Training Log Archive: Chas

Twin Peaks Day 2. Bleathwaite and Little Arrow Moor.
Short Brown course, 6.3km, 300m.
Reverted to glasses today. Bitterly cold easterly making for watery eyes so probably a good decision. Better run with nothing more than the odd hesitation. Went high to #7 not sure whether that proved a good route. Got lucky on the misplaced #11 as I saw Ricky running back up the hill to it so I realised it must be our control. Roughly same time as Quentin today.
RG: http://www.mdoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#255&course=...

C • Number 7 4

Good warm up to start and down most of way back from finish.

Event: Twin Peak
 

Twin Peaks Day 1. Middle Distance, Torver Back Common.
Brown course, 3.9 km, 180m.
Trying 1 contact lens again but really struggling with my distance vision. Very cautious particularly on the downhills. Vision problems compounded by my magnifyer being loose and therefore only usable with two hands. 1:10k map didn't help either. Shame because all my vision issues spoilt what would have been a great race. Did OK despite the problems until penultimate control where i stopped early (navigating from #2 instead of #16). Pin-balled around three controls before finding the correct one, blowing around 1.5 mins. Finished a couple of minutes down on Megan C-D and Quentin.
RG: http://www.mdoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#254&course=...

Golf course under snow again so went for a walk. 10 miles around the bitterly cold Holme Valley.

Another planning visit to Wharncliffe. Just over 2 hours taping control sites and doing map corrections.

Cartworth Moor and Holmfirth.

Blackpool Bridge circuit. Put in a few tempo efforts but feeling sluggish throughout. Very muddy and slippery across the fields down to Digley. Bumped into a Harriers team mate for second run in a row.

Golf. Pro's mid week comp. 35 Stableford points (19/16).

Garage circuits. On me todd.