Training Log Archive: MikeW

The girls all went to tropical world this morning, so I had the chance for a nice sunny morning run through the woods at Roundhay Park. Just really nice to be out..

Run from Scargill house - attempted to get up onto the ridge from the house and along the Dales Way, but ended up a bit low. Came into the top of the village and back along the river. Still a fair bit of snow on the ground. Was quite a bit shorter than I would have liked, but I needed to be back for breakfast..

Otley Chevin Night Event - Last in the series of the YHOA night events. Probably my worst event, from a results point of view for some time. I was fairly pleased with my run up to No.12, then I slipped on the very steep, sticky bank, fell quite heavily, slid a fair way downhill and in my disorientation, took a track which was lower than the one I thought I was on, found a wall like the one I was looking for, but was actually some distance away and much lower than where I thought I was. The upshot is that, after a fair bit of stumbling aimlessly in the dark, sorting myself out and re-orientating myself, I lost about 20+ mins on that leg... Still, I chose to complete and not just give up. The rest of my splits (1-12 and 13-20) are all pretty reasonable for me, just had a catastrophic cock up between 12-13.. This was my first non-score night event, so was much more challenging for me than usual. Despite it all, I still enjoyed myself!