Went out to Goatfarm, dad came along to get some mt biking practice before killa. Felt pretty good on the bike -much more confident than usual - finally all those weeks of regular mt biking seem to be paying off which is good.
We had a bit of a bike swap because my BF has just bought a giant reign which is apparently an 'all mountain' bike which means its a downhill bike pretending to be ok for cross country riding - it had massive suspension and stupid sram gearing so everytime I changed gears I'd change up instead of down and then have to stand up to pedal then I tried dads hardtail and its is so rigid and bumpy. Then I took my bike back and it was AWESOME!!!!
Riding35:00 [3] 12.0 km (2:55 / km) shoes: pink asics
Ride over to Curtin for the Nav Dash. Really need to lube my chain as it was making really awful noises.
2 PM
Orienteering22:25 [3] shoes: pink asics
First sprint event of the season. Ran ok except for number 9 which I looked in the wrong place for then finally read my descriptions, 11 where I thought I there was a gap in the fence but there wasn't and 16 where I headed off towards the oval before realising I was on the wrong side of an uncrossable fence.
Was getting to the control circles fine but then stuffing around looking for the controls - something to do with very little orienteering practice.
Was followed by a guy for most of the course which was a bit of a worry considering I wasn't really navigating that well but it did make me try and run faster.
Course was tricky at the end especially when my brain was trying to turn off but just got there.
Riding46:00 [3] 17.4 km (2:39 / km) shoes: space shoe tevas
Ride in to work.
4 PM
Riding48:00 [3] shoes: space shoe tevas
Ride home from work, the seabreeze was trying really hard to come in but not really making much of an impression so it was still pretty warm. Roll on the weekend and only high 20's.
Ride in from Bold Park Pool to work - only got counted 7 times which was a bit disappointing I was aiming for double figures.
4 PM
Riding30:00 [3] shoes: pink asics
And back.
5 PM
Running50:00 [3] shoes: pink asics
Warm up from Bold Park Pool then 4 terrain loops E,H,E,H with varying recoveries. Had other things on my mind and ran like crap.
Still at least I turned up.