Friday Jun 30 |
 | Run warm up/down 25:00 [2] | |
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| Orienteering race (Vienna Prologue) 44:33 [5]6.2 km (7:11 / km) | |
| slept:10.0 |
| 2nd, 57secs behind Eric
http://www.vienna2006.com/?p=mauerresults
Had an ok run. Lost 1.5mins in first 2 controls having difficulty adjusting to 1:10 again, but then ran ok. Physically felt fast and pushed hard on some legs. |
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| C • is ecmo there for the masters?... 2 |
Thursday Jun 29 |
| Orienteering (Vienna Prologue) 45:00 [4]*** | |
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| Prater- City park on the edge of Danube River. Very flat, many tracks and depressions (bomb craters). Didn't bother entering, just borrowed a map and ran. Good fun, but a bit over it by the end. |
| Orienteering (Kostendorf) 40:00 [3] | |
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| training on Austrian middle distance course on weekend. Felt pretty sluggish at first but good to get out of bed and get the blood pumping. |
Wednesday Jun 28 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Big sleep in. Visited Felix Breitschadel then went back to sleep all afternoon. |
Tuesday Jun 27 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Arrived in Zurich and watched the last 30mins of Aus vs Italy football being replayed in the airport. From what i saw we kicked arse and were robbed. Lukas Neill keep your head up mate.
Picked up hire car and drove into Austria, thru some mountain passes and into Germany. Visited famous castle, King Ludwig 2nd, then drove back into Austria and stayed night with Guenter and Gertrude Auer. Very long day, wasn't tired until 10pm but then struggled |
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| C • yep, robbed by cheating bastar... 2 |
Monday Jun 26 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Sydney to Hong Kong to Zurich. Missed the Aus vs Italy football by one hour in Hong Kong. Guttered. |
Sunday Jun 25 |
| Road Cycling (Akuna Bay) 2:00:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Specialized MTB |
| with Dari, Prong and Mounty. Smashed the hills, felt good but cold air on lungs wasn't so good. First time i've ridden Dari's old yellow cannondale, soon to become mine. |
Saturday Jun 24 |
| Kayak (Fisherman's beach) 1:40:00 [3] | |
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| with Mounty on his Mark2 surf ski. Good fun, fast on the downwinds catching runs. No real wave surfing (didn't want to smash on the shorebreak). |
Friday Jun 23 |
| Run (Two creeks/Little Diggers) 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| with Mark. Only one to turn up to training, and he's not even a Stinger!
Felt okay, pretty slow pace. |
Thursday Jun 22 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| still resting |
Wednesday Jun 21 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Resting |
Tuesday Jun 20 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Rest week |
Monday Jun 19 |
| Note | |
| slept:9.0 weight:67kg (rest day) |
| Legs feeling pretty good and knee not bad after Paddy's |
Sunday Jun 18 |
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| Event: Paddy Pallin Rogaine
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| Orienteering race (Paddy Pallin Rogaine) 5:55:00 [4]** | |
| shoes: Salomon XA 3D Pro |
| with Andy. Pretty cold morning (as usual) in Wingello but got warmed up quick enough. Planned a route that was far too long (as usual) and came back via the car 2hrs in, sat down, ate some lollies and totally overhauled our route. Spent more time in the easier flatter pine sections and less in the steeper valleys to the east. Good move in the end and we picked up and extra 50points near the end to finish with 5mins to spare.
I felt good for first 3hrs, tired a bit and left knee got sore from 3-5hrs, but came home strongly with a fast last hour. Not much competition this year. Won with 1380pts, second 1120 (i think). Hope to pull up good and not get injured like last year. |
Saturday Jun 17 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
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Friday Jun 16 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
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Thursday Jun 15 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Have to go to OANSW meeting so miss Stingers training :-( |
Wednesday Jun 14 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| I need sleep! |
Tuesday Jun 13 |
| Run (Two Creeks/Little Diggers) 54:00 [3] | |
| shoes: old Asics 2100 |
| with Ben and Glenn. Never intended to run, but got talked into it. Felt ok on the flats, but weak and tired on downhills. Hopefully will remove some of the puffiness from my legs and feet. |
Monday Jun 12 |
| Note | |
| slept:6.0 (rest day) |
| Good BBQ breakfast followed by Geoquest presentation and lots of packing then long drive home. Body in pretty good shape. |
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| Happy with 5th place. Now I have a 6th, 7th and 5th. Might be a few years yet before the win. Good team vibe, and if race was longer we would have only done better. Shame about the 2hrs+ lost on navigation...
