Training Log Archive: GD44

Event: BMBO Event 5 - The Wentwood
 

BMBO Event 4 - Wentwood

Planner: Ian Kennet
Format: Small Area Format (SAF)
Time limit: 3hrs

Assumed FTP 260W

Zone	Zone	Duration	Duration	Percent	Low	High
0	Coasting	00:56:03	00:56:03	31.3%	0	0
1	Active Recovery	00:16:14	00:16:14	9.1%	1	143
2	Endurance	00:16:39	00:16:39	9.3%	143	198
3	Tempo	00:15:36	00:26:52	8.7%	198	229
	Sweet Spot	00:11:16		6.3%	229	247
4	Threshold	00:17:44	00:17:44	9.9%	247	276
5	VO2 Max	00:20:59	00:45:43	11.7%	276	315
	Anaerobic	00:24:44		13.8%	315	3000

Very bad day at the office! One to forget. No HR log.

Decided to do reds first but in anti-clockwise direction which is opposite to most other people.

S>3:A 70 year old was faster than me to the first CP. I got totally disorientated in the woods leading up to it due to the number of tracks on the ground and me thinking that the ground and surroundings (e.g. forest/field boundaries) not matching. I took 18:49 and Mike Wimpenny took 13:36. I lost over 10 minutes.
3>21: No problem.
21>13: Lost 40s as I flew past the CP and had to double back.
13>15: Lost 4 mins. The map showed a road next to the Wentwood Reservoir dam that didn't exist!
15>11: OK
11>17: OK
17>23: TWO MAJOR COCK UPS. A) I went back to CP11! I didn't realise I'd done this until I reviewed the following day. I lost 6.5mins due to this. B) Lost 5 minutes as the track junction from the gravel road was hidden by big logs. I went down another and had to come back round from the opposite direction.
23>19: OK albeit a little cagey.
19>7: After collecting CP19 at 1:23, I diddly daddled for several minutes deciding on whether or not to switch to blues. I lost 4 minutes and decided to carry on to get two more red CPs before turning back. My decision to carry on was right as otherwise I would have finished early with 15 less points (if collected all blues). Lost 1min turning down the wrong track and then lost another 1minute by overshooting CP#9.
7>9: OK

Switch to blues

9>18: OK
18>4: OK
@#4 I decided to drop the furthest blue (22) to the west as it was too committing. However it was a 30 pointer!
4>16: To trig. OK
16>20: Learnt my lesson from nearby red 23 so easy to navigate. Ifor was fastest with 5:00, I was third fastest with 5:34.
20>14: OK
14>12: Lost 2 mins as I started going on a non-ideal route option then realised my error.
12>24: OK
24>8: Lost 3 minutes as I went down a wrong track and didn't realise until I checked my compass.
8>10: OK
10>6: OK
6>F: OK. Managed to get back with less than a minute to spare.

Total time lost = 37 minutes. COULD THIS BE MY WORST EVER RACE? The piss up on Friday probably had more of an effect that I thought.

Painting kitchen in Cae Ty Mawr all day. Lovely day to be missing a run/ride. :-(

Took a train to work then had the End of Financial Year Office Party from 1700 and I was out until 0130!

Drove to work and back as had meeting in Coryton in afternoon.

Nextbike ride from Whitchurch to AECOM Office in Callaghan Square.

Nextbike ride from AECOM to Arup office in Cardiff Bay.

Nextbike ride from work to home. Had intended to ride home on my bike but i’d Left th padlock key at home!

RTW on my bike.

Didn’t ride it home because we went out for a few drinks after work as Eliza Howell was over from Oz.