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Sunday Aug 8, 2010 #
9 AM
MTB 2:22:25 [3] 28.5 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Anthem
Generally a decent ride but with some big mistakes that lost me a lot of time.
1 & 2 easy
3 - long leg. chose to go north first and lost track of where I was a little. Figured it out but then misread a track junction and ended up exploring on the out of bounds areas a bit
4 - easy
5 - somehow managed to misread the main roads intersection - drove past later while control collecting and still missed the road I didnt spot the first time. Had something to eat here and decided to simplify my course choices as I obviously wasnt on the ball today
6 - easy after dodging the trail bike riders zipping around
7 - simple route choice and a late minute decision to avoid the hill worked out well for me
8 - looked at the track spagetti to the south and chose to ride the hill. It was a bit of a grind to the top but the downhill was fun and worth it. I beat some people I left the junction with so I'm pretty happy with that leg
Finish - uphill with soft gravel kindof put me out of the running for the fastest split
Found the nav quite tricky compared to previous M courses - but Wal tells me that M is just a shorter course not easier. I was thinking about moving up to the L course this week but I think the longer M course this week will be a good transition. Nice length ride, legs held up well and I had a lot of fun when I wasnt making silly mistakes.
1 & 2 easy
3 - long leg. chose to go north first and lost track of where I was a little. Figured it out but then misread a track junction and ended up exploring on the out of bounds areas a bit
4 - easy
5 - somehow managed to misread the main roads intersection - drove past later while control collecting and still missed the road I didnt spot the first time. Had something to eat here and decided to simplify my course choices as I obviously wasnt on the ball today
6 - easy after dodging the trail bike riders zipping around
7 - simple route choice and a late minute decision to avoid the hill worked out well for me
8 - looked at the track spagetti to the south and chose to ride the hill. It was a bit of a grind to the top but the downhill was fun and worth it. I beat some people I left the junction with so I'm pretty happy with that leg
Finish - uphill with soft gravel kindof put me out of the running for the fastest split
Found the nav quite tricky compared to previous M courses - but Wal tells me that M is just a shorter course not easier. I was thinking about moving up to the L course this week but I think the longer M course this week will be a good transition. Nice length ride, legs held up well and I had a lot of fun when I wasnt making silly mistakes.
2 PM
Walk / Jog 30:00 [3]
Control Collecting (& course modifying)
Got as close as we could in the car and then jogged and rode out to collect controls while Wal was lazy and sat in the car reading. Not sure why I was running around when he only did a short course. Had to modify the map slightly and remove an obstruction at one point when we couldnt get the forester past.
Got as close as we could in the car and then jogged and rode out to collect controls while Wal was lazy and sat in the car reading. Not sure why I was running around when he only did a short course. Had to modify the map slightly and remove an obstruction at one point when we couldnt get the forester past.