Sunday May 18 |
| |
| Event: Open 5 |
 | Cycling warm up/down 18:00 [3] 3.25 km (5:32 / km) +90m 4:52 / km | |
| |
| Route from registration to start - nice long hill! But fairly steady climb. |
 | Adventure Race race 4:33:44 [5]*** 41.26 km (6:38 / km) +1343m 5:42 / km | |
| |
| ~3 hrs biking time & ~1.5 hrs running - might have been able to get another control on the run, but chose a shorter route as terrain had been very steep to that point.
Better team work & communication compared to Wan Dae last year. Andrew principally navigating but combined skills used effectively. |
 | Cycling warm up/down 15:00 [3] 3.5 km (4:17 / km) | |
| |
| Much steeper climb out of finish area (v hard work after race!), but a good blast downhill back to registration! |
Saturday May 17 |
 | Running (Roads/Trails) 24:52 [2] 4.3 km (5:47 / km) | |
| shoes: Saucony Grid Nitrous |
| http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1905757 |
Friday May 16 |
 | Cycling (Trails) 57:56 [1] 8.94 km (6:29 / km) | |
| |
| Some trails skills practice in Beecraigs park. Easy pace - "play time"! |
Thursday May 15 |
 | Note | |
| (rest day) |
| |
Wednesday May 14 |
 | Horse riding (Hacking) 1:00:00 [0] | |
| |
| Very sharp & quite strong but behaved pretty well. Canter work along tracks - obedient & fairly balanced. Only a little spooky. |
Tuesday May 13 |
 | Climbing 2:40:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Boreal Joker |
| Bouldering ~30 mins before & after top roping.
Managed couple of 6a+ routes. Mostly climbing 5+... finding these much easier now more confident with foot placement. |
| |
| C • 2mins 40secs, think you wer... 2 |
Monday May 12 |
 | Running hills 1:32:03 [4] 11 km (8:22 / km) +670m 6:25 / km | |
| shoes: Saucony Grid Nitrous |
| Pentland Skyline with ESOC - 9 Mile Burn to Flotterstone.
Hills hard work after weekend - walking most uphill sections. Recovering rapidly once at top & descending. |