Training Log Archive: michalmy

Event: Sydney Sprint Series #4 - Mort Bay
 

"The Range", Holmesvillle. 19/29c. Net points 20/53 (17p penalty). 20th/24 (25 pts behind Wayne Hawken). 23°C. TE 2.6.
Not interested in controls on the W side of the freeway. Targeted a rough loop of the S controls, moving to the N if time permitted. Left out 217 (middle) by accident and 105 (top) on purpose. Rain held off until about the 65' mark. Bike slipped in some mud on the way to 303. My R knee must have found a sharp edge on a rock causing blood to run down my shin. The rain had washed the blood away by the time I had finished but I had to get 3 stitches from my local GP for a 3cm wound after a slow 90' drive home with rain and traffic. No time to shower and change.
Sequence: #1-201, #2-204, #3-216, #?-300, #4-203, #5-101, #6-202, #7-102, #8-107, #9-301, #10-109, #11-205, #12-206, #13-207, #14-212, #15-302, #16-215, #17-108, #18-303, #19-F.
Time losses: 217 - missed concealed track entrance (-1'); 216 - too far (-2); 300 - turned too soon (-1'); 107 - wrong exit from 102 (-2:30); 206 - wrong way (-1:30); 206 - missed track (-1:45); 300 - missed track (-1:30); F - completely stuffed up the route to the finish by drifting off the map for the best part of 15' (-13:15). Total est time losses: 24:30.
Managed to get 3rd place overall for the series (Men All Score). Obviously today's ride wasn't counted in my best four.
Relive: https://www.relive.cc/view/vr637eZr8d6

NSW Athletics Junior Championships, Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre, Day 2/3. 8am-5pm. 32°C. 52%rh.
Quiet day at the finish area. By the second half of the day I was usually getting within about 0.2 of the photofinish time for first place. 100m sprints were tricky as I couldn't press the button quickly enough to get the entire field. Impossible to get 10 runners crossing inside one second. Learning about some of the processes when runners transgress the rules.
Events: 5km walk, 2 x 3km runs, 38 x 100m, 11 x 400m, 15 1500m.
Headlines: Accuser's ex-partner challenges A-G's denial / Good, the Baz and the ugly - Ground-Dog Day as Canterbury crash to defeat against forward-thinking Knights (league)

Sydney Track Classic, Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre. 5-9.15pm. 30-26°C. 52%rh.
Some high performing interstate athletics competing against the best of the locals with some NSW junior finals thrown into the mix. Highlights were the two pole vault events with the grandstand runway being used - Kurtis Marschall 5.75m & Nina Kennedy 4.82m (new AUS record).
Events: 3 x 5000m (national champs), 6 x 100m, 110mH, 100mH, 3 x 800m, 300m, 400mH, 3 x 200m.

NSW Athletics Junior Championships, Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre, Day 1/3. 1-8pm. 27-24°C.
A thunderstorm developed just south of the stadium around 6.30pm which eventually caused the evening portion of the program (5km walk & 3km runs) to be postponed until Saturday or Sunday. Interestingly there was not one drop of rain.
Events: 18 x 110-80m hurdles, 4 x para 100m, 28 x 400m. No reports.
Headlines: Airport metro 'doesn't add up' / New world awaits Smith but pull of Footyland will remain (league)

Parramatta-Auburn loop (CW). Bike seems secure enough at work. You need to get through two security doors to reach this particular bike room. Only locking up the front wheel and frame to a bike rack. The ride was very stop/start at road junctions. The only flow was on the bike path along Duck Creek inside Auburn Gardens (about 2km) when I got my HR above 150. 25°C. TE 2.7.
Relive: https://www.relive.cc/view/veqz3QVrKBv (pic - looking SE from L33 at Parramatta Square over today's route)
Headlines: Cut-price flights to help lift tourism / A great who hated the limelight finally brings down the curtain - Cameron Smith retires (league)

The guy at Turramurra bike shop said my MTB tyres had too much pressure. I thought I was at 20psi but my gauge must be wrong. He set my front tyre at 21psi and rear at 22psi in the shop. When I got home these pressures were barely registering on my pump, possibly '10psi'. Seemed to be an improvement to the bike set-up as I was fast again today without trying that much. Just 43" over my N-S best time. 25°C. TE 3.0.
Relive: https://www.relive.cc/view/v1vjDYdKeY6 (pic - more fallen branches near that obstacle from a few weeks ago)
Headlines: Surge in jobs as recovery kicks off / Meet the teacher - Graduation day: Patient teacher finally gets shot with Bulldogs (Bradley Deitz, league)

North to South trail - Splits

Ti-Tree Trail<>Sams Creek Track, Berowra. Added a couple of hills. Had to stop a few times to remove some spiky grass from my socks. 28°C. TE 2.5.
Relive: https://www.relive.cc/view/vPOpY1EMQR6 (pic - 100m hill sprint to finish)
Headlines: Business gets $1.2b for youth jobs push / The Big Three II (Cameron Muster, Harry Grant, Ryan Papenhuyzen; league)

Took my new road bike back to the shop - front derailleur not working. Still waiting for new bike shoes to come in my size too. Too busy today to go for a run.
Headlines: 'Rebuild for equality' (International Women's Day) / Forever Manly: Cherry-Evans wants new deal after 'lifetime' mega contract expires (league)