Training Log Archive: BB

Benchmark ride to top of Stromlo - 25.09 - 6 seconds better than my world record plus beat overall ride by 1.13 - despite softer conditions due to rain and a couple of average lines on some corners.

Was meant to be my rest day before the 6 hour Paddy Pallin hair products event tomorrow.

Birthday ride for Vern who celebrated his 68th trip around the sun yesterday. Joined by Liz for the usual Friday MTB coffee ride to the arboretum

C • 68th Trip around the sun 2

Pooch walk before the forecast rain - bit of cross country looking for eagles and roos - only saw the latter.

Pleasant - bit sore from running last night.

First Wednesday night O event - the second last of the season - chose it as a new sprint map that covered 3 schools closely located and near our place - rode to and from the event. Distanced advertised as 2.1km - actual distance taken from someone else as I forgot to turn on the garmin - rats. made a big boo boo going from 3 to 4 (as did many others) - did not see the impassable fence then realised I had to virtually backtrack all the way past 2 to get to the control. Saw another route choice (which would have been better) and took it on the way back to 5. Rest was OK but nearly 5 minutes on one leg was a lot in a short race. had a chat to a new Canberra resident after the race - O-ing

Peleton of 4 - nice riding weather - won the post dam hill sprint with a withering late surge - thought I was being caught but realise now I was being chased by my shadow. For once the topic of conversation at coffee stop was not Trump. Helicopter circling the lake dragging a huge Navy flag (ensign) - could be practising or is today important to the navy?

Orange 2 - Splits

Nice session

Ride to the top of Stromlo and back again - 14% faster to the top than yesterday. That is 4.07 minutes quicker up and overall ride was 6.18 minutes faster - same route. New benchmark. Again nice riding weather.

Taking pooch for a walk around edge of Weston Park - but stop start for smells!

Pooch walk via kangaroo alley - she saw two and was very excited!

Mix of dolphin, crocodile and lumbar stretches. Nice - sort of.

Ride to top of Stromlo and back via mix of single track and fire trails - 29.23 to the top to set a benchmark. Nice day for riding - 3rd exercise for the day!!

Relay of 6 legs - on my team I did 2 legs and one of the female scholars did the other 4. Time an estimate but distance correct - fast and furious if you could sprint uphill! Our team came third - just beaten by a team that included ex Australian Olympic Marathon runner - martin dent.