Training Log Archive: TynomiteIn the 31 days ending Aug 31, 2013:
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Saturday Aug 31, 2013 #
9 AM
Cycling 56:50 13.61 km (14.4 kph) +301m
ahr:128 max:159
9:07 AM. Hawthorndene. Burned 341 calories.
Morning Treddle
Fern and I met up with Trangia to ride around Belair on such a glorious last day of winter. It was super fun and there were stacks of people in the park. I really zoomed down the hill with my bum up and head down for that extra slip-streamy effect. I caught sight of a three person tandem bike (i have no idea what you would call it) but i wasn't fast enough to catch up to tem after waiting for the others. Busy day picking out wedding costumes and buying toys for peoples babies. No rest for the wicked today!
Morning Treddle
Fern and I met up with Trangia to ride around Belair on such a glorious last day of winter. It was super fun and there were stacks of people in the park. I really zoomed down the hill with my bum up and head down for that extra slip-streamy effect. I caught sight of a three person tandem bike (i have no idea what you would call it) but i wasn't fast enough to catch up to tem after waiting for the others. Busy day picking out wedding costumes and buying toys for peoples babies. No rest for the wicked today!
Friday Aug 30, 2013 #
4 PM
Running 41:40 6.85 km (6:05 / km) +155m 5:28 / km
ahr:144 max:168
4:44 PM. Hawthorndene. Burned 629 calories.
Friday Fun-day loop
Fern and I weren't at our places of business today so we made good use of the winter sun and cool air and went for a run in the park.
Friday Fun-day loop
Fern and I weren't at our places of business today so we made good use of the winter sun and cool air and went for a run in the park.
Thursday Aug 29, 2013 #
6 PM
Running 59:30 9.5 km (6:16 / km) +178m 5:44 / km
ahr:147 max:161
6:38 PM. Belair NP. Burned 866 calories.
Girly run
Ran with the girls because none of the guys showed up. We went up to the Redwoods then up over the hill and back. I am feeling pretty slow right now...
Girly run
Ran with the girls because none of the guys showed up. We went up to the Redwoods then up over the hill and back. I am feeling pretty slow right now...
Monday Aug 26, 2013 #
6 PM
Running 35:35 5.4 km (6:35 / km) +115m 5:57 / km
ahr:147 max:164
6:43 PM. Hawthorndene. Burned 492 calories.
Monday night run
Run with the gang into the forest then into Frank Smith Park and back through the 'burbs ensuring we find the bogiest tracks.
Monday night run
Run with the gang into the forest then into Frank Smith Park and back through the 'burbs ensuring we find the bogiest tracks.
Saturday Aug 24, 2013 #
4 PM
Running 41:30 6.9 km (6:01 / km) +159m 5:24 / km
ahr:147 max:169
4:46 PM. Hawthorndene. Burned 630 calories.
A lovely run
A lovely afternoon jog into the park and along some trials we rarely run down. It was lovely.
A lovely run
A lovely afternoon jog into the park and along some trials we rarely run down. It was lovely.
Tuesday Aug 20, 2013 #
6 PM
Running 31:25 5.49 km (5:43 / km) +26m 5:35 / km
ahr:144 max:167
6:06 PM. North Adelaide. Burned 502 calories.
North Adelaide Loop (abridged)
Fern and I went for a short trot around North Adelaide.
North Adelaide Loop (abridged)
Fern and I went for a short trot around North Adelaide.
Saturday Aug 17, 2013 #
11 AM
Rogaine 5:40:30 ** 20.0 km (17:02 / km) +1289m 12:53 / km
ahr:117 max:160
11:01 AM. Cudlee Creek. Burned 1248 calories.
2013 Asthma Foundation Take A Breather 6 Hour Rogaine Course: 6hr Rogaine
Entered this with John from work (and past rogaine partner). It was going to be a tough day with strong winds and rain and 6degrees when getting out of the car. We set out on a slightly ambitious route but it had scope to cut short when needed later on. We underestimated the steepness of 10m contours on the 1:20 000 map and found ourselves trudging up some pretty steep grades - but then again there were no flat options. I hadn't been in this part of the hills before (other than Lachlan's 18th and i was drunk) and it did offer some very scenic outlooks and pretty forest. We ended up not completing our planned route due to legs fading very fast and got back in time to enjoy the curries put on by Spice Kitchen. We got beaten by our boss for the first time in our rogaine careers. I'm sure we will hear about that on Monday...
We ended up 25th overall with about 160 teams, we are happy with that. Our score was 970 so only just missed out on the ton.
