Training Log Archive: Ifor

Caddihoe day 1. Wet run fairly straight forward nav possibly number 1 was the hardest. A bit off line close to the controls but always saw them so never more than 20s lost. Was a bit doubtfull of the exactness of the map and learny not to trust the veg too much. A bit too much of a CC run for the last third for my liking. well off Clive but not far off Mathew and phill so hopping for a technical start to the chase tomorrow.

Carried the phone around but had forgotten to start recording today so another tracking failure.

10.655km with 62m climb in 0:32:26. Work a big tree down by mod but passable.
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10.445km with 102m climb in 0:30:52. Home.
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10.667km with 62m climb in 0:32:40. Work.
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7.213km with 108m climb in 0:22:47. To Westbury.
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4.794km with 71m climb in 0:29:49. Intervals for the first time in a while. Did 2/3 of the session. 30, 60, 120, 60, 30 all with just 30s whist was hard. 2 m8ns and same again. Windy on field and wet for second set.
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9.540km with 96m climb in 0:27:17. Home.
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10.676km with 70m climb in 0:33:35. Work.
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10.423km with 100m climb in 0:31:16. Home.
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10.644km with 65m climb in 0:33:51. Wet head wind.
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10.445km with 98m climb in 0:30:56. Home.
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9.290km with 229m climb in 1:03:26. Bok training long Ashton. Tommi like me had thought to bring some Ashton court maps so our new orienteers could at least cold it and thumb it as we ran around. 8 out again which was good.
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36.896km with 856m climb in 3:30:52. Misty soggy Dartmoor ride. Held off setting out waiting for it to clear but had to start eventually anyway. It did clear for the last 10 minutes when the sun appeared. Most of the rest damp and in the clag when high. A mixture of good hard trails and slow soggy stuff that was just rideable for the most part. Glad it was hard for last third as there was quite a headwind then as well.
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Event: SouthWest League 5 Redruth
 

Poldice Valley (Redruth) MTBO. No track due to phone trouble guessing distance and climb. Good to be back here last year was fun. Clearing looked very doubtful picking up the map as there were controls north of the main road unlike last year.

Had decided before the start to look at doing the Western section I finished with last time first. It was probably going to be similar and an obvious few controls so off for 14 which looked a way off but was fast then basically flat 15 struggling to find (1 min) then 16 ok then up hill for 26 and technical decent for 25. Was still not sure on route from 17 and spent a lot of time going through the back streets of Redruth trying to decide what to do almost went straight into back of a parked car...

Overshot 17 (1 min) decided to skip 18 and 1 as auk-ward and hilly could always get at end if clearing. Went for 6 to get loop in auk-ward mining area done then wasted 5 minutes fail to find it was mixing up north and south and visiting 3 chimnies before getting to the correct side of the biggest one. Cut across spoil heaps down to main track and up next valley for 7 1 min to find. Then should of just taken obvious hilly route to 22 500m away but thought I could do it flatter and ended up taking 11 mins wasting at least 4 going up dead ends and approaching along overgrown track from opposite side in the end.

Glad to bee out of technical spoil heaps for good tracks and single track and road for 21, 8 and 9. Good route choice options for 19 and 20 will need to compare splits with Garry doing other options. Longer more road routes for 27 and 11 Decided to skip 10 and 4 going straight to 23 there with just over half an hour to go but just could not find it spent about 5 mins wandering around looking at loads of treed looking for box. Carried on straight down for 5 and again failed to find it but at least this time was because I did not go to the right spot no Solar panel in site (3 mins). Now too late to do the 50 point loop I was looking for in SW corner so up road to get 12 and back via 2.

Got back and Garry had found 23 so was not given it initially but then someone else how had got it and thought it was in the wrong place spoke up so I will be credited as it was on the wrong Junction. Enough for the win from Garry. A bit disappointed with the time losses and not getting to finish off the loop properly.

15.305km with 248m climb in 1:04:57. Collecting some controls. Found the solar pannel I failed to find in race. Did the next 2 I was aiming for but ended up skipping at end. Good fast tracks.
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