Sunday Oct 29 |
 | Mountain Biking race (Cape Storm Rogaine) 5:57:38 [4]*** 62 km (5:46 / km) +1752m 5:03 / km | |
| (injured) shoes: Specialized Epic 2006 |
| 0805 - Kaapschehoop. 1:30'000. Won overall and mixed with Susan, just 25 points ahead of Richard and Rika. We had bad bike troubles (20 mins) and Susan felt really bad most of the way. Only just won, with good control selection and a strong last hour seeing us through. We though we were going to be seriously over-time for a while. My ITB warmed up after about an hour and started fading to a moderate level. |
Saturday Oct 28 |
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| Event: Cape Storm Rogaine
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| Orienteering race (Cape Storm Rogaine) 7:56:09 [4]*** 49.9 km (9:33 / km) +1638m 8:12 / km | |
| (injured) shoes: Salomon 3D Pro black #6 |
| 0810 - Kaapschehoop. 1:30'000. Won the Foot Rogaine with Ryno by about 80 points. We both had serious ITB during the race, but good control selection and a steady tempo saw us finish comfortably. |
Wednesday Oct 25 |
| Mountain Biking race (Mintek Night Racing) 1:03:00 [4]20.97 km (3:00 / km) +192m 2:52 / km | |
| shoes: Specialized Epic 2006 |
| 1845 - New, slightly longer course than last week (+30s or so) Started off hard and took 1st, but was really not comfortable. Got taken for 2nd and then 3rd before I practically decided to call it a good training session. Stayed in 5th most of the way, charging down 4th in last lap. Unfortunately, 400m from the finish I crashed hard into a dropper stake (pushing too hard to keep 4th). Walked in from there, battered and bruised. 9 laps total of 2.33km each.
Note: the crash left me with strained L shoulder ligaments that are taking months to recover. There is a constant danger of popping my shoulder out of the joint. |
| Mountain Biking warm up/down 7:00 [3]2.33 km (3:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Specialized Epic 2006 |
| 1630 - Warm up for Mintek Night Race. 1 lap. New, slightly longer route. |