Sunday Apr 15 |
 | Orienteering race 1:11:47 [5]13.6 km (5:17 / km) +360m 4:40 / km | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
| Australian National Badge Event on Ngaralta Country. Strange area, lots of ploughed fields (tough!) and fences and thickets. But lots of small boulders scattered about. Kinda like a good version of Carsington Pastures. Didn't know what was going on at first and before I knew it Kez had caught me up 2 mins at the 2nd control (both rocks in green). So I hammered the next few legs before losing over a minute at 7 (rock in green) and Kez caught me back up again. No time for drinks over the next few legs as I pushed hard. Missed 13 and 19 and started getting very tired, but knew I couldn't afford to let up after all the mistakes I'd made. All going ok til the penultimate control when in full view of everyone I lost another minute while Blair gleefully commentated on me. Felt quite lucky to win after losing around 6 minutes out there. Simon was impressive this weekend, he'll be hard to beat at JWOC. |
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| C • Commentary 6 |
| Running warm up/down 20:00 [2] | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
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Saturday Apr 14 |
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| Event: British Elite Sprint Orienteering Championships
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| Orienteering race 31:43 [5]5.7 km (5:34 / km) +260m 4:32 / km | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
| Australian Middle Distance Championships (sponsored by Jacob's Creek). Pewsey Vale. Trickiest race of the week with plenty of granite scattered about. Got into the swing of things early on and hadn't lost much before the spectator control. Then heard I had a big lead and of course screwed the next control up (~45secs) but finished well after that. Legs were quite tired but concentrating on the map too hard to notice much. Pleased with a good race on a tricky area, especially as I picked up 2 bottles of Jacob's Creek wine as a prize (1 of which didn't last very long). |
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| C • Congrats 11 |
| Running warm up/down 20:00 [2] | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
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Friday Apr 13 |
| Orienteering race 14:45 [5]3.4 km (4:20 / km) +30m 4:09 / km | |
| shoes: asics roady things |
| ASC Galaxy Sprint in Nuriootpa. Not the most techie of sprint areas, but 26 controls meant it was very twisty and turny. My control flow was pretty good and I didn't do much wrong. Legs didn't feel very light, but I was pushing pretty hard. Happy to take the win, especially as Grace did too, meaning we got $100 each. Sweet. |
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| C • $$ 7 |
| Running warm up/down 20:00 [2] | |
| shoes: asics roady things |
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Thursday Apr 12 |
| Running 58:00 [2] | |
| shoes: asics traily things |
| Ran the Coastal Cliffs Trail near Victor Harbour with Gracie. Gorgeous day and great views. Got a lot of sand in my trainers though. |
Wednesday Apr 11 |
| Running 20:00 [2] | |
| shoes: asics traily things |
| Morning jog in the Adelaide Hills. |
Tuesday Apr 10 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Recovery from the racing and the wine tasting. |
Monday Apr 9 |
| Orienteering race 45:04 [5]7.4 km (6:05 / km) +415m 4:45 / km | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
| Australian Easter 3-days, day 3. Worlds End South. It was very hot (low 30s) and I was in a stony, dusty and (above all) hilly desert having raced 3 days prior. So I found it quite tough today. It was kinda like that spur/gully routechoice area near Alicante. Couldn't really push very hard but kept on plodding and had a pretty clean run. My round route to 3 got me in the lead, but my round route to 4 lost it again. Then lost a bit of time on 6. Pleased to only be 30secs back on Jules but reckon we both should've gone quicker today. |
| Running warm up/down 20:00 [2] | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
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