Training Log Archive: macey

travelling to beechworth. was getting sickkk
didn't really like the old priory much, too many stairs and crap showers

schools relay
and what a start. flicked my SI stick off when i was taking my elastic band off and didn't realise until a couple of steps. had to go back and was behind everyone as a consequence. watched the train of senior boys disappear into the distance. was running with tom palfrey for a while. nav was ok, only small errors that didn't really effect me. was very surprised to hear that i was 2nd through the second spectator behind gene, i guess the train stuffed up. was veryyy tired by the end, but got kas out on a decent time. pretty happy with run.
was veryy happy when josh stormed through to win the relay. so was fairly crushed by the mp that followed. it was tough though with the splitting and the pressure so i didn't mind too much in the end. would have liked gold though.

warm up

Event: Australian Schools Orienteering Championships
 

schools indiv
was veryyyyy fast. and pretty easy really. had a mistake free run, but couldn't quite go as fast as the blokes that beat me. was absolutely buggered by spectator control, and had a pretty slow last loop. enjoyed it though and was happy to get silver for the teams comp. came 8th. was warmer today

ooo warm up and down today!! think the warm down was with josh

rest day
went to sovereign hill (zzz) for a while, then did some scav hunt things. best picture ever i reckon :P
hiked up mt tarrengower in the arvo. only me rob and sally made it to the top.

Event: Victorian Long Champs (SILVA NOL)
 

vic long
again the weather was horrible. cold wet rainy. was last starter out of M20E. didn't read the contours too well to 1 and was looking in the wrong spot. didn't loose too much time though. the rest was fairly clean, realised it was 1:15000 at about 5. however lost the plot a bit later on, route choice was bad and i was getting tired. lost 3-4 mins on 11 due to shocking route choice. caught rob at 12 and ran with him to finish. slightly disappointed to see my time so far behind the leaders though, looking at the splits they were just running so much faster through about every control. oh well. came 10th

group hug was sooooo good. so warm :)

warm up to start

Course 2 M17-20E - Splits

Event: Australian Middle Champs (SILVA NOL)
 

middle distance.
had a pretty slow start, but got flowing fairly well until 6 where i was too high and then wandered around mounds for a while. lost about 2 mins there. was the only real mistake, the rest was clean but not heaps fast, was trying to concentrate on the nav more. was cold and windy and rainy and generally unpleasant. came 9th which i was happy with
i'm just gonna take garmin dists and times for all these i think.

warm up out to the start

Course 2 M17-20E - Splits