Results here http://www.gar.com.au/geoquest/race06/live06/leade...
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Sunday Jun 11 |
| MTB race (Geoquest) 2:00:00 [3]20 km (6:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Specialized MTB |
| Split Leg- Damon and i picked up 3 controls on the bike, while Prong and Kim attempted to get 2 on foot. I was still feeling strong when we finished. Had to wait for 30mins at the campfire til Prong got back (he hadn't found any). |
| Trek race (Geoquest) 3:00:00 [3]12 km (15:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA 3D Pro |
| Split leg part 2. Started off this leg feeling good. Found first control ok, taking it easy thru the dodgy tracks. Started to tire up long, very tough creek. Some how did a 180 near saddle and headed back the way we just came. Got to control again before realising. Wasted about an hour. I was just shattered now. Would have skipped control but Damon convinced me to keep going. Finally got back after sunrise. Not food or drink for 3hrs. Now in 7th place 3hrs behind leaders. |
| MTB race (Geoquest) 36:00 [3]7 km (5:09 / km) | |
| shoes: Specialized MTB |
| Popped a NODOZE and rolled down the hill and into camp. Compulsory 20mins stop. Use 10mins looking for underware. I was shatterred.
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| MTB race (Geoquest) 3:52:00 [3]42 km (5:31 / km) +600m 5:09 / km | |
| shoes: Specialized MTB |
| After the nodoze, large flat white and coke in the car back to start of leg 3, i was feeling awesome. I worked quite hard on this leg, and was tired by the large neverending climb at the end. Passed Tangerine into 6th with 2nd fastest split. |
| Trek (Geoquest) 3:05:00 [3]9 km (20:33 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA 3D Pro |
| This was run around a group a big mountains, big climbs and steep decents. Snuck arround a team and moved into 5th. 3rd best split |
| MTB race (Geoquest) 1:29:00 [3]22 km (4:03 / km) | |
| shoes: Specialized MTB |
| Ride off the mountains down to Nambucca river. Still in 5th. |
| Kayak (Geoquest) 4:02:00 [3]22 km (11:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Specialized MTB |
| Started this kayak on sundown. Feeling tired like the rest of the team, but better when i started talking. First half in a windy river, 2nd in fast flowing tidal river. Included 1.5km portage. |
| Trek race (Geoquest) 2:17:00 [3]12.0 mi (11:25 / mi) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA 3D Pro |
| Final Leg- Support crew told us there was a team only 10min behind so we scuttled off on the final trek. Took a bloody long time. I was cactus and had to hand over the map to Prong before i fell of the cliff and took the control card with me. I saw teams all over the place, but they were only 'sleepmonsters'. Very happy to finish 2 mins before midnight. |
Saturday Jun 10 |
| Kayak race (Geoquest) 1:15:00 [4]12.5 km (6:00 / km) | |
| slept:5.0 |
| Paddle from Grassy nob beach to Trial bay, near south west rocks. 9th. |
| Run race (Geoquest) 1:46:00 [3]15 km (7:04 / km) | |
| shoes: Teva X1 |
| Trial Bay via lighthouse to bridge thru Hat Head N.P. Very nice scenery. |
| Tubing race (Geoquest) 39:00 [3]1.5 km (26:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Teva X1 |
| Cold,dirty river, then across fast river. Pretty slow waiting for others. |
| Kayak race (Geoquest) 1:03:00 [4]10 km (6:18 / km) | |
| shoes: Teva X1 |
| Paddle along a river. made up some time as teams tried to portage their boats but got stuck in mud. I had to work harder to keep up this time. |
| Tubing (Geoquest) 1:25:00 [3]5 km (17:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Teva X1 |
| Mainly walking thru mud flats with a bit of swimming in between. Again pretty easy pace. |
| MTB race (Geoquest) 2:15:00 [3]30 km (4:30 / km) | |
| shoes: Specialized MTB |
| MTB rogaine section. No real problems with nav. some small over grown tracks. Started raining and got dark 3/4 of way round. Picked up a few places and moved into 8th with 5th best split. |
| Trek race (Geoquest) 3:19:00 [3]15.0 mi (13:16 / mi) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA 3D Pro |
