Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Long model event with Jenny, in a forest on the edge of Gothenburg, late in the day but before the late afternoon thunderstorms really got going. After some navigational challenges trying to get there (which may have been exacerbated by my not paying attention to my passenger's directional advice), it was a typically slow model event session, trying to learn as many lessons as possible. Main lesson learned - steep slopes are difficult, with numerous 45-degree rock slopes which are mapped as bare rock rather than cliffs, but which I would consider effectively impassable (especially in the wet). Some very nice stuff on top of the ridges though, and between some of the hills (where it isn't marshy).

The enjoyability factor of tomorrow's course will depend a lot on the setting - the terrain has a lot of elongated north-south ridges, which will be nice to go along and not nice to go across. We've got 7.4k for a 55-minute winning time which suggests that it won't be especially easy.