2013 Asthma Foundation Take A Breather 6 Hour Rogaine Course: 6hr Rogaine
Entered this with John from work (and past rogaine partner). It was going to be a tough day with strong winds and rain and 6degrees when getting out of the car. We set out on a slightly ambitious route but it had scope to cut short when needed later on. We underestimated the steepness of 10m contours on the 1:20 000 map and found ourselves trudging up some pretty steep grades - but then again there were no flat options. I hadn't been in this part of the hills before (other than Lachlan's 18th and i was drunk) and it did offer some very scenic outlooks and pretty forest. We ended up not completing our planned route due to legs fading very fast and got back in time to enjoy the curries put on by Spice Kitchen. We got beaten by our boss for the first time in our rogaine careers. I'm sure we will hear about that on Monday...
We ended up 25th overall with about 160 teams, we are happy with that. Our score was 970 so only just missed out on the ton.
Thursday Aug 15, 2013 #
6 PM
Running 45:45 7.12 km (6:26 / km) +164m 5:46 / km
ahr:149 max:167
6:39 PM. Belair NP. Burned 652 calories.
Gentle Run
Ran with Jenny, Fern and Greg. Greg and I wandered off from the ladies since they were being uber keen. It was a relatively pleasant run!
Gentle Run
Ran with Jenny, Fern and Greg. Greg and I wandered off from the ladies since they were being uber keen. It was a relatively pleasant run!
Monday Aug 12, 2013 #
6 PM
Running 26:35 4.16 km (6:23 / km) +86m 5:47 / km
ahr:141 max:160
6:42 PM. Hawthorndene. Burned 379 calories.
Monday night trot
Monday night trot
Sunday Aug 11, 2013 #
3 PM
Orienteering intervals (Sprintervals) 36:00 **** 4.68 km (7:42 / km) +93m 7:00 / km
ahr:133 max:173
3:48 PM. Flinders Uni. Burned 281 calories.
Schools Team Training
I'm not sure why i decided it would be a good idea to go and help, but i did. Followed Riley for the first course, he did ok, but failed to see a couple of optimum route choices.
I followed James for the second one and he acually did worse on the route choice, and i had fun taking the optimum choice and waiting for James at the controls.
The third course was a group course and i failed to keep with the group after 50m so i turned back and opted to collect controls while following Fern. I lost my car key. Luckily Fern had driven seperately there so it wasn't to hard to get home and back again with the spare key...
Schools Team Training
I'm not sure why i decided it would be a good idea to go and help, but i did. Followed Riley for the first course, he did ok, but failed to see a couple of optimum route choices.
I followed James for the second one and he acually did worse on the route choice, and i had fun taking the optimum choice and waiting for James at the controls.
The third course was a group course and i failed to keep with the group after 50m so i turned back and opted to collect controls while following Fern. I lost my car key. Luckily Fern had driven seperately there so it wasn't to hard to get home and back again with the spare key...
Saturday Aug 10, 2013 #
8 AM
Orienteering race 45:22 ** 5.1 km (8:54 / km) +224m 7:18 / km
ahr:154 max:167
8:50 AM. Second Valley. Burned 368 calories.
Mountain Design Adventure Race Australia Course: Run Leg
Karl and I took part in this Adventure Race together for the second time. We went down to Wirrina the night before in hopes of getting a good nights rest. No. I don't think i got to sleep until about 3:30am or 4:00am. Not sure why, i was tired and cranky when we got to Wirrina then as soon as my head hit the pillow - Hello World let's go do stuff.....
So feeling very bleary eyed we took off on the first Orienteering run leg. It was going well until we botched the navigation on the third control and ended back at the first. But so did a few other teams. For some reason after that i STILL let Karl navigate.
The rest of this leg was pretty uneventful but with an already tired body it was apparent that Karl was much fitter than me and that there was no chance of us winning.
Mountain Design Adventure Race Australia Course: Run Leg
Karl and I took part in this Adventure Race together for the second time. We went down to Wirrina the night before in hopes of getting a good nights rest. No. I don't think i got to sleep until about 3:30am or 4:00am. Not sure why, i was tired and cranky when we got to Wirrina then as soon as my head hit the pillow - Hello World let's go do stuff.....
So feeling very bleary eyed we took off on the first Orienteering run leg. It was going well until we botched the navigation on the third control and ended back at the first. But so did a few other teams. For some reason after that i STILL let Karl navigate.
The rest of this leg was pretty uneventful but with an already tired body it was apparent that Karl was much fitter than me and that there was no chance of us winning.
MTB (Orienteering) 1:48:09 21.03 km (11.7 kph) +414m
ahr:149 max:170
9:35 AM. Second Valley. Burned 649 calories.
Mountain Design Adventure Race Australia Course: MTBO Leg 1
The second leg was the MTBO leg which was pretty basic nav with moments of hunting for hidden controls. It wasn't as hard to find the flags this time around. We were to-ing and fro-ing with a couple of teams but we settled into a 4th place spot as we left the forest and headed down the hill to Wirrina Cove. The bit down from the forest behind Wirrina into the lake was pretty fun.
