Training Log Archive: fell

was last starter, took it a bit easy got a bit flustered at 3 and lost a bit of time.
thought I ran well through the next few long legs, unfortunately the rest of the guys had bunched up here and pushed each other through.
took the hard man option through big bad green gully once we hti the gold mining again, would have paid off if I knew where I was on the other side, found 12 before 11 thanks to a train of elites.
took it slow through the detail after this.
made a stupid error somewhere later on where I didn't even see a track on the map and could have used it as a handrail into the circle. subsequently had a blow out. took the last few downhills pretty well.
bit disappointed to be 15min down here.
didn't pace very well, had way too much energy at the end, took the hills well, but was too cautious on the downhills because of ankles. think I should have pushed it more throught the forest when I had the opportunities. leason too be learnt...

first starter.
went out really slowly, was a bit flustered, I hadn't been given all the start instructions before I was told to go. didn't commit to a route then got disorientated coming into the first control and span around a bit, then did a 180 coming out. took a slow south route on 2. should have done the diagonal south over the yellow.
the rest was pretty uneventful, took the west route through 8 - 9. ran through the multistory carpark to 10 and took the south entry which was probably a bit slower. picked the little gap between the fences to 11.

was not satisfied with this run, definately didn't feel like a first place. was a long way behind the men.

Really slow into the first one, was walking when I entered the circle. took it fairly slowly to 2. ran over the saddle to 3, picked up Kieran and we both lost it, circled bit (see the routegadget).

was a bit wide to 4 but Kieran spiked so I didn't lose too much time.
spiked 5, way too wide on 6 and hit the track. stumbled into the circle.

clean through to 8 where I dropped in a bit wide. Tristan appeared just behind us here.
dropped them both on the route to 9, made a substantial lead through till about 15 where I got too cautious and slowed too much, Tristan made up a bout a minute on me through the last loop and finished about a minute behind me knocking me down to 4th.
pretty close race. top 4 within a minute.

bit disappointed. wasn't feeling too tired despite the 5km sprint in the morning, could have taken it a bit harder in the mining.

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Event: Aust. WOC Trials
 

Local event at Yarralumla Bays.
Strode out on the streets. Respectable neighbourhood.

rode round to the event and back. had to ride into civic to use the atm to get money to pay the outrageous entry fees.

had to bail out of training today. too much work to do.
have rearranged my training this week re. ballarat.