Core Strength 45:00 [1]
My first sleep in for months so of course I was wide awake at 6:30. Which is still a sleep in for me.
Today is our first anniversery! so instead of making Rach breakfast in bed like I have every day for the last month I made her get up to eat the french toast with bacon, caramelised bananas and maple syrup. Yummmm.
Guilt kicked in not long after eating that so I did my core strength. 2 x 15 reps and 3 x 15s holds of workout 2.
Run warm up/down 29:19 [3] 4.55 km (6:27 / km)
ahr:120 max:149 shoes: Brooks Trance
very long warmup. I was trying to gat a feel for how my knee was going so I kept the pace slow and concentrated on form. Knee was just a bit niggly the entire time. stupid knee.
Orienteering 56:40 [5] *** 6.05 km (9:22 / km)
ahr:143 max:200 spiked:10/16c shoes: Brooks Trance
At maidens, My first bush O event since the Killamunda.
Chose to do the long course, scatter event, collect 15 of 17. Route choice was very poor but that was a bit of a fault of my nav. ANd a HR of 200? very strange for me, I think my band slipped down a bit and gave some dodgy readings at the end.
Hit the first four spot on and was most impressed with the third as I contoured around a hill top to pick it up in a saddle. Overan the 5th on a track bend because it was hidden on the ground under a log. This should have been a warning for some of the later ones. Overran the 6th as well, was in the right spot the first time and just couldn't find the control, went further up the valley looking for it and on the way back saw it stuffed in a bush. Followed someone into the 7th and ran through 8 and 9 then it all went pear shaped on 10. I was hunting around a depression for a control that I was sure was on the ground. couldn't find it at all. It wasn't until I saw someone run in and punch a control I relised I was still one vally south of where i wanted to be. whoops. I got confused by the fold in the map. So I picked that one up even though I never intended too and contined on to the right valley. Found the control after a bit of hunting under bushes.
Picked the rest up with only a bit of trouble but forgot to drop one to allow for the extra that I picked up. oh well, I wasn't going to win anyway. Knee didn't complain at all, runnign up adn down hills, through the scrub, jumping logs. no problems..... stupid knee.
Had to leave early to take my beloved out for dinner so I missed Aunty Jills 60th birthday celebrations.
Results, Third, beaten by Allan and Simon.