Training Log Archive: PowA

Event: IOF MTBO Workshop
 

Aus MTBO Champs - Long
7th.
With 30km and expected 90 minutes, started at a slower pace towards 1 on a good track and took time looking at controls and route choices.
Ended up following all of my plan with the exception of making one wrong turn on the way to 4. Couple of things didn’t fit as I was going down a hill from the turn, saw Hamish coming up and crossed a water course I wasn’t expecting, so stopped, worked out what I had done, swore loudly, rode back up the hill. Lost about 3:30.
Another race where a poor execution cost a couple/few places.

Long Course 2 - Splits

Riding to and from sprint and middle events.

Aus MTBO Champs - Sprint
4th.
Fairly clean, only one real issue that probably cost one place.
Struggled to see the start triangle on the map initially. Purple over orange.
Easy to first control to get into map.
Single track to 4, seemed longer when riding.
Route to 5 maybe a little slow 20 seconds on fastest.
Started to 7 before planning route, 15 seconds to fastest.
Back out to road to 11, HM much faster on tracks.
Caught GB going into school, on his wheel for controls in school.
To 16 decided to go south of running track as GB went north. Got sucked into running track by two other riders in front, then had to stop and work out fences, crossings, tracks, lost 45 seconds on fastest, 30 seconds on GB.
Going back into school from 19 stopped to check if anymore controls before finish. Hard to see the purple on orange while in race mode.

C • Colour 1

Aus MTBO Champs - Middle
7th.
All started out well. Was happy with routes and execution up to 12. Was second in M50 at that point. Fell apart after that with two errors, 14 before 13 and 18 before 17.
A little slow to 4 making sure of correct tracks.
Started raining, then hailing, heavy hail when leaving 9, was starting to hurt, still (Tuesday) have a few 5-10mm bruises on my arms, paused for a moment thinking about waiting under a tree, but kept going.
Not sure of route choice to 10, others took main tracks and were a little faster.
For some reason after crossing the rail line I navigated to 14 instead of 13. Luckily not an enormous error but definitely a longer route. Got the fastest split back to 14, having just been there I knew the way back.
No issues but a little slow to 15 and 16.
From 16 started to 17 but my route took me to the crossing of the line from 18 - 19 and when I stopped at the junction to check then followed the line to 18.
After 17 got the fastest split back to 18, having just been there I knew the way back.
Some of the track from 18 - 19 was a bit hard to identify on the ground, ended up following the open area.
Was on the wrong bit of track when I got to 20 and had to ride back and around. Saw following competitor ride straight through the white between the tracks.
Lack of concentration cost me a couple/few places.

Sprint Course 2 - Splits

Middle Course 2 - Splits

Event: Australian MTBO Champs
 

CP to event centre and back.

Aus MTBO Champs - Mass Start
5th.
Few errors, particularly under pressure when we were all coming back together for the last few controls, dropped 3rd to 5th.
Took it easy to first control and tried not to follow people without being sure it was my control.
Changed my mind on route to 6 and the second option wasn’t great.
Lost time at 7, rode past/missed track junction and then a little confused working out where I was.
Turned onto wrong track momentarily on way to 9.
Slow picking way through at end of dam wall on way to12.
Poor route choice to 15.
Wrong direction out of 18 and then lost map contact for a bit, and JR, DS and DK all riding fast while I was still.
Route to 20 doesn’t look that good in hindsight.
Sprint with DK to finish and pipped him by 2 seconds.

Mass Start Course 2_BABA - Splits

Very hot. Maryborough Caravan Park to training map, training map score course with Carolyn M, mostly taking routes to look at how tracks marked/graded, back to CP.

Beechworth MTB Park

Track and road explore around Beechworth.

Yackandandah. Red loop with few, 12, of the Aus/NZ/UK MTBOers staying in Beechworth. Plus a few other NZers there did different loops.

Beechworth. Rail trail down to Flame Trees. Around the full Flame Trees track and then back up the rail trail. Legs a bit tired from last few days.