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Saturday Oct 26, 2019 #
9 AM
MTB Orienteering race (Aus Champs) 23:53 **** 7.74 km (3:05 / km) +61m 2:58 / km
ahr:130 max:143
Flat Creek, Maryborough, Sprint, M60, fastest time but MP, no.12 didn't register.
I've gone on a bit at times about electronic failures with controls: this time it was my turn. Just wish it wasn't at one of my better MTBO rides.
Fast, flowing, two sub-optimal route choices and a bit slow through the school.
Had done the "lift SI to the ear" at most, as well as checking codes, but at 12 there was a steep embankment just after the flag, so put my hand back on my bars to tackle the climb. This was at a gate to the entrance to the school, so no chance I "punched" the wrong control as confirmed when I went back out later just to make sure.
I've gone on a bit at times about electronic failures with controls: this time it was my turn. Just wish it wasn't at one of my better MTBO rides.
Fast, flowing, two sub-optimal route choices and a bit slow through the school.
Had done the "lift SI to the ear" at most, as well as checking codes, but at 12 there was a steep embankment just after the flag, so put my hand back on my bars to tackle the climb. This was at a gate to the entrance to the school, so no chance I "punched" the wrong control as confirmed when I went back out later just to make sure.
2 PM
MTB Orienteering race (Aus Champs) 54:48 16.09 km (3:24 / km) +79m 3:19 / km
ahr:123 max:143
Tullaroop Forest, Maryborough. Middle,M60, 2nd. A good ride but quite a few sub-optimal route choices. Didn't see the better rail crossing to 13; the one I used I had to get off and push my bike up the embankment and across the rails: just a bit further on there was a road crossing.
The thunderstorm (hail, wind, thunder) hit just after 13. Map got pretty wet and I decided to dispense with the clips and put it in the plastic case at the map flip (15). That wasn't good as as soon as the sun hit it I got a lot of condensation. So all up I was pretty slow through 13- 14 - 15 - 16.
Made an actual error at the 2nd last when I missed the indistinct track the flag was on: probably 40 seconds? but not as bad as Darryl who lost 2 minutes here - but he hung on to win by 4 seconds. Good for him - he has had lots of fastest splits at the last 5 races, but no podiums.
The thunderstorm (hail, wind, thunder) hit just after 13. Map got pretty wet and I decided to dispense with the clips and put it in the plastic case at the map flip (15). That wasn't good as as soon as the sun hit it I got a lot of condensation. So all up I was pretty slow through 13- 14 - 15 - 16.
Made an actual error at the 2nd last when I missed the indistinct track the flag was on: probably 40 seconds? but not as bad as Darryl who lost 2 minutes here - but he hung on to win by 4 seconds. Good for him - he has had lots of fastest splits at the last 5 races, but no podiums.
Friday Oct 25, 2019 #
Event: Australian MTBO Champs
2 PM
MTB Orienteering race (Aus Champs) 1:17:24 25.0 km (3:06 / km) +265m 2:56 / km
ahr:140 max:153 shoes: Bike: Scott Spark
Mosquito Flat, Mass Start M60 2nd. OK, but a bit scrappy here and there. Well behind Rob G (5:30) and lots of others in the earlier wave (Marina, Marquita, Hamish, Greg B). Rode safely where I could (I broke my collarbone here in 2004), but still nearly taken out by various people (including Rob G who did a U-turn in front of me) and a big grey Kangaroo.
For the 4th race in a row stuffed up the GPS at the start (hit it twice, stopping it).
Dud route to 1, everybody else went right on the bitumen road which avoided the hill, but I went on gravel over the hill (-30s).
Lost time at the big dam when I didn't go over the big channel, but rode all the way around it and then had to cross a fairly big secondary one anyway (-30s).
Lost time at 6 (-40s) when I couldn't read the detail, so pushed my bike up the steep embankment to the wrong control, but then checked the code.
The major mistake was on the way to 16, turned down the wrong track, like many others and took a while to recover (-2:30). Part of the problem was that I noticed my GPS was off just before the critical point and was fiddling with it. I got it turned on 2 seconds before the mistake.
Lastly a decision change on the way to 20 (-20s).
For the 4th race in a row stuffed up the GPS at the start (hit it twice, stopping it).
Dud route to 1, everybody else went right on the bitumen road which avoided the hill, but I went on gravel over the hill (-30s).
Lost time at the big dam when I didn't go over the big channel, but rode all the way around it and then had to cross a fairly big secondary one anyway (-30s).
Lost time at 6 (-40s) when I couldn't read the detail, so pushed my bike up the steep embankment to the wrong control, but then checked the code.
The major mistake was on the way to 16, turned down the wrong track, like many others and took a while to recover (-2:30). Part of the problem was that I noticed my GPS was off just before the critical point and was fiddling with it. I got it turned on 2 seconds before the mistake.
Lastly a decision change on the way to 20 (-20s).
Thursday Oct 24, 2019 #
Core Stability 10:00 [1]
Hip
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019 #
Swimming 5:00 [2] 0.1 km (50:00 / km)
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019 #
9 AM
Cycling 50:14 21.77 km (2:18 / km) +186m 2:13 / km
ahr:106 max:154
Monday Oct 21, 2019 #
8 AM
Cycling 26:10 10.82 km (2:25 / km) +125m 2:17 / km
ahr:111 max:135
3 PM
Cycling 42:36 22.36 km (1:54 / km) +143m 1:51 / km
ahr:120 max:142
Fast solo ride
Sunday Oct 20, 2019 #
9 AM
MTB Orienteering race (ACT Champs) 1:08:09 **** 18.9 km (3:36 / km) +196m 3:26 / km
ahr:135 max:158
East Kowen, Long, M60, 2nd. Managed to get through without any major mistakes, but still chose a lot of poor route choices. To 3, shouldn't have U-turned and climbed 3 extra hills (-1min), to 8 didn't see the access track under the magenta line (-30s); to 9 should have more direct (-30s); to 13 (-1min) should have U-turned as the track I took was really difficult (walked a lot of it) and the finish should have taken the track, not the open (-20s). Winsplits shows I also lost time (20s each) to 5 (hesitated as I mistook an open area for a track) and 11 - not sure how others went that much faster but I was only 9th fastest on that leg, part bumpy single track.
Missed starting my GPS for the third time.
After the horrors of the last two days good to see that AP thinks I made the least mistakes on the course and also glad that my mapboard behaved itself.
Missed starting my GPS for the third time.
After the horrors of the last two days good to see that AP thinks I made the least mistakes on the course and also glad that my mapboard behaved itself.
C • AP 2
1 PM
MTB Orienteering 26:30 4.26 km (6:13 / km) +95m 5:36 / km
ahr:109 max:144
Control collecting