I haven't updated my website for over a month for various reasons (away/busy/internet broken), but I have been pretty busy and had, for the most part, a good December and January.
Christmas
I spent Christmas with my parents in Woking, and did quite a lot of training in the forests around Guildford and Aldershot. I did a lot of running with Dave Rollins, and also Jez Edwards.
Liis went home to Estonia for Christmas, but she came back in time for New Year, and we went to a party in central London.
Long-O
On 30th December, the British Army OC hosted the 3rd 'Round Aldershot Long-O' with bike and foot orienteering on a number of areas linked together by footpaths. I did the longest running course, which was about 18.5km (although I measured it as over 20 with GPS), of which maybe 1/2 was in terrain, and the other half was paths and fields. I really enjoy this event, having run the first one last year asa well, and while there is not an elite field, it is a good opportunity to do a nice long race at the end of the year. I won easily, but I had a good race at the end when I caught Rob Little up and we were running head to head for the last 5 km.
Results here
Cross country
On January 6th, I ran in the Warwickshire County Cross Country Championships. I had no expectations as I didn't know how strong the field would be, but I was hopeful of a top 8 finish to make the Warwickshire team for the Inter-Counties XC. The course was mostly flat, but very muddy, and in places we had to run through knee deep mud across streams. There was also a short steep hill (maybe 25m climb) which we had to run up and down 3 times.
I ran strongly from the start, and found myself in the lead pack of 4 runners after a few hundred metres. After 1 lap, one of the group dropped off, and the leader upped the pace. The other runner stayed with him for a while but then found the pace too much and droppe back to run with me again. I ran in 2nd/3rd for a while, but gradually pulled away. I was especially strong on the downhills compared to the other runners and eventually finished 2nd, which is my best XC achievement ever, and my team came 3rd.
So hopefully I will be running for Warwickshire later in the spring.
Results here
Lake District Training Camp
Christmas
I spent Christmas with my parents in Woking, and did quite a lot of training in the forests around Guildford and Aldershot. I did a lot of running with Dave Rollins, and also Jez Edwards.
Liis went home to Estonia for Christmas, but she came back in time for New Year, and we went to a party in central London.
Long-O
On 30th December, the British Army OC hosted the 3rd 'Round Aldershot Long-O' with bike and foot orienteering on a number of areas linked together by footpaths. I did the longest running course, which was about 18.5km (although I measured it as over 20 with GPS), of which maybe 1/2 was in terrain, and the other half was paths and fields. I really enjoy this event, having run the first one last year asa well, and while there is not an elite field, it is a good opportunity to do a nice long race at the end of the year. I won easily, but I had a good race at the end when I caught Rob Little up and we were running head to head for the last 5 km.
Results here
Cross country
On January 6th, I ran in the Warwickshire County Cross Country Championships. I had no expectations as I didn't know how strong the field would be, but I was hopeful of a top 8 finish to make the Warwickshire team for the Inter-Counties XC. The course was mostly flat, but very muddy, and in places we had to run through knee deep mud across streams. There was also a short steep hill (maybe 25m climb) which we had to run up and down 3 times.
I ran strongly from the start, and found myself in the lead pack of 4 runners after a few hundred metres. After 1 lap, one of the group dropped off, and the leader upped the pace. The other runner stayed with him for a while but then found the pace too much and droppe back to run with me again. I ran in 2nd/3rd for a while, but gradually pulled away. I was especially strong on the downhills compared to the other runners and eventually finished 2nd, which is my best XC achievement ever, and my team came 3rd.
So hopefully I will be running for Warwickshire later in the spring.
Results here
Lake District Training Camp
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Great resource. keep it up!!Thanks a lot for interesting discussion, I found a lot of useful information!With the best regards!
David
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