Training Log Archive: Golfer

Another poor orienteering effort on a map I did well on last year at Oceania, Rowdy's Flat. Bad start missing the straightforward 1st control and loosing 3 minutes on a 1 minute leg! 2 and 3 OK although slow in the circle. Big out at 4 when poor route choice meant I missed the right watercourse. I am guessing I lost about 5 or 6 minutes here! Ok with a few hesitations through to 9 where I again picked the wrong watercourse and lost probably 2-3 minutes. Stopped short of 10 when I found a boulder that seemed to be unmapped but stuck to my route and found the flag OK. No issues on the last 4 but the damage was well and truly done by then! 6th place in a field of 18 but way behind Geoff Lawford (35ish) and GrantM (39?) Time for a rest I think!

Afternoon run in Deniliquin. An out and back with a variation on the homeward leg to avoid the swooping magpie that had 5 go's at me on the way out! I must have looked a bit worried as a lady in a car stopped and offered me a lift away from the little bugger! I thanked her but declined :-) Pace was a bit faster than usual, probably because of the magpie!

Evening ride from Briohny's place via Springdale and the Lake to home.

Morning run from home with Briohny out the back gate and down to the river and return. Nice brisk morning with some fog along the river and enjoyed the company. My Garmin was playing up so time/distance is from Bri's log:-)

Event: NSW Long Champs
 

Gumble Pinnacles, west of Orange. An another average run, although I was initially surprised at how far behind the winner (O-ing again - well done!) I was. Analysis of my run however showed a number of errors and led to me being almost 18 minutes behind in 5th place.

A small error at 2 (1 min), then I made a 5 minutes error on the first long leg to 5. Stopped short on 10 (another 2 mins), a little low on 2nd long leg at 11 (1 min) but happy with the route choice. Then came the blowout on the last 2: 5 minutes in total on 2 straight forward controls due to a bad loss of concentration and not checking my compass. I would have been happy with the 54 minutes an error free run would have given me!!