Training Log Archive: kido

Cycling to near Barnsley for the BUCS relay. Mostly because I didn't want to get up at 6 to get the bus out after being out until midnight (this is late for me - I have decided I am old).

This was frustrating because I was using Google Maps on my phone for navigation and it wasn't the most reliable - had to keep stopping to check the map. As well as this, Google Maps at one point sent me along a Bridleway for 2km (it was paved but very muddy) and then tried to send me along the Trans Pennine Trail (very much not paved) for about 10km.

As well as this, it was already quite frighteningly windy.

Ran around the BUCS women's relay (not sure which split exacly). Not even near the fastest, but I had great fun - this was a really fun map. Despite being very brambly again, it was covered with massive amounts of pits and mounds which made for quite tricky navigation. Didn't make too many errors, maybe some overly careful route choices.

I considered going after the relay and running the B level SYO race, but it was 13 quid entry and I didn't have enough. Also wasn't keen on paying that much to run around the same forest for a second time.

I will admit to being a pansy on the way home - the wind had got to pretty insane speeds and I just couldn't face it. I'm told some cycling races were cancelled due to the wind. So I caught the train home!