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Wednesday Feb 24, 2021 #
7 PM
Run ((street-O)) 50:10 [3] * 7.93 km (6:20 / km) +110m 5:55 / km
spiked:15/16c
Went a night earlier than usual and a course longer than usual for the street-O championships - I knew I wouldn't be competitive but still thought I'd give it a go (a mass start was also a novelty this season). Felt reasonable on the warm-up and early on, but as with yesterday, back started to become a problem from about 25 minutes on, and this time the climbing wasn't done - walked a lot of the hills in the second half, though still an improvement on most recent evenings (being cooler probably helped).
The route choice was interesting, and I changed my strategy twice during the course. The first time was early on after noticing that #6 wasn't a good option, and I switched to counter-clockwise rather than clockwise. The second time was by accident - I made a mistake exiting #9 (in a small bushy park) and found myself heading towards #15 (which I hadn't planned to go to), but that opened up the option of dropping the other three controls in that part of the map, rather than finding one drop on the east side where there wasn't an obvious drop.
Cathies Corner (as it was then) was a regular venue in my early Wednesday night days, but I haven't been there for a while - I think it may have been a Monday venue a lot of the time once that series was introduced? My other well-remembered visit to this part of town was for the 2001 Aston by-election, when this was still considered a marginal seat (these days it's the heart of the Bible Belt and just about the strongest Liberal area in Melbourne). As with a lot of by-elections, this featured a large and sometimes eccentric cast of characters, including someone from Help End Marijuana Prohibition who disappeared periodically behind the bushes (presumably to smoke a joint), and the Wilderness Society koala turning up to scrutineer for the Greens. (You're actually not allowed to wear partisan clothing inside a booth, but I was hardly going to attach my name to a PR disaster by complaining about it).
The route choice was interesting, and I changed my strategy twice during the course. The first time was early on after noticing that #6 wasn't a good option, and I switched to counter-clockwise rather than clockwise. The second time was by accident - I made a mistake exiting #9 (in a small bushy park) and found myself heading towards #15 (which I hadn't planned to go to), but that opened up the option of dropping the other three controls in that part of the map, rather than finding one drop on the east side where there wasn't an obvious drop.
Cathies Corner (as it was then) was a regular venue in my early Wednesday night days, but I haven't been there for a while - I think it may have been a Monday venue a lot of the time once that series was introduced? My other well-remembered visit to this part of town was for the 2001 Aston by-election, when this was still considered a marginal seat (these days it's the heart of the Bible Belt and just about the strongest Liberal area in Melbourne). As with a lot of by-elections, this featured a large and sometimes eccentric cast of characters, including someone from Help End Marijuana Prohibition who disappeared periodically behind the bushes (presumably to smoke a joint), and the Wilderness Society koala turning up to scrutineer for the Greens. (You're actually not allowed to wear partisan clothing inside a booth, but I was hardly going to attach my name to a PR disaster by complaining about it).