Training Log Archive: Mess Engineer

Paddy Pallin Rogaine.
Partnered up with Ian Dempsey.
We came 10th.
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This is my fourth Rogaine.
First time I have partnered with someone who managed to maintain a pace throughout and not flag after 3 to 4 hours.
Maintained a steady 5 km per hour (with maybe 5 minute variations).
So thanks to Ian.

I had to push for jogging intervals in the last 2 hours to maintain the pace but otherwise we went OK.
Felt physically fine afterwards (and minimal affects Monday morning), and new shoes had no problems (my toenails didn't go black like the last rogaine).
Fast walking pace through bush was good (Ian's longer legs can walk faster than mine so I had to jog a bit) but I could have run on most of the tracks and maintained a pace of 6-7 km per hour overall. I think I could have managed 36 km.

We mapped out route in advance and only dropped one control from plan which was Control 65 between Number 27 Control 86 and Number 28 Control 38. Contemplated adding 84 but thought this would make us late. Picked up extra Number 31 Control 22 as we had 18 minutes to spare at the end.

So very happy with our joint planning efforts.

It was cold, raining and miserable when we started but thankfully this lasted only the first 40 minutes. By the 3 hour mark started taking layers of clothing off.

We only had trouble with one control, 49, which wasted about 5 minutes and was my fault as I navigated too far east.

I used my iphone MapMyRun App to record route and 'announce' each 1 km travelled and that was helpful motivating me to keep going. First time I have used it for such a long event and the battery held up surprisingly well.

Some very stunning scenery, rocky outcrops and cliffs but didn't ever stop to take any of it in.

Sequence of Controls visited, accumulative score, and approximate hour interval times of where we were (didn't stop to write it down so can't remember precisely).

Number Control Score Hour Distance Score
01 #023 = 20
02 #046 = 60
03 #032 = 90
04 #033 = 120
05 #064 = 180
06 #020 = 200 1 hr 5 km 200 for hour
07 #042 = 240
08 #061 = 300
09 #060 = 360
10 #021 = 380
11 #030 = 410 2 hr 10 km 210 for hour
12 #043 = 450
13 #031 = 480
14 #044 = 520
15 #066 = 580
16 #036 = 610
17 #037 = 640
18 #028 = 660 3 hr 15 km 250 for hour
19 #029 = 680
20 #025 = 700
21 #026 = 720
22 #048 = 760 4 hr 20 km 100 for hour
23 #027 = 780
24 #039 = 810
25 #049 = 850
26 #102 = 950
27 #086 = 1030 5 hr 25 km 270 for hour
28 #038 = 1060
29 #047 = 1100
30 #024 = 1120
31 #022 = 1140 6 hr 30.73 km 110 for hour

Point Distribution from Route

Points Number Total
020 x 10 = 200
030 x 08 = 240
040 x 07 = 280
060 x 04 = 240
080 x 01 = 80
100 x 01 = 100
Total x 31 = 1140

C • compare! 3

Driving with Ian Dempsey to Mittagong ready for Paddy Pallin rogAine tomorrow at Belangalo forest.

Tried for the 2nd Cardio class but too frustrated so gave up and went to treadmill

Time and distance approximate.
With male dog.
Up 3 culdesacs in estate and return.

Arrived too early at gym so filled in time before class.
Wanted to see if I could use the half destroyed New Balance shoes at least on a treadmill.

After this spent 5 minutes jogging up and down the steps to get up on the Instructors stage.

Still struggling to get back into this after absence of couple of weeks.

Nominal 3.4 km and 20 Controls.

Much better day than yesterday.
Came first in my group.

Found #3 before #2.
Found #12 before #11.

Will update log once splits available.

C • Another event 1

Back home after long drive (as passenger both ways thankfully).

Day 3 Hard 3A - Splits