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Sunday Sep 29, 2013 #
11 AM
Orienteering race (Australian Long Distance ) 1:35:41 [5] 16.48 km (5:48 / km) +499m 5:03 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 x 2
I had big expectations for this race, and it was cool to be excited about a race which doesn't happen so much these days. The first 4 controls were pretty good. Wasn't sure which side of the hill to go to 5 and ended up kinda going over to the right. It was a bit rough and harder hitting the control than I expected. The climb to up to 6 seemed tougher than it should have been, and that probably contributed to making a parallel error on 7 to the right and losing 40secs.
I had Dave Brownridge for company for the next few. Wasn't really that happy with my route to 10, was it quicker going around the hill to the right? I took a heavy fally coming down the hill which seemed way greener than mapped and lost concentration for a moment and when I saw a boulder on a spur I thought we were there. Turned back, but needed to keep going so lost another minute.
Again the hill up to 12 seemed really hard and I wasn't very confident with about 400m to go so had to slow down. I had my first gel after 12 because I couldn't wait til 16 for the drinks. Could see Muz out of 13 and caught and passed him at 14. Then passed Ecmo to 15. Had a 2nd gel at 16 before taking a poor bearing out of the control and heading too far right. I felt a bit hesitant for a few controls after that, nothing really seemed to flow.
The long leg to 20 seemed hard work but I was pretty happy with the line I kept. Not sure if it was quicker going right into the yellow strip. Caught Fatrat here but never passed him. I really started to struggle big time and was just trying to hang on all the way to the finish. Up the big hill to 24 I felt like I was going to have a whole body cramp. Just managed to keep going with Steveo and Fredick now in the pack. Craney came through with a few controls to go and put about 30secs into me on the last 2mins of racing. I was surprised to hear I'd only been out for 95mins as it felt much longer.
Anyway I would have liked to have had a better day physically but couldn't do much about it. The whole day seemed like a big mental battle too. Tried to remain positive and hoped I'd come good through the race but really didn't have my head concentrating on the right things. I thought the map was a pretty good challenge.
6th place and 3rd Aussie wasn't so bad.
I had Dave Brownridge for company for the next few. Wasn't really that happy with my route to 10, was it quicker going around the hill to the right? I took a heavy fally coming down the hill which seemed way greener than mapped and lost concentration for a moment and when I saw a boulder on a spur I thought we were there. Turned back, but needed to keep going so lost another minute.
Again the hill up to 12 seemed really hard and I wasn't very confident with about 400m to go so had to slow down. I had my first gel after 12 because I couldn't wait til 16 for the drinks. Could see Muz out of 13 and caught and passed him at 14. Then passed Ecmo to 15. Had a 2nd gel at 16 before taking a poor bearing out of the control and heading too far right. I felt a bit hesitant for a few controls after that, nothing really seemed to flow.
The long leg to 20 seemed hard work but I was pretty happy with the line I kept. Not sure if it was quicker going right into the yellow strip. Caught Fatrat here but never passed him. I really started to struggle big time and was just trying to hang on all the way to the finish. Up the big hill to 24 I felt like I was going to have a whole body cramp. Just managed to keep going with Steveo and Fredick now in the pack. Craney came through with a few controls to go and put about 30secs into me on the last 2mins of racing. I was surprised to hear I'd only been out for 95mins as it felt much longer.
Anyway I would have liked to have had a better day physically but couldn't do much about it. The whole day seemed like a big mental battle too. Tried to remain positive and hoped I'd come good through the race but really didn't have my head concentrating on the right things. I thought the map was a pretty good challenge.
6th place and 3rd Aussie wasn't so bad.
Thursday Sep 26, 2013 #
5 PM
Running 31:35 [3] 5.89 km (5:22 / km) +175m 4:40 / km
ahr:142 max:181 shoes: Saucony Xodus 3.0
Had a massage after work, boy did I need it. Then went for a short jog when I got home. Was relieved the house and boats hadn't blown away in the wind today.
Tuesday Sep 24, 2013 #
5 PM
Running 1:10:43 [3] 13.95 km (5:04 / km) +207m 4:43 / km
ahr:133 max:167 shoes: Nike Lunar Elite
Tuesday night intervals with John, Kathryn, Darrel, Liz and Nicole. In two weeks I went from being in front of Darrel to behind. I guess that's the extra 29km of racing in my legs. And hopefully yesterday's long run. Still hoping the legs can freshen up by the weekend.
Monday Sep 23, 2013 #
2 PM
Running long 2:38:02 [3] 23.27 km (6:47 / km) +1739m 4:57 / km
shoes: Saucony Xodus 3.0
Another course reccy for Duncan's Run Hundred from Balook. Did a loop down to Tarra Valley and back which is the start of both the 50 and 30km loops. Stunning terrain, even better than the other parts. But there is some very tough parts, not really a track rather just following tapes through the forest. I didn't quite have enough energy and time to do the full loop I planned so cut back onto the Grand Ridge and back to Balook.