Training Log Archive: Chas

Golf. Bogie Bowl (matchplay v the course). Finished 3 down. Approx 30 Stableford points.
Slightly hampered by what feels like a dead left leg from yesterday.

Lakes 5 Days, Day 5. Dale Park.
M50L 3.7 km 220m.
Raining all morning so went for the contact lens solution. It stopped just before I started so maybe glasses would have been ok. Blurry long vision was a bit of an issue throughout.
Going well (apart from small miss at #4) until I bashed left thigh and right knee on a rock hidden in bracken between #11 and #12. Hobbling quite badly after that and lost time hesitating too early at #12. Gradually got going again but at somewhat reduced pace. Had caught Pete Ward (4mins) before bashing leg but eventually finished 2 mins after him.
Still good enough for the win on the day and overall.
Results: http://obasen.orientering.se/winsplits/online/en/d...
RG: http://www.mdoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#292&course=...
Overall: https://www.lakes5.org.uk/results/2018/multistage_...

Lakes 5 Days, Day 4. Askham Fell.
M50L 9.1 km 155m.
I had Nigel Bunn 2 mins behind today so was running scared again. Probably helped as it was unremittingly fast. Virtually clean again. Got the first long leg route choice right (track/road to left) but went straight on second long leg which was marginally slower than path to the left.
Results: http://obasen.orientering.se/winsplits/online/en/d...
RG: http://www.mdoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#291&course=...

Managed a minimal warm down jog around the car park.

Lakes 5 Days, Day 3. Whinlatter.
M50L 6.7km 250m.
Early start so suspect the moorland bits tracked up later on. I had a pretty clean run but probably lost a minute or two stupidly trying to contour between #12 and #13 rather than bailing out to the track.
Results:
http://obasen.orientering.se/winsplits/online/en/d...
RG: http://www.mdoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#290&course=...

Lakes 5 Days, Day 2.. Angle Tarn Pikes.
M50L 7.2 km 350m.
Weather app telling me 50% chance of rain so reverted to glasses. Apart from one short shower stayed dry so much improved vision making it a completely different experience to yesterday. Left hip still troublesome but Achilles not too bad.
Heard Nigel Bunn called up whilst I was in the start box so set off fast to try and hold him off. Turns out he did the same to try and catch me but cocked up #1 as a result. Clean run but it was pretty easy technically.
Results: http://obasen.orientering.se/winsplits/online/en/d...
RG: http://www.mdoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#289&course=...

Event: Lakes 5 Days 2018
 

Lakes 5 Days, Day 1. Silver Howe and Blea Rigg.
M50L 6.9km 340m.
Typical Lakes weather : heavy rain, wind and low cloud. Struggled with contact lens. Failed at first attempt but got a second in OK but it never settled properly. So vision was impaired but not so bad as glasses would have been. Took the navigation very carefully as it wasn't a day to be lost on the hill. Probably lost time as a result but avoided any big errors.
L Achilles and hip adductor increasingly problematic. Hopefully tomorrow might be cancelled ;-)
Results:
http://obasen.orientering.se/winsplits/online/en/d...
RG: http://www.mdoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#288&course=...

C • What was visibility like on the tops? 2

Jog up the hill to the start and part way back from the finish. L Achilles getting quite sore.

Lakes 5 training, Pike O'Blisco.
Walk up the start with Janet and Louise. Then followed the recommended 4.8km course back to the top of Wrynose.
Good preparation for tomorrow. Windy with some showers. Wore a contact lens with usual issues: slightly blurred long vision, some issues focusing on the map with watering eyes. Still better than glasses in the rain.