Training Log Archive: SarahD

VHI Individual Eyam Moor. Really enjoyed this race. Tough terrain - some monster heather and seriously vertical greasy slopes - don't know how many times I went down on my bum. Reasonable technical race. Wobbled at 5 - shape on the ground didn't seem well mapped and control was further down the bank than seemed to be shown. Hesitated on the way to 9 - map had me puzzled and the slope down to the control was suicidal (not sure what the W60s thought). Tried to push hard from 11-13 which may have been a mistake as I started to lose things at 16 - went off line crossing all the ridges and missed ~1min. Tried to get things back together but was really tired and took a stupid route to 18. Calves were cramping by this stage and tweaked my ankle on the way to 19, then got totally confused near the control ~ 1'+ Still pretty happy with my run. Finished 2nd, 2' down on Jen.
Not Scotland's day - luck just not on our side this weekend. Could all have been very different.

NB - looking at the splits now I see that I fell apart worse than I realised at the end losing 3.5 mins from no 16

Decent warm-up today. Walked back from the finish.