Saturday Apr 26 |
 | Orienteering race 1:21:54 [3] ***** 4 km (20:28 / km) +140m 17:26 / km | |
| spiked:5/15c |
| ACT Middle distance champs. on 'Honeysuckle Creek'. My greatest fear realised. Logging a humiliating performance such as this on AP. My inadequacies as an Orienteer were laid bare to-day. I simply could not deal with the complex technical challenge of to-day's course. Hard to believe I actually went quite well on this map at the Oceania event here last year, and was looking forward to the challenge to-day. I like to take a positive from every course - for the second time in my last 3 events I am forced to say that at least I kept working as hard as I could to the (very) bitter end. |
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| C • not too bad 1 |
Friday Apr 25 |
| Orienteering race 21:27 [4] *** 2.7 km (7:57 / km) +60m 7:09 / km | |
| spiked:12/17c |
| ACT Sprint Champs. on 'Murryong Ridge'. Costly errors 7,9 and 12 - can't get away with that at my ability level if I want to be competitive in a sprint. Really enjoyed the course and the area. Some defensive route choices compared to Joshwa - I am running further than I need to, but given my limitations, the trade off is I kept map contact most of the time. |
Thursday Apr 24 |
| Running 46:07 [4] | |
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| Same run as Tuesday. Went out during a break in the weather, but came back soaked. Felt good, ran well up the hills. Gee it's been wet in the Hunter Valley. The rain that drenched the club event last Sunday just hasn't let up. Haven't seen sunlight since last Saturday afternoon. I just don't enjoy that feeling. |
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| C • Stop complaining 2 |
| Running warm up/down 15:00 [3] | |
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| 5 minutes of running patterns, a little resistance work, then stretching. |
Tuesday Apr 22 |
| Running 50:09 [3] | |
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| Regular mid-length run from home around Ashtonfield's streets, paths, nature strips - and a little section of bush. Felt good following the drenching on Sunday! |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm down) 1:00:00 [1] | |
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| Slower jogging, a bit of resistance work, stretching and then some gardening. Yes, gardening, to be defined as "potentially beneficial incidental physical activity, but only if your efforts are noticed by your partner, in which case the likelihood of a 'thumbs up' to your next request for a game of golf is significantly increased". Needless to say, I went to great lengths to ensure my efforts could not be missed!! |
Monday Apr 21 |
| Golf 1:15:00 [1] | |
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| Golf - couldn't feel comfortable with my AP log if I wasn't making reference to my other great sporting passion. Besides - can't wait to see the graph colour. 80 wedges at Maitland Common. Ball swings, ground swings, full swings. Finally got some direction control, but distance control!!! - just like my Orienteering, there is plenty of work to do. Haven't done this for at least 8 weeks I reckon - loved it! |
Sunday Apr 20 |
| Orienteering race 1:19:13 [4] *** 6.6 km (12:00 / km) +175m 10:36 / km | |
| spiked:8/16c |
| Club minor event. Continued my poor record at club level events, and not such good timing as it absolutely bucketed down during my lengthy stay out in the bush. I guess my perseverence was a plus to-day. Thanks to Dennis and Joy for their effort with setting and organisation. |