Training Log Archive: Bruce

2013/14 Northern Summer Series
Coburg



An interesting course. I don't think I took an optimal route (9.1km+0.2km). Possibly 5,19,13,7,19,14,20,3,10,11,16,12,4,17,2,15,8,18 may have been shorter.
I also had some trouble with 2 being placed 40m to the south. I covered an extra 200m trying to find it.

C • Lose count? 2

2 x pyramids
250m 500m 750m 500m 250m
30 secs rest for each 250m just completed, with 4 minutes between sets.

Today was much cooler with no wind, but the humidity still made it hard work. I felt quite good for most of the session and was in the top 2 or 3 of the group of 30.

I finished with an easy lap of the tan and run back to work.

As it was over 32 degrees, a swim at the beach was in order.
CBD to South Melbourne beach and return, with a cool recovery wade/swim/splash.

Mason's 2013 Victorian Sprint Championships headcam video

Victorian Sprint Distance Championships
Ballarat Grammar & Wendouree Primary School



I got away well to #1, but I almost headed west and into a fence on the exit. I realised just in time and headed south. I fumbled around a little in the circles at 4 and 5 and didn't really get into a good flow until 6.
I selected good routes from 6 to 14 which gave me a handy lead 10-20 seconds ahead of most of the field.
Going right to 15 was a bad choice. I had plenty of time, but I didn't look at the fence south of 15 which meant that the left choice was much better. I tried to run faster to 16, but this caused me to miss the 0.5m gap between the buildings. As a result I lost another 10 seconds having to run wide right around the extra buildings.
I then finished well from 16-F. I had pre-planned the spectator leg cutting the corner through the tennis court. I am not sure why most of the others hadn't worked this out.

I thought that I would need a perfect run to beat some of the younger guys, but as it turned out, the technical course had sorted most of them out early in the course. There wasn't much in it, but my run was good enough for the win in quite a good field of WOC and JWOC representatives.

Bruce Arthur 12:39
Bryan Keely 12:49
Todd Neve 13:00 M20
Matt Doyle 13:03 M20
Andrew Brown 13:12
Rob Baker 13:13 M35
James Robertson 13:16
Brodie Nankervis 13:23 M20
Max Neve 14:11
Ashley Nankervis 14:16 M20

Full Results

Splits

Thanks to Ian Lawford and Eureka for some excellent courses.

My 5th Cavill Cup for the Victorian Sprint Championships in Men's Open class since they began in 2004.
2013 Ballarat Grammar (Bruce Arthur)
2012 Haileybury College (Bryan Keely)
2011 Monash Uni Churchill (Bruce Arthur)
2010 Chewton (Julian Dent)
2009 Deakin Uni (Leon Keely)
2008 University of Ballarat (Bruce Arthur)
2007 Monash Uni Clayton (Adrian Jackson)
2006 La Trobe Uni (Bruce Arthur)
2005 Scotch College (Bruce Arthur)
2004 La Trobe Uni (Rune Olsen)