Training Log Archive: nmulder

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Orienteering race (Garstkloof) 44:25 [4] *** 7.0 km (6:21 / km)
spiked:28/31c slept:9.0 shoes: Salomon Crossmax Red #2

Garstkloof Nature Area. 1:6'000 and 2m contours. New map by Leon vd Westhuizen.

Had a decent training run on the Brown course. Legs a bit tired after last night, but it was fun nonetheless. Nice to run in a new area with a new mapper, fairly close to the old Moreletta Kloof map. Controls were for the most part fairly easy (short grass after winter), only struggling with #6, a cave.

Looks like Eugene was about 2 mins faster.

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Orienteering (Garstkloof) 50:21 [1] 4.0 km (12:35 / km)
shoes: Salomon Crossmax Red #2

Road Running 52:24 [4] 9.61 km (5:27 / km)
shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus 2007

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Orienteering (Ebenezer Dam (west)) 1:15:00 [3] 9.0 km (8:20 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 #1

Test ran the M21E course. Hadn't seen the course beforehand, so was a nice enjoyable challenge. Didn't push it too hard. Body felt like it was tiring quickly, particularly on the climbs. No real mistakes, only 15m to the right on the 3rd last control.

My expected (and revised) winning time was spot on, 65 minutes.

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Orienteering warm up/down 4:00 [3] 0.5 km (8:00 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 #1

Orienteering (Stanford Lake) 56:00 [2] ** 7.0 km (8:00 / km)
spiked:40/40c shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 #1

Ran around the majority of the controls prior to the first start for the SA Champs - Middle.

Hot afternoon. The run to the start was the toughest part, sun and uphill. Control placings were all good, moved only 1 control by 2 metres to be a fraction more accurate in the description. Covered 40 of the 48 controls out there.

Body felt okay, but not much speed in it.

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Orienteering warm up/down 8:00 [3] 1.0 km (8:00 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280 #1

Road Running 30:07 [3] 5.5 km (5:29 / km)
shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus 2007

Mountain Biking 1:03:33 [2] 22.11 km (20.9 kph)
shoes: Specialized Epic Expert 2010

Road Running 29:00 [3] 5.2 km (5:35 / km)
shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus 2007

Mountain Biking 1:00:42 [2] 20.02 km (19.8 kph)
weight:76kg shoes: Specialized Epic Expert 2010

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MTB - O race (Northern Farm) 1:27:14 [4] *** 29.31 km (20.2 kph)
spiked:20/21c weight:74kg shoes: Specialized Epic Expert 2010

MTB-O at Northern Farms. Body was very flat, 6kg underweight, but it came together just in time for the race. Cool overcast morning with lots of rain puddles from a storm the previous night.

Started off decent and maintained a constant pace all-round. Wrong route 3-4, going left instead of right. Then got it right to 5, going on the small track. Very frustrating through to 10 on the small tracks. Still going okay towards the end, but didn't have much speed going up the hill into 18.

Alex (the course planner) beat me by 16 or so secs, so I'll take that. Brian was definitely going to win, until he broke his bike. So I got lucky. Still nice riding and enjoyable. Illness seems to have worked itself out just in time, feeling much better after the race.

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