Training Log Archive: devil

Aus relay. I was third leg in the cockies 3rd team following from hoggster and acejase. There was a lot of hanging around waiting for the mass start which then got put back by 15 mins. I thought maybe acejase would get back before then, but it turned out he was having a bit of a shocker so I set off with quite a few M21E teams in the mass start. It was good to have a few people around, I took the right hand option on the first leg along with jimbo and a WA runner. Jimbo took a good line into the control while I tried a straighter route but crossed the creek lower than I thought so had to do a big left hand turn to climb to the control. After that was going pretty well, and could see ecmo in the distance who had started a few minutes in front. I caught at about 3 and he was going pretty slowly so I took the lead. From 5 to 6 I kept high at first but eventually dropped to the fence where I was just behind ecmo again. Stopped for a drink at the spectator then into the final loop. Again this was pretty clean, had to slow down when ecmo put a stick through his foot near 12. Then I saw Lauren a few controls ahead running for the SA men so out in a big effort to catch over the last few controls - not sure who got the sprint finish, but it was academic anyway as we had to add acejase's extra time on. Still pretty slow but enjoyed getting back out on the map again.

RELAY M21E - Splits

Event: Australian Middle Distance/Relay Championships
 

Aus middle on the Gib. I was starting 2 mins in front of shep so was expecting to see him at some point. Was a bit hesitant to the first, and kept looking at my compass and finding i was going in the wrong direction, got it by chance when I looked right and saw a flag with the right number on it. Started reading the map better then, and saw shep near 2, but turned out he had missed 1. Got going fairly well after that and didn't see shep until about 9 and was behind him to 17 where I stopped a bit short of the control and wasted a few minutes. Then 18 was messy too, going vaguely uphill then ending up too far left. Got it back together after that, but the damage was done. Really good area and map,

Oz Middle Course 1 - Splits

Two bridges in perth

some extra stairs

Meander along the river and back along some sandy tracks in kings park