Training Log Archive: Mess EngineerIn the 7 days ending Jun 8, 2014:
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Sunday Jun 8, 2014 #
11 AM
Orienteering - Bush (SL #8 QBIII - Malang) 1:24:31 [3] 7.9 km (10:42 / km)
13c shoes: New Balance Nov 2013
Nominal 5.2 km and 13 controls.
Hard day and lots of getting lost.
#1 was about 20 metres to far north before realised an backtracked. My first experience with rock and I was overwhelmed already.
Made a total mess of #2 as misread contours down into valley as another hill. So stood on top of hill ... looking down at where #2 ultimately was ... wondering why there was not another hill there ??
#3 and #4 OK.
Had a decent plan for #4 to #5 but got lost on the way there. Eventually just ran south and finally found the fence I was looking for and corrected.
#5 OK once I got to the north-south creek.
Made a mess of #6 as was about 30 metres too low.
#7 was pure fluke.
#8, #9, #10 OK.
#11 Slight search.
#12, #12 OK.
Shoes self destructed after 622 km since November last year so forced to buy new ones prior to Mondays race.
According to splits came 42nd of 55 competitors.
Slowest out of everyone to find #2!!!!
Hard day and lots of getting lost.
#1 was about 20 metres to far north before realised an backtracked. My first experience with rock and I was overwhelmed already.
Made a total mess of #2 as misread contours down into valley as another hill. So stood on top of hill ... looking down at where #2 ultimately was ... wondering why there was not another hill there ??
#3 and #4 OK.
Had a decent plan for #4 to #5 but got lost on the way there. Eventually just ran south and finally found the fence I was looking for and corrected.
#5 OK once I got to the north-south creek.
Made a mess of #6 as was about 30 metres too low.
#7 was pure fluke.
#8, #9, #10 OK.
#11 Slight search.
#12, #12 OK.
Shoes self destructed after 622 km since November last year so forced to buy new ones prior to Mondays race.
According to splits came 42nd of 55 competitors.
Slowest out of everyone to find #2!!!!
Saturday Jun 7, 2014 #
Event: QBIII
2 PM
Orienteering - Bush (SL #7 QBIII - Brummagen) 16:29 [3] 2.5 km (6:36 / km)
12c shoes: New Balance Nov 2013
First event of QBIII.
Nominal 1.8 km and 12 controls.
Screwed up 2nd last control and was ahead of Shane prior to that. There were 2 other controls in the ditch and I visited all 3 on my way from the bottom to the top.
Problem was a simple basic one - I misread white as forest and orange as clearing back to front. Shane's answer to 11 was simple - run se until you run out of forest whilst I mucked around.
Edit
Looking at splits came 9th of 46 competitors.
Prior to screw-up at #11 was coming 4th overall!
Nominal 1.8 km and 12 controls.
Screwed up 2nd last control and was ahead of Shane prior to that. There were 2 other controls in the ditch and I visited all 3 on my way from the bottom to the top.
Problem was a simple basic one - I misread white as forest and orange as clearing back to front. Shane's answer to 11 was simple - run se until you run out of forest whilst I mucked around.
Edit
Looking at splits came 9th of 46 competitors.
Prior to screw-up at #11 was coming 4th overall!
3 PM
Note
Spent longer pulling hundreds of farmers friends out of pants and socks than it took to run the actual race!!!!
4 PM
Walk - Street 52:00 [1] 4.2 km (12:23 / km)
shoes: New Balance Nov 2013
From hotel to Coles and back to get milk and bread
Friday Jun 6, 2014 #
6 AM
Gym Mayfield - Class Cycle 33:15 [3] 11.2 km (2:58 / km)
Yet again bailed on 2nd half due to low motivation levels (plus installing $200 K of equipment at work this week).
Wednesday Jun 4, 2014 #
4 PM
Walk - Street 50:00 [1] 6.0 km (8:20 / km)
shoes: New Balance Nov 2013
Tuesday Jun 3, 2014 #
6 AM
Gym Mayfield - Class Weights 55:00 [3]
Think its been 2 weeks since I went to this due to various issues ... and was struggle street as a result.
Dropped weights back and arms/shoulders still shaking 30 minutes later as I am typing this.
Dropped weights back and arms/shoulders still shaking 30 minutes later as I am typing this.
12 PM
Walk - Mayfield 50:00 [1] 4.0 km (12:30 / km)
Around Mayfield
Monday Jun 2, 2014 #
12 PM
Walk - Mayfield 50:00 [1] 4.0 km (12:30 / km)
Around Mayfield at lunch.