Training Log Archive: O-ing

Event: Autumn Classic at Kenine Hill
 

Day 1, straight line length. Turbo kicked in on full power at no. 1 and scorched around. Nearly ruined it at 6 when I went down the slope too far right and too low. Didn't really know which way to turn, but chose correctly. Probably lost around 1.5 to 2 minutes? A bit low on 8 but only lost around 20 seconds there. All in all a good run, typical of Day 1s for me - yet again won by a bigger margin on the short Day 1 course than on the longer Day 2. In fact a few I remember I got beaten on the Day 2 event but held on for the win (WA Champs 2006 by Paul Pacque, 2007 by Noel Shoknecht and 2008 by Gary Carroll).

H2 - Splits

Late, so shortcut thru Perry Lakes, and had to pull back 200m on Oceanic. Still a bit of gunk from the cold, but felt good on the hills, 3rd to CGS and 3rd in sprint.

C • Admirable! 5

Event: MTB Orienteering - Turner Hill
 

Course 2. Given a dud hint before the start, so chose the good track around rather than the new, soft, uphill, shorter track - 6.73km to no. 1 (23.20). Saw Andre Morkel coming out of it and it was deja vue all over again: like at Aquinas I had difficulty passing him, got past 3 times but blew it each time. Firstly overshot 2, didn't see it; then chose to go left to no. 4, but that put me on the wrong single track, so had to climb to the top and back down again; then missed the way in to 7 and rode up the power line track at the back. the corrugations loosened the seatpost and by the end it was just about like riding a BMX in the circus. Still, a win is a win.

C • Deja vu again 1

Course 1 - Splits

Course 2 - Splits