Training Log Archive: jennycas

Western slopes of Mt Tarrengower, at 1:7 500. Probably should have warmed up for this, but was too busy looking for a bush to go behind! Anyway, was off the back of the pack almost from the start and arches took a long time to loosen up - didn't feel as though I had any ability to push off, and really struggled up hills. But some of that could be my general lack of (terrain) fitness. I wasn't great down hills in the rough stuff either, and didn't appreciate the hoarhound sandpapering my legs. But that's ok, I came here to orienteer and mostly did that ok apart from sometimes climbing a bit too high and often seeming to come at the clump of rocks with the control from the direction which required the most scrambling. And probably running off the map on a downhill leg near the northernmost control. Certainly I couldn't make anything fit until I came a bit further south...

Suspect I could have been navigationally 8-10 min cleaner, and would ideally have hoped to run 8-10 min faster, but oh well. Saw Simon partway through the final loop when I hadn't even got to the pivot control for the first time around yet, but at least I wasn't last overall. After coffee (& a shower) at the Radfords' in Castlemaine G & I headed to Echuca to see Paul Kelly perform with his daughters & Charlie Owen (and Charlie's slide guitar) at the Riverboats Festival :)

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