The weather stayed great for the first training day - the third day of our trip.
Nicks take on the days training was that he took it easy with low intensity recovery session. Flowing through the controls, many similar to yesterday but in a different order and approaching from different directions made for a good session. He did miss the north lines on the map however and had to keep ensuring the map was correctly orientated.
Jeremy wasn't the only person battling today - there were some other athletes who came back to the start looking like they should find another sport. Thierry however took the day off from orienteering and cycled up the the event to see what was happening.
The team then went into town, Aix-Les-Bains, to buy provisions for the rest of the week. Carrefour supermarket was an interesting experience. Many of our staple foods were conspicuous in their absence. Yogurt is big, Fresh milk not so much. Pasta sauces were also a little scarce and we never did find the chicken pieces. the standard Nutella and bread was easy to add to the trolley - which was surprisingly cheap - perhaps relative to the Norway costs of last year. Self catering is definitely the way to go while traveling on a budget. The difference is astounding.Jeremy then dropped into Decathlon (sport shop) for some energy drink and got to work the self service check out. The honesty system is impressive - and it seems to work here.
The day was finished off with another late night. Jeremy reviewing papers and closing out with some angry birds, while Nick worked on the music compilations, labeling and rating for his new i phone.
We finish off this blog with some pictures of our walk round Annecy on Saturday.
the view from our chateau - the basement of a house in Arith - Rural France
with lightening fast internet access.
Tired bodies from 2 days racing in unfamiliar terrain kept us lazing around the accommodation till after lunchtime. We then headed back to the Le Revard II map - this time at a new scale - 1:10 000, but the printing was not the same standard and Jeremy found the clearings difficult to read. LITF was Jeremy's summary of the days training. My worst orienteering day so far. I could hardly walk this morning my stabilizers are so overworked, and i just couldn't get in contact with the map today.with lightening fast internet access.
Nicks take on the days training was that he took it easy with low intensity recovery session. Flowing through the controls, many similar to yesterday but in a different order and approaching from different directions made for a good session. He did miss the north lines on the map however and had to keep ensuring the map was correctly orientated.
The training map for the day. only friends and family get to see Jeremy's GPS track. Notice the absence of North lines. they were missed! Control 1 was the same as control 5 from yesterdays race, and Jeremy got it wrong again.
Jeremy wasn't the only person battling today - there were some other athletes who came back to the start looking like they should find another sport. Thierry however took the day off from orienteering and cycled up the the event to see what was happening.
The team then went into town, Aix-Les-Bains, to buy provisions for the rest of the week. Carrefour supermarket was an interesting experience. Many of our staple foods were conspicuous in their absence. Yogurt is big, Fresh milk not so much. Pasta sauces were also a little scarce and we never did find the chicken pieces. the standard Nutella and bread was easy to add to the trolley - which was surprisingly cheap - perhaps relative to the Norway costs of last year. Self catering is definitely the way to go while traveling on a budget. The difference is astounding.Jeremy then dropped into Decathlon (sport shop) for some energy drink and got to work the self service check out. The honesty system is impressive - and it seems to work here.
The day was finished off with another late night. Jeremy reviewing papers and closing out with some angry birds, while Nick worked on the music compilations, labeling and rating for his new i phone.
We finish off this blog with some pictures of our walk round Annecy on Saturday.
Nick the photographer. from the top of the hill overlooking the old town.
Good thing this isn't Nicks front door. Many years of subsidence have made it skew - it wasn't built that way - so the guide map says.
The old town where we had some expensive sandwiches with not so expensive ice cream.
The old town where we had some expensive sandwiches with not so expensive ice cream.
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