Training Log Archive: Jay-T

SELOC Liverpool City Race

Fairly standard apart from falling over on a slippery manhole cover and cutting up my left side. Bit slower after that.
Some poor routes mid course. Rallied for the last section after the road crossing a little.

16th, 10mins or so down.

http://www.seloc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#57&cou...

Event: The Liverpool Big Weekend Ainsdale Dunes
 

DEE Ainsdale Dunes

Wet, often prickly. Forested dunes were lovely, open less so. Runnability varied greatly in the open areas and it was difficult to know where the best lines would be from the map. Got completely stuck in undergrowth a couple of times.

#3 Went straightish - perhaps sticking to the path would've saved a little. Did catch Ed Calow 4mins here though; we had a bit of cat and mouse for the remainder of the course [10]
#5 Took on straight route again - definitely wrong choice this time as vegetation was awful. Forced onto top of dune to west. Then couldn't make sense of map - was seemingly just the wrong side of hillock but in a massive briar patch so headed back further west to relocate. Ed also messed it up in a different way and we converged at the flag [4m 20s]
#8 Took different route to south but lost time - could just be running speed?
#11 Just a poor line getting stuck in vegetation - no way to know from map [60]
#15 Off line but realised first [15]
Got away in advance of the forest section briefly, but then re-passed and couldn't keep up; tiring.
#22 Confused myself mid route, hesitant [30]

Finished drenched and a bit cut up but enjoyed it.
8th; 20mins behind Shminty... He was obviously trying a bit harder than at Croeso...

http://www.dee.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#221&cour...

Travel south then west.

Inverurie

GRAMP Westhill Urban

#2 Missed cut through [20]
#11 Followed wrong line for a bit [20]
#F Couldn't find finish [10]

Shame the forest events have finished.

Dess Woods

With the MOBO app until it failed as I hadn't brought any suitable maps.

Singles vs Jeff at Kemnay.

White Rose Relays

Parental team on the Open - long then extra lap for me.
Quite possibly first to reach #1 as I found the path to it soonest, then gradually dropped back to my more natural place in the field. Lost several places to #3 with a poor route back out to the path.
Lost over a minute to #11 being lazy as had had the leg in reverse the previous day.

Second lap fairly uneventful. Once again, my straight route avoiding the bike path didn't seem to pay off...

Sneaked 3rd and some mugs for the second successive year!