CompassSport Cup first round

April 9th, 2006

Competing again today, this time at the first round of the inter-club orienteering competition. The area (Black Park near Slough) held some promise with the details claiming only 30m climb for an 8km course! Unfortunately, what they failed to mention were the brambles which had a hold over parts of the area and, at times, my legs.

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National Road Relays

April 8th, 2006

61Christine and I were drafted in at the last minute to represent Southampton at the National Road Relays in Sutton Park today. There are 12 legs for the men and 6 for the women. I was on 12th and consequently, after a flying start from Andy Morgan-Lee, had nearly 4 hours to kill before my 3 miles of glory. When the moment eventually came (narrowly missing the mass start) it decided to start hailing!

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Help the aged

April 2nd, 2006

52I hadn’t entered the British Relays as I was originally due to be out in the US for two weeks. The club captain had pencilled me in to fill a space on an M50 team but, when we eventually arrived at the assembly area after the usual car park fiasco, I discovered I’d been promoted to the M40 team.

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Jet lag champs

April 1st, 2006

49My pre-race preparation for the British Champs wasn’t exactly ideal. My flight from Raleigh landed at Gatwick at around 8:15 in the morning giving me just enough time to get home, get changed and get back to Midhurst for a start time six hours later.

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Greek dining

March 29th, 2006

Conveniently the project leader for the education I have been delivering in Raleigh this week also runs a Greek restaurant with her husband. Xios proved to be a very stylish venue. Phil and I shared the Nenita option off the specials menu which was both extremely appetising and very filling.

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Bubba Goat blunders

March 27th, 2006

46Back in Raleigh North Carolina next week with work so came out a day early to participate in the Backwoods Orienteering Klub Bubba Goat event. For the unitiated, this involved a mass start, a one control fork (where you decide which fork to take) and the chance to miss out one control of your choosing.

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Grizzly Survivor

March 13th, 2006

43Ran the Grizzly yesterday and survived! The twentyish odd miles from Seaton to Weston and back was reduced to about 18.5 due to a recent landslide but this was made up for by the general dampness and bitterly cold wind. Although running in shorts, I did start wearing two Hellys, a Goretex and gloves.

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Oslo outing

March 9th, 2006

39Work took me to Oslo this week. Having booked the hotel at the last minute the only remaining option at the IBM rate was the Quality Hotel Mastemyr. This turned out to be some 6 miles south of Oslo so I decided to hire a car. Fortunately, Hertz decided to give me a nice Toyota Rav 4×4 as, in my attempt to find the hotel, I visited some very snowy back streets. Eventually I admitted defeat and asked at a service station only to discover I was just one mile from where I wanted to be. Having looked at the map since I still can’t work out where I went.

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