Training Log Archive: Kim

Dave and Wal finished around Midday, claiming line honours (!!!!!) after the paddle re-start. They then grabbed heaps to eat, and went off to sleep after being out all night. I went out with the aim of collecting as many of the Lorne Rogaine CPs as I could before dark. I managed to get only 8, including the worst of the lot on the top of a scratchy knoll (56), and the one in the Shallow Cave which Dave and Wal could not find! I managed to get seriously lost heading out of Erskine River on my way up out to CP 68. Finally cut my losses and headed about 2.5kms back down to the GOR and then tried again. Finished well after dark wearing the SILVA Intellegence headlamp I was trialliing. I was very impressed, it is seriously bright! I was spent and hungry by the end and disappointed that I'd busted a shoelace of the XT Wings.

After a below zero (-2 degree) night the guys headed off on a run, then a paddle. After chasing them around for a while (didn't find them), saw them off on the paddle then headed up to Barwon Reservoir for their MTB - Orienteer - MTB transition. Then went for a ride with Rob P to place a few of the orienteer CPs plus a small loop of the Red Carpet Tk and then to the Forrest single track trails. We rode three tracks including Marriners Loop (best of the lot) to place those three CPs then rode back to the TA. Spent the next 4 - 5 hours at the TA seeing the majority of the teams through which was good. Dave and Wal were still looking spritely!

Support Crew duties at the Keen Race began today, as Dave and Wal hit Day 2. Once they left Apollo Bay on their bikes for most of the day I jumped on mine and went for a spin. Rode The Great Ocean Road, then up Wild Dog Rd till I reached Skenes Creek Rd. It was a nice middle ring climb to the top, getting there after 1hr 6min (which included a few kms of flat). Then bombed back down Skenes Creek Rd and back to the car.

Rode bike tracks to Mordialloc to pick up a set of the new SILVA super bright lights for trial.