Training Log Archive: david

Was a little unsure of what to expect, given my poor track record at the Caves, and my inability to orienteer in even simple spur-gully lately.

Almost didn't get to the event, and had to do some pretty imaginative route choice (which involved a lot of back tracking) to get there.

Lost up to a minute on number 2, almost standing on top of the control and not seeing it, and was quite cautious on the way to 5. Relaxed a bit after that, and was hitting the controls well. Started to struggle a bit with navigation towards the end, losing time on 13, 15 and 17 (after finding a very rocky sublte gully to run down).

Up and around the back of Gong Gong. Drizzle the whole time, and very slick under foot, but i suppose that is to be expected after the wettest August in 101 years.

Left work a bit early after almost working through my entire lunch. Thought it might have been nice for a run, but left work to find it was blowing a gale and raining. A bit of a token effort really.

Bit of a mixed bag today. Got held up by a massive pack of horseriders comming out of the first control, lost a few seconds on the 3rd, the settled down for the long, boring legs. Lost intrest on the way to number 7, and was a little wayward, and lost more time on the way to 9 trying to follow the track through the green. Lost at least a minute on 14. Been a while since I stuffed up the last control on a course.