Training Log Archive: Lizzie

Back track and Sledge track out the back of Palmy. Brutal hill to come down, made worse by the high grass...lucky the river was there to ice my grass rash in at the end. Nowhere near as bad as last week though. First time always seems to be worst.

out and back from the bach

A couple of middle distance courses on Osgiliath. Second one was truncated by new felling, but otherwise nice. Unfortunately my 'new' SH compass, which was donated to me by a Danish guy at WMOC this year, is one of the dodgy Silva ones. I.e. it points any direction it feels like, but hardly ever north. Usually when I blame the compass, I know the problem is really just my nav. But this time....ACTUALLY THE COMPASS. I wonder how that guy performed at WMOC in NZ? Did he not notice the problem with his compass?!

Anyway, put it in my back pocket for the second course and my bearings got much neater.

O-max at Seatoun.

Having a good head-head race with Jake, until he stopped to tie his shoelace...
*shakes head*
Got a bit confused as I kept seeing Connor and Ruairi on the various loops. They were wearing identical outfits, so I honestly couldn't tell you who I saw when or how many times. Just. Irishmen everywhere.

Johnston's hill loop from Wilton. Got mega grass rash on my legs thanks to taking the sidling track to try and avoid the wind. Nice run though. Spotted the infamous black bunny, along with like 1000 brown ones.

Walk-jog of the escarpment track with Penny, Lisa and Tessa. Views.

O-gang run up Mt Lowry and along the ridge. Legs felt good but HR was high compared to the effort. Combination of the remnants of sickness and the heat. Still have to back off.