Saturday Dec 15 |
 | Adventure Race race (AROC Race) 4:30:00 [4] 40 km (6:45 / km) | |
| slept:6.0 weight:77kg shoes: New Balance 781 |
| At Avoca. Great start finish area beside Avoca Lake on a baking hot morning. Went in a team with Orla and old workmate James. Started off at a cracking pace as usual, along Avoca Beach while most teams headed into the suburbs earlier, I dont think we were disadvantaged. Through the suburbs and around the bushy bits of the lake, then over to the bike pickup very near the Dents place at the back of Terrigal.
Prob about 20th place (140? teams) at the time, we scooted through the streets to Kincumber Mountain picking up a couple of controls. Then up Kincumber Mountain a huge walk/carry bike straight up an unrideable track the sweat was streaming off at this stage and the track was a constant stream of 200+ people and bikes. Got to the top, then back down a side track to get another control and back up to the main reserve at the top to do the orienteering. Pretty simple stuff, would have easily gained more places than we lost on the bike. Back on the bike and flew down the mountain on the fire trail to the north, back into the start/finish at Avoca, picking up a control on the way, really fast and fun. Feeling pretty good, but I think James was starting to cave a bit.
Into the kayaks in about 18th place apparently, we kept going pretty well, held our own, but my back started to really suffer near the end, got out of the boat really gingerly.
Trotted out to start the last leg hoping my back would warm up and we could go faster but after 4hrs I dont think the others were complaining about the pace. The back felt more limber after 10 mins but we didnt really speed up. We caught several teams who werent navigating so well and got the jump on them. We just kept grinding away to the finish, a couple of sausage sangers and cokes didnt even touch the sides after the race. My back sored up again after the race.
Lazydave reckoned we could have come 8th but have to wait for the results. The race effort didnt feel as intense as previous ones but we got a similar result nonetheless. |
Friday Dec 14 |
| run 47:00 [3] 8 km (5:52 / km) +200m 5:13 / km | |
| shoes: Nike Stucture Triax 9 |
| West St-Luna Park-Alfred St loop at night. Nothing special but felt quite good. |
Thursday Dec 13 |
| run 45:00 [3] 7 km (6:26 / km) +250m 5:27 / km | |
| slept:7.0 shoes: Asics 2100 |
| Tunks Park-Northbridge GC-Hallstrom Pt out and back. Feeling good, nice sunny afternoon. |
Wednesday Dec 12 |
| run 25:00 [2] 4 km (6:15 / km) +80m 5:41 / km | |
| shoes: Nike Stucture Triax 9 |
| Really slow blob down to Tunks Park and back in the morning. Really wet underfoot, must have rained alot overnight or the sea level is rising already. |