Training Log Archive: nic.

Day 5. Same map as yesterday but with some more really brutal (and kind of ridiculous) climbs thrown in. I got distracted on number three and didn't do a good enough bearing, was really hesitant to 5, and stopped too soon on 6. But there were actually some really good legs in there as well today, as opposed to just kind of stumbling to the controls like yesterday. Won myself 12 punnets of berries in the 21A class, possibly the best prize ever.

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Day 4. Such a speccy view from the arena! Super fun map, really tricky navigation! Really rough underfoot though and I was a huge wimp. Started off well and was confident for a change. Lost quite a bit of time mistaking rocky ground for a boulder on the map, but if my compass was better I wouldn't have messed it up. And then struggled on the next two controls as well, splits say I lost 4 minutes! The kind of day where it was easy to lose a lot more time though, and when it felt awesome if you spiked a control! Keen for tomorrow!

Rest day from racing so dad and I went on a hike with a good 700m climb. Really nice views when the clouds were kind!

Day three! Sprint in Levico Terme, part park area and park old town. So so so fun! Had three controls really close together at the end in the park and I was telling myself to make sure I get the order right, but then proceeded to go to 15 before 14 and had to go back... Foolish. But other than that not too much time loss and I thiiiiink I picked some good route choices.

Day two! Had one absolute shocker of a leg. Like to say I'm getting it out of my system but I honestly hoped I'd stopped these mistakes years ago :( got a bit distracted when some girl chased me up a hill to ask where I we were and then dropped a heap of contours which meant I had to climb a lot to the control and it made the navigation a lot harder. That would've been bad enough but then I waaaaaaaaaay overran the control and got to 15 before 14. Ugh. Think I'm putting off climbing or dropping when I'm meant to and then am making mistakes. Some really brutal climbs again today, very hot and tiring. But enjoyable again for sure.

Day one! Super tough physically and I was a bit sloppy navigationally. Lost quite a bit of time from poor exit direction and executing my routes - got very stuck on some cliffs and in thicker vegetation. My finer navigation was a bit off too but I got super exhausted and I think that had a bit of an impact. Very enjoyable though! And everyone who finished got given an ice-cream from the "eis-man" (pronounced ice-man) so definitely can't complain.

No warm down, oopsy

On our way to the Italian events and the organisers were super nice and left a course at our hotel so we could go training on the way. Jogged around the course with dad. The terrain was really nice and my navigation was actually going ok! Looking forward to this week. Although I'm super allergic to Italian grass...