Training Log Archive: Jay-T

Event: EM League - Eyam
 

Short loop of Longshaw with C given cancellation of O.

Event: YHOA Night League
 

Scoping of Sherwood Forest for / with Andy.

Half decent. Bit tired from earlier on.

EBOR Bishop Wood

Good start; clean through first three.
#4 Miss to the west [30]
#6 (Re)caught by someone quick here - must have been the 2nd placed foreigner who I have not encountered before. He accelerated away from me on the path run to #7, but attacked from the path at an earlier point and must have missed it. He didn't catch me again but must have been quite close on occasion.
#8 Looking on veg boundary to white wood [80]
#9 Bearing off to the east; relocated from #7 [60]
#10 Fastest, but looking on wrong ditch initially [45]
#11 Exit from previous control seemed wrong (very close to path) so went back to check number. It was correct [30]
#12 Poor line too far north through more grot than necessary [20]
#14 Too far south [20]
#16 Thrown off line to the south by extraction lanes [70]
#17 Poor line out to path then overshot ditch [30]
#20 Intended to go straight; drifted east so went via path. Made sure I found ditch to attack from but clearing seemed a long way west [40]
#21 Contrived to turn in one dicth too early and get absolutely shredded by the worst bit of brambles around [30]

Lots of time loss there but it was the kind of area / map where it was easy to get completely disorientated, as shown by the results...

http://www.eborienteers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/...

Away Match vs Wakefield Warriors A playing with Matt

Another different pairing for me. Played ok at times but generally too inconsistent. Lost all three 2-0. As did Sean / Abid. Alex / Ryan were a bit closer and may have picked up one but I left early so not sure.
Presumed 9-0 loss.

Event: NOC Winter Series
 

Car issues yesterday en route to Sunderland - had to leave it in Durham being fixed and go back up to collect it today. Bit delayed setting out for this event as a consequence. Two accidents on the A1 on the way so got to the event a bit late.

Got ready as quickly as I could, quick stretch, then off ~3m 30s after the mass start.

Anticlockwise loop. Had a bit of trouble early on looking for a dodgy hide that didn't seem to exist, then a little more time loss looking for a clearing and a distinctive tree; both instances where the veg didn't seem to fit. Biggest time loss on the last control I visited (104) though, where there was an extra unmapped ditch to the west. Found it just as Liam Harrington and I were about to bail - finished 12s early.

http://www.cix.co.uk/~neper/bevwn16/results.htm

Warm down plan was to help collect, but too long waiting around meant I was getting cold so instead settled for a whole 100m jog back to the car...

Day work trip to London on the train then orchestra.