Training Log Archive: TheInvisibleLog

State League At Tipperary Springs. The navigation was generally simple, but I managed to make a significant error on the first control. Went within 15 metres of the control and didn't see it, went into a worry spin and assumed I was in the wrong place. Ran off to the next gully. Lost 2.30. I am just not getting my mind into navigation at the start of events. The other two errors were much smaller.. went to the adjacent minor erosion gully (0.45) and wrong side of a gully (0.35). Still it all adds up to 3.50. A time on the hour would have felt much better.
The course design was very conventional. Why are there so many courses with clockwise circle shapes?

Finished the weekend of control chasing as an active spectator in the Southern Cross sprint event. I choose the words carefully. I was active in the sense that I visited each control on the course. I use the word spectator to describe the experience of watching every other competitor run past me. Not that I expected anything different. they sent me off very early in the starts so they would be able to collect controls before dark. In no way was this going to be a 'sprint' for me. The main training objective was to get the Sunday running time over 90 minutes in total so I could tick off the long run aspiration. Turned out I exceeded 100 minutes elapsed running time. Well, mostly running. No way was I capable of sprint type behaviour at the end of a long run. Add the felled pine areas, the general trash on the ground and multitudinous erosion and green, and I admit to more walking than I have ever seen at a sprint before. At least i finished. Errors were towards the end and due to basic brain fade. 85 seconds of errors and hesitations.

BOGANS BASHED
The second round of the Southern Cross thingy saw a reversal of form. The top of the table Bogans were bashed by the Metrosexuals. Initial analysis suggests three contributing factors. The Bogan's top performer at the previous race was confronted with a diary clash. No Bogan will choose orienteering in steep terrain when the alternative is a Buck's turn with plenty of beer. If this was not enough, the complex hageby format required careful reading of control order and reading of control codes. Counting has never been a bogan strength. Three more bogans miscounted themselves out of contention. Finally, the location in Daylesford on Labour Day weekend clashed with the gay and lesbian 'Chill Out Festival'. This effectively gave the Metrosexuals a home ground advantage. Metrosexuals dominated the entry count. Scores: Metrosexuals 13, Refos 9, Bogans 9 (and lucky to get that).
Oh, and your correspondent had an unofficial run. Not sure he will be backing up for more of the same tomorrow. It was tough.

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GPS track logging in Specimen Hill Reserve.

Gentle jog around Aranda bushland reserve.

After some confusion with the new Caswell drive Spaghetti Junction, did a run up Black mountain. I surprised myself by not slowing to walk during any part of the ascent. mind you, at times the running was very slow.

Down and 'home'.