Training Log Archive: Jay-T

Bit disappointed with how little energy I seemed to have this weekend. Probably need to have a bit of a rest to make sure that I am feeling a bit more lively in a couple of weeks time.
Planned to have a day off, but it was too nice an evening not to have a quick game of tennis!

White Rose Team Event
No surprises as the courses were pretty much a reverse of yesterday. Felt a bit more sprightly beforehand today, but (after route-choicing everyone downhill to the first control) that illusion was soon shattered as soon as it became necessary to climb and JamieP and Sludo disappeared.
Went backwards quickly as Field, Alcock and Magic all came past, but we were all came back together at #8 (re-entrant, but hung on an unmapped tree) after everyone missed it to varying degrees. Led the pack through until #16 but then came off the slope too early for #17 and a poor route back up the hill saw me slip back a couple of places. Didn't bother chasing too hard as knew that I would have to go immediately back out for the final loop.

Bit of a procession really. Cairn seemed to be a bit high.

Around the field a bit. Still feeling very tired.

White Rose Middle Oliver's Mount and The Mere
Anticipated a tour around the hill / lake and was not disappointed (in one sense...) All very trivial and later on there must have been some good tracks between controls as all the courses were very similar.
The lake section in particular felt more like a Summer evening event and it was difficult to feel too inspired!

Fairly token warm-up; feeling tired beforehand is not a good omen...

White Rose 'Classic' Scarborough
By no means typical WR terrain but more enjoyable than anticipated, especially with a very well planned course.
Never really got going properly. Still struggled to plan ahead and got caught out legitimately by some cunning planning on several occasions. Unfortunately I also lost time in several other instances where uncrossable boundaries were obscured because the officials had neglected to cut lines / circles.

#4 Knew it would be at the high level but circle obscured exactly whether it was possible to get there from upper path so took the long way around [15]
#8 Delayed by sign stating no access from S but this leg was voided ultimately as a result (and the control was also moved early on).
#9 Unclear from map whether using underpass was a valid route (if so it would have been quicker as it avoided doubling back). Time removed anyway.
#12 Followed the zig-zag path to the east - west route much better [15]
#14 Ran down dead end to east of church due to course overprint covering uncrossable wall [30]
#15 No plan, went north and came back SE through the car park, possibly ok although few splits to compare (previous control not functioning earlier on).
#16 Had a bit of a plan this time, but the circle at #15 had obscured a wall (again) on the obvious exit route so I had to rethink - went north which was a bit fiddly and probably longer than the southern option [30]
#17 Went over the top. Steps down were steep and slow. Probably not a lot in it.
#25 Didn't transition well to this sprint style section. Read description incorrectly and looking on the wrong side of the wall briefly [15]
#26 Guessed at location being on top- was wrong. Idiot [10]
#28 Thought that I was being clever by retracing my steps south. Probably wasn't the best route to start with, but further compounded by the fact that the line from #26 completely obscured another uncrossable wall to the east of the building. Ended up having to go back past #26 [30]
#29 Didn't even register the western route over the bridge which would have saved quite a bit of climb. Strayed a bit off line when climbing the hill in the park so not convinced the bridge was necessarily the best anyway [15]
#31 Wrong exit from control and brief check on the upper level due to misleading description but did this better than most [20]
#32 Dodgy route (climbed more than necessary) and inexplicably looking on the wrong side of the hedge, but again seemed to do this control better than most [25]
#34 Poor overprinting again almost caught me out on the exit.
#36 Lost height unnecessarily [20]
#37 Brain freeze as to what path I was and ran in the opposite direction briefly [30]

Once again, great area and excellent planning.

Event: White Rose
 

Bit of a knock.
Then singles tournament quarter final match - lost 6-1, 6-1 to Pete Martin (he went to tennis academy...)
Then lost 6-3, 6-4 to Luke.
Not on top form and suffering a bit from badminton yesterday - hopefully it won't affect WR...

Need to get back into badminton as the new season approaches so showed my face. Timing was off to start with, but not playing too badly by the end.

Included singles vs Derek; 4-6, 4-2* and Gabriel; 6-1.