Training Log Archive: robw

NOL sprint. seemed to be chaos at the start with it raining, being nearly dark as we drove in to the race 30min before i started and nothing ready at the start when the start time arrived. Anyway it was a cracker of an area and course, super difficult, i bumbled my way round in a bit of a huff since i was turning all the SI units on, Jules eventually caught me in the last little loop and he was on a whole different level. i took the opportunity to tack on and make up a few of the seconds i had lost earlier with the SIs. Surprised to get 3rd.

Mixed relay, good fun race in a team with Belinda Lawford who ran well and put us in a good position from the start. great courses with excellent route choice, i ran pretty well apart from a 45sec mistake on the 2nd last of the first loop. Stuffed at the end and couldnt get past shep who i had battled with for the last part of the last loop.

long trip home via wagga, cootamundra and harden to avoid the flooding - and several county town parks to keep max entertained.

I can't remember how long this race really was but it seemed to go on forever. I was struggling to handle the pace from the start and really needed perfect orienteering. Was quite good but a few scrappy misses on the 2nd loop put me down on grant and co after i had been in a good position after the first loop with the shortest splits. got into a group with bryan robbie and sometimes ezy and toph for the last loop, got away with the bryan and robbie on the long leg and was in a world of hurt by that stage. Ate a gel at the last drinks and tried the wide left route on the ridge coming back which got me just ahead of robbie but bryan blew us both away. held on in front of robbie for 6th through the tricky last few. pretty satusfied, great race, esp the arena and setup. Thanks to Grant and Mary and Toni for minding max and mira.

C • wide left route 2

lunchtime trundle around aranda hill. Had organised to run with eric but when i got down to the changeroom a bit late he was heading back to work fully dressed after he'd gone over on his ankle putting his shoe on and then noticed that it looked a bit puffy. I agreed it was best for him to play it safe before eureka so ran solo.

Jog round the 2 bridges with the cockies, very windy. Turkish pide and checked out the eureka maps afterwards. Could be the edge i need to beat Grant on the weekend, i think the last time we both ran a eureka challenge mass start we were so close we were bumping shoulders on the fire trails with a young upstart junior called TDH clinging on to us...

C • Ha ha that's right. And you... 4