Training Log Archive: Vaala

This went all good...apart from 165 (whatever control that was). I don't know why but every time I tried to attack it I kept ending up too far to the left. One would think I'd have learnt from that after a couple of attempts! I don't know, feeling slow and a bit useless out in the forest for the last 2 events. It was fun though.

Oh man did I suck! I got confused at #1 thinking I'd got to the track junction when I hadn't come far enough again. The tracks were a little weird but I should have looked more closely at the features and picked it up much quicker than I did. It then went okay until I didn't see control #5 on the map and took a route choice straight to #6. The number didn't match up and it took me a few seconds to work out what I'd done. Then #7 was another screw up (ended up at #6 again - that control seemed like a magnet to me!) but after that it finally improved and I finished without any other mishaps.

I started off well but had a couple of bad controls where I just didn't go far enough but was convinced I had so lost quite a bit of time there. The controls above the cliff and the descent down afterwards was pretty scary.

Rest day...travel day. Thank goodness. Swimming in the river at Dansy's Pass was awesome.

ARGH!! I started off okay although I was feeling pretty shattered but stuffed up 4 and 5 completely. After that I had no speed, even to run downhill on a track! I ended up walking most of the rest of the course. Little mistakes after 5 but mostly okay. Just slow and dead. It gets a 3 'cause I felt so exhausted!

I was running the first leg in the W21 relay. Considering the competition I don't think I did that terribly. The forest was quite like Woodhill with the dunes and everything so that definitely helped. I just had no energy on the second half of the course. Nice race though. Only one control that I got fairly confused on but even that wasn't too bad and the new compass is awesome :)

Sprints are not my favourite but I managed okay. Got a bit confused by the buildings in the second half but nothing too bad. My legs just can't keep up!

C • managed ok? 2