| Rogaine collecting 7controls. Got confused early on due to poor maping of tracks/lack of mapping! Recovered will to post fasted split but we (unfortunately) used our miss a check point card. Moved into 4th. |
| MTB 4:28:00 [3]24 km (11:10 / km) +500m 10:07 / km | |
| shoes: Specialized MTB |
| This was a MTB leg to the bottom of Mt Yarrahapinni, then a 500m vertical bike carry through this rainforest. Worst thing was we didn't know if there was meant to be a track. Caught MillieBerghaus a(moved into 3rd) and they slowed us down a bit (and pulled out at the top of the hill) Very hard work, about 90mins of fighting vines and climbing logs. |
Friday Jun 9 |
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| slept:7.0 (rest day) |
| Compentency tests at Geoquest. A bit of swimming, kayaking etc. Got the course a 4pm and spent most of the night planning course, contacting, and packing. Went to bed at 12.30am still feeling very disorganised. |
Thursday Jun 8 |
| Note | |
| slept:6.0 (rest day) |
| Packed car then drove to Stuarts Point, north of Kempsey arriving at 12.30am |
Wednesday Jun 7 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Still resting |
Tuesday Jun 6 |
| Note | |
| slept:8.0 weight:67.5kg (rest day) |
| Happy to have a rest day after a tough weekend.
Rankings have been updated: moved above Eric to 6th! |
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| C • good work 3 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Recovering from NZ |
Monday Jun 5 |
| Orienteering race 1:27:03 [5]***** 10.1 km (8:37 / km) +540m 6:48 / km | |
| slept:6.0 shoes: VJ Twister |
| 3rd. WRE. Caught Eric 6mins. Nuff said.
http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/default.a...
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| Run warm up/down 15:00 [2] | |
| shoes: VJ Twister |
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Sunday Jun 4 |
| Orienteering race (Otakanini Topu) 27:04 [5]***** | |
| shoes: VJ Twister |
| 4th. WRE
http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/default.a...
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| Run warm up/down (2 x w.u. and c.d.) 40:00 [2] | |
| shoes: VJ Twister |
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| Orienteering race (Otakanini Topu) 29:00 [5]***** | |
| shoes: VJ Twister |
| Chasing start based on mornings race. |
Saturday Jun 3 |
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| Event: Aus V NZ Test Matches
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| Orienteering race (Shank's Pony) 37:00 [5]*** | |
| shoes: VJ Twister |
| Auckland Middle Distance Champs
http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/default.a...
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| Run warm up/down 15:00 [2] | |
| shoes: VJ Twister |
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| Orienteering race (Massey Uni Sprint) 13:48 [5] | |
| shoes: Teva X1 |
| 7th
http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/default.a...
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| Run warm up/down 30:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Teva X1 |
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Friday Jun 2 |
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| Event: Zoo Sprint
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| Run (Auckland) 32:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Salomon XA 3D Pro |
| with Prong and Dave from Avondale Motor Camp to top of Mt Albert and back. Just a bit of a limber up for afternoons race. |
| Run warm up/down (Warm up and cool down) 35:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Teva X1 |
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| Orienteering race (Zoo Sprint) 13:51 [5]**** | |
| shoes: Teva X1 |
| Fantastic course- best urban sprint i have run. Got put off by poor mapping on way to 2, and lost 50 secs, then took a bad route to 3. After that i ran ok and got a handle on things but it was too late.19th.
http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/default.a...
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| Run warm up/down 15 [2] | |
| shoes: VJ Twister |
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Thursday Jun 1 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Resting for NZ |