering 1:59:55 [2] 13.06 km (9:11 / km) +273m 8:19 / km
ahr:132 max:157 (sick)

Paying the price for feeling alright yesterday, by feeling like utter shite today.

Dead before number 5, and I staggered (very) slowly round the rest. One mistake to 26, lost confidence in how high up the hill I was, and dropped down to a control I'd spotted that I thought was it. Turned out it wasn't, and I was actually perfectly on line.

It didn't help that it was one of the worst areas I've had the misfortune to run in. The white meant brambles, the green stripes meant even more, rough open meant felling, tracks meant mud, and paths meant muddy brambles. Similar to last night, only there wasn't a complex path network, and the contours were far less interesting, and you couldn't run. If I'd been feeling good, probably could have bashed through the brambles like usual, but just couldn't pick the feet up, so trudged around everything that wasn't a path.

Actually enjoyed 3 legs of the course, 2 of which were timed out road crossings, and the "sprint" finish, because it meant the course was over.

C • Good to see 1

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