Training Log Archive: michalmy

Orienteering race (Goldfields 3D Day 3) 48:10 *** 5.12 km (9:24 / km) +180m 8:00 / km
ahr:155 max:173 spiked:10/13c rhr:75 slept:5.7 weight:65.5kg shoes: Salomon Speedcross4 GTX (blue)

"Wattle Gully Gold Mine", Chewton VIC. Course D: 3.7km, +140m, 12c. 20th/48 (14:11 behind Neil Murray NZ). 14°C. TE 3.7.
#1 - Run through tunnel under railway then follow WC to thicket. #2 - Ended up on a parallel N-S track and hit #6 & #3 first (lost 2:30). #3 - Backtrack. #4 - 180° error leaving #3 (+3'). #5-6 - Contour. #7 - Angle to track. #8 - Missed minor track over WC guarded by spikey bushes (+2:15). #9-F - Tracks. Total est time lost: 7:45.
Best legs: #3,10 (1st/48). Best pos: 3rd/48 (#1). Worst pos: 28th/48 (#4-5).
Relive: https://www.relive.cc/view/vPv4AByE9RO
Overall 24th/61 in Goldfield 3-Days competition. Might have finished in 4th place without the MP on Day 1.
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Orienteering race (Goldfields 3D Day 2) 34:56 *** 4.04 km (8:39 / km) +86m 7:49 / km
ahr:157 max:172 spiked:12/13c rhr:96 slept:8.0 weight:65.5kg shoes: Salomon Speedcross4 GTX (blue)

"Mt Alexander South", Harcourt North VIC. Course D: 3.5km, +45m, 12c. 4th/36 (3:15 behind Dave Middleton NZ). 13°C. TE 3.4.
Steady rain at my base in Kyneton, but only overcast and 3° warmer at the event site. Fantastic arena at the foot of a concave hill to view the last few controls. Another long 1.2km (+85m) walk to the start. Came close to a win today but mucked up #12.
#1-7 - Short straight legs with an uphill track part of the way to #3. #8 - Joined W-E track then followed fence to corner and compass to clearing. #9 - Run to saddle then contour. #10 - Run to cleared area beyond fence then diagonal descent to white boulder area. #11- Descent to obvious boulder. #12 - Took me a while to realise I had to cross another fence (lost 2:15). #F - Marked trail.
Best leg: #8 (1st/36). Best pos: 1st/36 (#9-11). Worst pos: 9th/36 (#1).
Relive: https://www.relive.cc/view/vPv4ABj9A3O
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Orienteering race (Goldfields 3D Sprint) 13:04 ** 1.88 km (6:57 / km) +24m 6:32 / km
ahr:156 max:171 spiked:19/21c rhr:90 slept:7.2 weight:65.5kg shoes: Nike Zoom Flyknit Streak

"Kyneton", Sacred Heart College VIC. Course D: 2.0km, +20m, 20c. MP on #17. Notional finish time would have placed me 2nd - 1:03 behind Martin Crosby NZ. 11°C. TE 2.5. Vdot 26.0
Typical campus map on a slight slope. I was killing it until the MP. Didn't check the # because an older lady was blocking the stand. Only time loss was when I went to #6 before #5.
Best legs: #2-3,6,10-12,16,F (1st/45). Best pos: 1st/46 (#3-4).
Relive: https://www.relive.cc/view/vYvE34NNPw6
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Orienteering race (AUS Middle) 51:33 **** 3.54 km (14:33 / km) +116m 12:30 / km
ahr:139 max:160 spiked:7/10c rhr:76 slept:6.2 weight:65.5kg shoes: Salomon Speedcross4 GTX (blue)

"Blackwood" VIC. M55AS / Course 12: 1.7km, +45m, 9c. 4th/6 (15:56 behind Geoff Peel). 11°C. TE 2.7.
Another bike ride to the arena from a distant car parking area. 1.3km (+75m) walk to the start meant we would mostly be descending during the race. Two poor controls cost me dearly. Need to work on holding a bearing across a slope.
#1 - Initial bearing off by 90° (lost 30"). #2 - Good bearing for 2/3 leg then angled left. Found #3 first and took 2 attempts at relocating (+10:30). #3 - Straight. #4 - Missed right by 40m and got distracted by other CPs in similar depressions (+12:30) way past mine. #5 - Straight. #6 - Contoured to clearing. #7 - Track uphill then short contour. #8 - Contoured to track. #9 - Track to shin deep water crossing. #F - Straight sprint. Total est time lost: 23:30.
Best legs: #3,7,8,F (1st/6). Best pos: 4th/6 (#).
Relive: https://www.relive.cc/view/vE6JXPG2ogv
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Orienteering race (VIC Middle) 31:04 *** 2.91 km (10:41 / km) +79m 9:24 / km
ahr:155 max:180 spiked:10/12c rhr:82 slept:6.1 weight:65.5kg shoes: Salomon Speedcross4 GTX (blue)

"Jubilee Lake", Daylesford VIC. M55AS / Course 10: 2.2km, +65m, 11c. 1st/5 (2:50 ahead of Geoff Peel). 10°C. TE 3.4.
Award-winning pie shop in Kyneton for breakfast. Parked about 1.2km from the arena. Saved a long walk down a gravel road by jumping on my road bike (planning a long ride on the rest day). Long meandering 1.3km walk to the start. Visibility was mostly good on course. Legs were short which reduced risk of being way off course.
#1 - Followed WC. #2 - Compass, but drifted R too close to road (lost 2'). #3 - Track then compass. #4-5 - Straight. #6 - Drifted R again but CP obvious. #7 - Never on right bearing, had to come back from creek (+3'). #8 - Track across creek then straight uphill. #9 - Straight. #10-11-F - Main tracks. Total est time lost: 5'.
Best legs: #2,4-6,8-F (1st/5). Best pos: 1st/5 (#2-6,8-F).
Relive: https://www.relive.cc/view/vwq1RG2ZgLv
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Orienteering race (AUS Grand Prix) 27:05 ** 3.33 km (8:08 / km) +124m 6:52 / km
ahr:164 max:176 spiked:25/25c rhr:94 weight:65.5kg shoes: Salomon Speedcross4 GTX (blue)

"Lake Daylesford" VIC. M55AS / Course 1: 2.9km, +100m, 24c. 2nd/4 (34" behind Maurice Toes NZ). 10°C. TE 3.5.
Was going to skip this event and watch the AFL grand final. But the Swans were getting smashed by quarter time and things weren't getting much better at the start of the second quarter. Mass start with a convoluted follow-the-leader to the actual start triangle. First 10c and last 7c on steep parkland adjacent to the lake, middle 6c in a primary school, and 2c on the edge of the commercial area. The 2 A/B choice controls didn't require any real decision making. Really just a long sprint.
Best legs: #1,4-7,12-18,20-22,F (1st/4). Best pos: 1st/4 (#1,4-7).
Relive: https://www.relive.cc/view/vMq5jVKGr8v

Note
slept:5.2 weight:65.5kg (rest day)

Run hills (trail) 20:07 3.14 km (6:24 / km) +81m 5:40 / km
ahr:137 max:154 rhr:72 slept:6.15 weight:66kg shoes: Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 36 (blk)