I had issues with my front deraileur all day. Oh and my legs really hated me for trying to make them ride up the hills. So they walked as punishment.
Mountain Design Adventure Race Australia Course: MTBO Leg 1
The second leg was the MTBO leg which was pretty basic nav with moments of hunting for hidden controls. It wasn't as hard to find the flags this time around. We were to-ing and fro-ing with a couple of teams but we settled into a 4th place spot as we left the forest and headed down the hill to Wirrina Cove. The bit down from the forest behind Wirrina into the lake was pretty fun.
I had issues with my front deraileur all day. Oh and my legs really hated me for trying to make them ride up the hills. So they walked as punishment.
Orienteering race 16:05 * 1.72 km (9:21 / km) +14m 9:00 / km
ahr:142 max:154
11:24 AM. Second Valley. Burned 118 calories.
Mountain Design Adventure Race Australia Course: Run Leg 2
The third leg was a short run leg back from the transistion area to the lake for the "special stage" I was feeling pretty knackered by now.
Mountain Design Adventure Race Australia Course: Run Leg 2
The third leg was a short run leg back from the transistion area to the lake for the "special stage" I was feeling pretty knackered by now.
Kayaking 22:05 0.06 km (6:08:03 / km) +3m 4:46:48 / km
ahr:128 max:156
11:40 AM. Second Valley. Burned 98 calories.
Mountain Design Adventure Race Australia Course: Special Leg
The special stage was a leg on the lake doing stand up paddle boarding to controls and back to the shore. There were three legs and only one team member had to go to each control. So Karl did 2 and I did the third. These boards weren't nearly as scary as i thought they would be so i found it fun and regretted not doing more of these legs. We were at the stage when the team in front of us were doing it and i had a chat with David Talbot for a while (ex Tjuringan) and then the team behind us checked in as we were about to start the third control. At this point we were still solidly fourth.
Mountain Design Adventure Race Australia Course: Special Leg
The special stage was a leg on the lake doing stand up paddle boarding to controls and back to the shore. There were three legs and only one team member had to go to each control. So Karl did 2 and I did the third. These boards weren't nearly as scary as i thought they would be so i found it fun and regretted not doing more of these legs. We were at the stage when the team in front of us were doing it and i had a chat with David Talbot for a while (ex Tjuringan) and then the team behind us checked in as we were about to start the third control. At this point we were still solidly fourth.
Orienteering race 1:07:52 ** 7.35 km (9:14 / km) +200m 8:08 / km
ahr:152 max:169
12:02 PM. Second Valley. Burned 514 calories.
Mountain Design Adventure Race Australia Course: Run Leg 3
The second orienteering leg had us climbing big hills into the fog. Once we were on the top of the hill, my glasses were fogging up making it harder to navigate (which i didn't have to because Karl and the terrain diagram were inseparable). We had a couple of issues trying to find the control on the beach since the descriptions didn't stipulate which rocky outcrop and the map (terrain diagram) didn't show the outcrops at all. By this point though the end was in sight and i was looking forward to a good sit down...... until:
Mountain Design Adventure Race Australia Course: Run Leg 3
The second orienteering leg had us climbing big hills into the fog. Once we were on the top of the hill, my glasses were fogging up making it harder to navigate (which i didn't have to because Karl and the terrain diagram were inseparable). We had a couple of issues trying to find the control on the beach since the descriptions didn't stipulate which rocky outcrop and the map (terrain diagram) didn't show the outcrops at all. By this point though the end was in sight and i was looking forward to a good sit down...... until:
MTB (Orienteering) 39:12 ** 5.83 km (8.9 kph) +121m
ahr:149 max:160
1:10 PM. Second Valley. Burned 235 calories.
Mountain Design Adventure Race Australia Course: MTBO Leg 2
Just as we thought we were about to finish there were additional instructions at the last control. A surprise Bike leg..... Whcih meant we had to go to the finish, collect our bikes and leave the bar and bbq behind us. I was completely knackered and really ready to pass out, my legs were even worse. I spent more time off the bike walking on this stage than on it. As we hit the hill Troy and Brett were coming back down it on their way home to a second place. At the top we found Scotty and David almost finishing. This bit was too challenging and i was glad to be on the homeward stretch. We finally got to the finish with bigger than expected applause and congratulations from the First and Third placed teams, while the Second placed team (Troy and Brett) were taking privelage of their hot shower.
Karl did well to put up with me and i did well putting up with Karl. This year i was alot less fit than him and there were a few times where i had to tell Karl to "Settle down, it isn't that important" Since i basically knew that we wouldn't lose our 4th place and weren't likely to gain the 3rd place.
