Training Log Archive: ebuckley

5x800@4:05-4:15 in the terrain with equal recovery spent picking controls. Felt like I've been moving too slow in the woods so I took advantage of the fact that Kate didn't need her car today and went up to Cuivre River (1:15) for some high-speed work. Effort was pretty close to threshold, but I took just enough edge off so I could stay in contact with the map. Set the 800m legs along ridge tops, so all I had to do was make sure I got onto the right spur to approach the control.

I certainly couldn't move at that pace on a technical leg without things going terribly wrong, but it was a hoot moving at 5:15/K through the woods on a map. I think I actually tend to run most legs cleaner at high speed, but am obviously more prone to disasterous errors. I think I need to do more sessions like this and reset my expectations regarding nav speed.

C • Question about controls in practice runs 1

First opinion on the WRX from a friend of mine who's a mechanic: dump it - it's through. Crap.