Training Log Archive: KathrynB

Day 2
Set off and almost immediately entered the snow again, so pretty much just ended up pacing behind dad, stepping in his footprints. Weirdly once again ended up following the stannies previously set footprints across a hillside... as soon as we reached the top I took over a bit more, got to the front of dad and started navigating! Confusing enterence into the control meant we (along with a lot of others) were too far right, but mine and dads teamwork meant we quickly realised our mistake and corrected it. Fortunately for us, Emma and Steve didn't see this, so we managed to sneak ahead of them (we knew we had to finish within a minute of them to win), therefore just had to keep ahead of them from there on.
Bit more of a slog up the side of Morven, then contouring round to find a white control (the flag fell off...) on a snowy hillside - good job my eyesight is better than dads! Unfortunately this is where I first noticed I had a bit more lateral movement in my right shoe...
I overrided dads route choice to 5 because there was a perfectly good track we could take which only involved 10m extra climb, so as we exited the snow is was a nice relief to run on something smooth.
Entering the 7km orienteering section at the end was a relief that no steve and Emma weren't around, because the last 4km was essentially a yellow course just to get us back. Pleased that no.2 on the hill section meant they never caught us back up and we took the win(over them - shoutout to Naomi who is a beast!!). Think our navigation on a whole was very good meaning minimal time loss, which really helped!!
This is by far the most broken I have ever felt, but it was really good and I really enjoyed it. Awesome to do it with the girls too.
On another note - my shoe is possibly more broken than I am. Went straight into the bin

C • Sounds like an awesome week... 5

Event: Grampian Mountain Challenge
 

GMC 2016 with dad
Began with 4km of orienteering in Cambus O'May where our tacktick was I would navigate, and dad would just follow and start planning the hill section. Wasn't difficult.
Change over and dad took the lead on the first bit (actually messed the route and meant we went a round route to get to the track - not too much lost though). Unfortunately I fell on a rock and smashed my shin, and dad cut his finger which was bleeding everywhere and deserved stopping for a plaster. Finally got going and in the right direction, we saw Emma and Steve ahead on the track which caused some much needed motivation. Was with them (more or less) until 2 where they then took a better route to he road. Never saw the, again for ages.
Long slog across then up a steep heather laden hill to 3, then we entered the snow... weirdly actually ended up following footsteps left by Clare and Ben earlier, but it was here where dad started struggling a bit, and I had to keep waiting for him ;)
Absolutely nailed the entry to 4 which meant Emma and Steve were back in our sights which was suchhh a good sight to see. Caught them at 5, then reaught them on the way to 6. I picked up the pace then coming down the hill back into the finish to try and put as much gap between us and the Wilson's as possible. Think I killed dad.
Overall a really enjoyable day and definitely surprised myself with my ability. Finished 2.30 down on Emma so all to play for tomorrow.
Great banta in the evening with Emma, Clare, lindsay and James!

Early morning swimming for an hour
Preparing for time-trails today
Then 2x15minute warm ups (one at 9:15am, one at 12:30pm)

Races:
100m Backcrawl - 1.23 - won gold
200m Individual Medally - 3.03 - won silver
As far as I can see, these were both PBs, so not too shabby for my first time back, and considering Craig entered me into this, and just made my entry times, no embarrassment caused either

Forres Sprint Training - planned by Steve using the WOC map
Really good fun and definitely got my brain back into sprint training which was much needed. Moving really well, however quite sloppy technique. Just wasn't reading the map fast enough, meaning I had to keep stopping, and didn't know where to exactly expect the control in the circle. Kind of expected having not done a sprint for agesss, so hopefully this will improve through the series.
Only one to get under 20:00 when I left, so seemed to go alright from the point. Really enjoyable anyway

C • 32km 2

Warm up laps with Lily and Anna
4x5mins[90secs]
Tough session and didn't really have anyone to run with until Rosalyn on the last one. Maybe went a little fast in the first.
Great to have Paul's support, however not sure about when he said half way..... also felt sick, but running ok anyway
Cool down with Rosalyn

Normal. Quite a lot on legs though