I slept for 12 hours that night.
Full Results
Mountain Design Adventure Race Australia Course: MTBO Leg 2
Just as we thought we were about to finish there were additional instructions at the last control. A surprise Bike leg..... Whcih meant we had to go to the finish, collect our bikes and leave the bar and bbq behind us. I was completely knackered and really ready to pass out, my legs were even worse. I spent more time off the bike walking on this stage than on it. As we hit the hill Troy and Brett were coming back down it on their way home to a second place. At the top we found Scotty and David almost finishing. This bit was too challenging and i was glad to be on the homeward stretch. We finally got to the finish with bigger than expected applause and congratulations from the First and Third placed teams, while the Second placed team (Troy and Brett) were taking privelage of their hot shower.
Karl did well to put up with me and i did well putting up with Karl. This year i was alot less fit than him and there were a few times where i had to tell Karl to "Settle down, it isn't that important" Since i basically knew that we wouldn't lose our 4th place and weren't likely to gain the 3rd place.
I slept for 12 hours that night.
Full Results
Thursday Aug 8, 2013 #
6 PM
Running 33:45 5.89 km (5:44 / km) +87m 5:20 / km
ahr:147 max:168
6:37 PM. Belair NP. Burned 538 calories.
Short Loop
A quick loop with the crew, Then Simon, Jenny and I took the shortcut home rather than cross the train line to climb the BIG hill.
Short Loop
A quick loop with the crew, Then Simon, Jenny and I took the shortcut home rather than cross the train line to climb the BIG hill.
Tuesday Aug 6, 2013 #
4 PM
Running 38:45 5.72 km (6:46 / km) +241m 5:36 / km
ahr:143 max:163
4:58 PM. Hawthorndene. Burned 521 calories.
The Block
Fern and I did a lap of the block.
The Block
Fern and I did a lap of the block.
Monday Aug 5, 2013 #
6 PM
Running 31:05 4.88 km (6:22 / km) +131m 5:37 / km
ahr:147 max:172
6:40 PM. Hawthorndene. Burned 446 calories.
Monday Night Run
A fun run with some superflousness in it just for fun.
Monday Night Run
A fun run with some superflousness in it just for fun.
Sunday Aug 4, 2013 #
9 AM
Orienteering race 1:12:33 ** 8.03 km (9:02 / km) +184m 8:06 / km
ahr:132 max:156 spiked:16/18c
9:42 AM. Mount Crawford Forest. Burned 528.2614 calories.
Bundy Forest North Minor event Course: 2 6.8 km 120 m
I was a little tired after yesterday's ride so i ended up waling much of this course. Found it really hard to lift my legs over all of those bloody logs. Had difficulties with #7 which was in the bottom of a pit and out of sight until you were right next the control. The forest was rather pretty after drizzling while we were setting up the tents in the morning. Thankfully the bogans left in time for us to take over the stone hut for the event registration. Fern and Simon went and got me bakery food while i manned the computers and then mum gave me some cheese and banana cake. Calorie intake > effort put in to race.
Bundy Forest North Minor event Course: 2 6.8 km 120 m
I was a little tired after yesterday's ride so i ended up waling much of this course. Found it really hard to lift my legs over all of those bloody logs. Had difficulties with #7 which was in the bottom of a pit and out of sight until you were right next the control. The forest was rather pretty after drizzling while we were setting up the tents in the morning. Thankfully the bogans left in time for us to take over the stone hut for the event registration. Fern and Simon went and got me bakery food while i manned the computers and then mum gave me some cheese and banana cake. Calorie intake > effort put in to race.
Saturday Aug 3, 2013 #
9 AM
Cycling 1:59:25 31.79 km (16.0 kph) +542m
ahr:135 max:166
9:30 AM. Clapham. Burned 881 calories.
Cleland Lap
We rode from Karl's house to Cleland and did a lap. Stopped at Red Berry Espresso Bar on the way for a coffee. Along the way back i managed to twist my chain which is only 2 rides old....
Cleland Lap
We rode from Karl's house to Cleland and did a lap. Stopped at Red Berry Espresso Bar on the way for a coffee. Along the way back i managed to twist my chain which is only 2 rides old....
Thursday Aug 1, 2013 #
6 PM
Running 37:15 6.91 km (5:23 / km) +74m 5:07 / km
ahr:159 max:181
6:40 PM. Belair NP. Burned 632 calories.
Karka and back
A short (and quick) run to Karka Pavillion and back. Simon pushed me to go hard on the way back. I haven't run that fast for quite some time.
Karka and back
A short (and quick) run to Karka Pavillion and back. Simon pushed me to go hard on the way back. I haven't run that fast for quite some time.