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Monday Apr 25, 2011 #
9 AM
O race (Easter Frazzle Day 3) 1:00:34 *** 5.26 km (11:30 / km) +127m 10:16 / km
ahr:167 max:186 spiked:9/12c shoes: Asics Trabuco 11 WR
Went down the wrong watercourse from the start and recovered slowly enough to be caught by Annwen before getting halfway to the control. Whoops.
We took different routes to 2 and I was confident I beat her to it. Across the fields and curled around the back of 3 for an easy approach to the control. Straight across to 4, back on to the granite and along most of the way to 5, with a brief pause to read the map and figure out which of the rocks was hiding the control.
Took a deliberately windy route to 6 to avoid as much of the green as possible. Still hit far more than I would have liked, but there really wasn't much choice. Across the paddock to the watercourse junction, quick re-read of the map to confirm staying low and was on the control when I looked up. Along beside the spur and over the fence, through the rocks to the gully and another easy approach for 8. Another set of avoiding rocks for a low wiggly route to 9, with an un-necessary pause at the wrong control.
Caught April! OMG! I am actually doing as well as I think I am. April went up and then changed her mind and went low. I committed to the up choice with the easy granite and pushed for the fence. April popped out about 50m behind me as I came off the granite. What fun to actually have someone to race!
Road, granite, clearing to my attackpoint and very clean to the control. Over the granite again to the watercourse - but it was the wrong watercourse and I was too excited to notice for a bit. Probably lost another couple of minutes here. April caught me! Gah!
Bolted for the finish, convinced April was right behind me and finished in just over 60 minutes. Carried the day for my class, but still DFL for the weekend. Think I may have achieved coming somewhere near the middle for my course.
Was really high after having such a well-executed run and may have been a little over-excited and bubbly while starting the later runners. Oops.
We took different routes to 2 and I was confident I beat her to it. Across the fields and curled around the back of 3 for an easy approach to the control. Straight across to 4, back on to the granite and along most of the way to 5, with a brief pause to read the map and figure out which of the rocks was hiding the control.
Took a deliberately windy route to 6 to avoid as much of the green as possible. Still hit far more than I would have liked, but there really wasn't much choice. Across the paddock to the watercourse junction, quick re-read of the map to confirm staying low and was on the control when I looked up. Along beside the spur and over the fence, through the rocks to the gully and another easy approach for 8. Another set of avoiding rocks for a low wiggly route to 9, with an un-necessary pause at the wrong control.
Caught April! OMG! I am actually doing as well as I think I am. April went up and then changed her mind and went low. I committed to the up choice with the easy granite and pushed for the fence. April popped out about 50m behind me as I came off the granite. What fun to actually have someone to race!
Road, granite, clearing to my attackpoint and very clean to the control. Over the granite again to the watercourse - but it was the wrong watercourse and I was too excited to notice for a bit. Probably lost another couple of minutes here. April caught me! Gah!
Bolted for the finish, convinced April was right behind me and finished in just over 60 minutes. Carried the day for my class, but still DFL for the weekend. Think I may have achieved coming somewhere near the middle for my course.
Was really high after having such a well-executed run and may have been a little over-excited and bubbly while starting the later runners. Oops.