Training Log Archive: PowA

Vic MTBO Champs - Long Distance
Nerrina- Ballarat
Weather improved. Cloudy but with occasional patches of blue. Cool.
No issues with navigation.
Probably better route choices to 5 though I was on 30 seconds back and I had to stop for a car at a crossing.
I rode single track a bit of the way to 8 but the longer fire road was probably faster.
Slow reading and interpreting the tracks into 9. Short journey in the wrong track and turned up something that looked like a track but luckily saw the control from it and quickly found the correct one.
First by 2 minutes.
Probably a little short for a long race. Only a minute longer than the middle, though the middle time was impacted by the weather.

Long 3 - Splits

Event: Vic MTBO Sprint / Middle Distance / Long Distance Championships
 

Vic MTBO Champs - Middle Distance
Nerrina - Ballarat
Overcast, cold, misty at the start with some rain during the event.
Tracks remained mostly ok. Few puddles to go around, few slippery patches. One low track was quite wet and slippery clay for a few hundred metres.
No navigation issues though slow through the first few and last few in the complex area, making sure I was on the right track.
A couple of route choices that might not have been the best but I didn’t make errors. 3-4 and 6-7 my routes were each about 2 minutes slower than the fastest. 5-6 probably wasn’t the shortest/fastest but I was second fastest.
Ended 1st by about 3 minutes.

Vic MTBO Champs - Sprint Distance
Monte Christo - Ballarat
Weather much improved for the afternoon. One or two minor damp patches.
Slow starting and getting into the map.
Route choice to 1 had an enormous tree, not marked, across the track at the bottom of a steep gully.
Very poor route choice to 3.
Had to do a minor backtrack on route out of 6 as misinterpreted the rideable open area partially hidden by the line to 7. There was a better route to 7 as well.
Headed to the wrong track for 12, control circle over two close tracks.
Few steep ups that were an effort for a sprint.
First by 55 seconds.

C • Fallen tree 20

Middle 3 - Splits

Sprint 3 - Splits

Carrington and Throsby Creek. V windy.

Read that Pioneer Road at Singleton was dry yesterday and with no overnight rain thought it was worth the drive. Never been there before to MTB. Nice tracks for cross country.

Trying to find somewhere dry enough to get some time in the bush before VIC MTBO champs. Still pretty wet. Don’t think it will be pleasant when the Port to Port goes through.

Carrington and Throsby Creek.