Training Log Archive: thenjdk

Event: Gauteng Cross Country 2 - Belfast
 

Chasing start meant i was a few seconds behind Jess and Sarah off teh start line. Caugth them both by 1st control, but couldnt hang on to Jess after number 5 especially as i messed around on the wrong depression at number 6 for a while. Sarah and I kept leapfrogging each other in and out of controls. Even the 3km from 11-12 could separate up much, despite different route choices. Not so sure about how the dark green is mapped around 10 as that messed me up a bit. ditto some of the "stoney ground" on some parts of the map (eg, 8 and 16). Overall happy with my navigation but bannaned a bit too much on short legs. Came out of the last rough open section on the finish run in covered in blackjacks. spent part of the afternoon picking them out my clothes.

Course 1 - Splits

Event: Gauteng Cross Country 1 - Belfast
 

My First forest event since moving to JHB, As Nico put it, it still feels a little like I am up visiting from the cape. Had a decent-ish run. Took it slowing round long legs to 6 and 7. Major blunder to number 10. thought the small koppie i saw was the one N of my control so headed S, when in fact i was dead in line and it was the koppie to the N (that i hadn't noticed on the map). Had been slowly reeling in Kobus and Sarah to that point but then lost about 3 mins at least. Concentration was then knocked and came far to low to number 15 and then over corrected again.

Course 1 - Splits