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Friday Oct 12, 2018 #
Walking 44:00 [3] 4.2 km (10:29 / km)
Walking the Rattler trail South from Auburn. Fairly boring, flat rail trail through wheat and lupin fields.
http://www.southaustraliantrails.com/trails/rattle...
http://www.southaustraliantrails.com/trails/rattle...
Thursday Oct 11, 2018 #
Walking 2:00:00 [2] 5.3 km (22:38 / km)
Altona Scrub walk in the Barossa - see http://www.walkingtrailssupportgroup.org.au/docume....
Former sand quarry, quite extensive and well-rehabilitated. Nice to see they have left some of the quarrying activity. Would make a great little orienteering map.
Former sand quarry, quite extensive and well-rehabilitated. Nice to see they have left some of the quarrying activity. Would make a great little orienteering map.
Monday Oct 8, 2018 #
Note
Travelling back across the Nullarbor and around the S coast for the next 2 weeks with not much prospect of activity other than walking. Need to consult specialists on return home for better diagnosis - mixed results with Ventolin suggest may or may not be bronchial/asthma related.
Sunday Oct 7, 2018 #
Orienteering race 33:58 [4] 2.8 km (12:08 / km)
shoes: X-Talon 190
SA Middle Champs, very open area with rock everywhere. Warmed up then took the V, trying to make sure I actually took it in. Seems to have worked, as no episodes today. Was very careful not to go too hard until I could be sure nothing would happen.
Around to the left to 1, probably not the best route, but got 2nd fastest split. 2 was a bit confusing, couldn't match features with the compass bearing, especially a green cross which was a very obvious fallen tree; the rocks where I thought the control might be looked way north of the bearing, so checked out the nearer (wrong) rocks first - lost maybe 20-30 secs. It was pretty clear where 3 and 4 would be, 4 involving a steep climb. Picked up a shadow at 4, and he stuck to me like a limpet for the rest of the course - a little off-putting, helpful in terms of making me try to run harder, but not so helpful in terms of concentrating on the course. Splits show me in 1st at 4, and 2nd at 5 and 6 which I did quite well.
7 was where I inevitably lost concentration, being a fast, fairly flat run from 6, but I didn't spot a form-line spur that I should have run up, and ended up in a parallel set of rocks. Spent at least 4 minutes (with the shadow never far away) until finally getting into the correct line of rocks. By this time I was feeling good for running hard, and determined to shake him off, so went as hard as possible through 8, 9 and 10. Didn't look around but he was still there when I made a small mistake at 11 because the 3m cliff was also a 2m high Boulder on the high side (30 secs lost). 11 to finish was ok - but hairy downhill through rocks, and the shadow remained unshakeable.
5th place, 5:30 down, which could all be accounted for with an almost perfect run. Probably should have got 3rd with more care at 7.
Around to the left to 1, probably not the best route, but got 2nd fastest split. 2 was a bit confusing, couldn't match features with the compass bearing, especially a green cross which was a very obvious fallen tree; the rocks where I thought the control might be looked way north of the bearing, so checked out the nearer (wrong) rocks first - lost maybe 20-30 secs. It was pretty clear where 3 and 4 would be, 4 involving a steep climb. Picked up a shadow at 4, and he stuck to me like a limpet for the rest of the course - a little off-putting, helpful in terms of making me try to run harder, but not so helpful in terms of concentrating on the course. Splits show me in 1st at 4, and 2nd at 5 and 6 which I did quite well.
7 was where I inevitably lost concentration, being a fast, fairly flat run from 6, but I didn't spot a form-line spur that I should have run up, and ended up in a parallel set of rocks. Spent at least 4 minutes (with the shadow never far away) until finally getting into the correct line of rocks. By this time I was feeling good for running hard, and determined to shake him off, so went as hard as possible through 8, 9 and 10. Didn't look around but he was still there when I made a small mistake at 11 because the 3m cliff was also a 2m high Boulder on the high side (30 secs lost). 11 to finish was ok - but hairy downhill through rocks, and the shadow remained unshakeable.
5th place, 5:30 down, which could all be accounted for with an almost perfect run. Probably should have got 3rd with more care at 7.