Training Log Archive: Billenicus

Wellington Champs long - Hydrabad (S. end) - M50 - 5.5Km
Enjoyable course but too short, though given that it was very humid again, I dodn't mind too much.
Poor start - lost 1 min at #1 due to misidentifying hills. Then 2 mins at 2, again misidentifyig hills and running past the re-entrant I needed without seeing it. Then good apart from a small miss at 11 (20s) where I thought the control was in the depression behind where it actually was (a confusing bit of map / overprinting).
Felt like hard work physically - as usual very short of terrain running practice. But it was physically hard anyway off the tracks.

Thought Al might beat me, but he had even more fun at 2 ...

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Wellington Middle Distance Champs - Waikawa - M50 - 2.6Km
Unrelentingly technical and fairly physical at times with plenty of growth on the dunes. Also warm and humid, but not so much of a problem as never going fast.
Mostly a surprisingly good run given the lack of recent orienteering, but one bad (3-15) mistake on 6 where I got put off by a very big depression that was at least a contour deep but only mapped with the small depression symbol. There was such a depression beyond the one I wanted so I thought I must have gone too far and went back from there rather than forward 20m to the control.

Still did just enough ...

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Went back out to work out #6.

Harriers. The trail champs route with the loop in reverse this time. Feeling reasonable physically but right knee a bit sore at times. Trying to run on softer surfaces where possible.

More checking out control sites at St Pats.
Was intending to try to race some of it, but tweaked right knee yesterday and it was a bit sore (patellar tendon area).

Nets at Fraser. In reasonable shape.

The Whitemans Valley loop ACW
Thought I'd be feeling a bit fresher after less activity for the past 3 days, but legs felt a bit tired, though went up the hill pretty well at the end.