Training Log Archive: simmo

Event: Ngangaguringguring Standard Event
 

First bush race for 2010, not too bad error wise, except for the first and last controls, went wide on a couple of others but recovered quickly. At 1 there were lots of blackboys and zamias around, thought I'd done the right distance from a prominent cluster AP, but turned round and saw I'd passed it by 50m. At the last, on the approach I was looking for a small spur with 3 boulders in a line, saw a control and knew it wasn't mine but took it to be on a cluster on the next spur over. Corrected my bearing accordingly and missed the last because the control had actually been on the 3 boulders in a line! When I finally got to the area of the last control, I couldn't read the neighbouring rocks correctly, and took about a minute of searching to find it.

GPS distance 7.68km - I was pretty close to straight except for the two errors and two legs where I was maybe 50-100m off but on a curve, so I wonder if the official distance was correct? Presumably it was measured by Corpse or Condes?

Hot day - needed more than one water drop. Fortunately I passed a water drop on another course, there wasn't much left and I thought about not drinking but I was really dry by that time. Hope someone else didn't suffer, but really Organisers should put extra water out when 29C is forecast.

C • Water 4

C • Distance 3

H3 - Splits

Event: Nav Dash - Aquinas College
 

To Bassendean along the river and back via the rail line.

Nav Dash race at Aquinas College, no mistakes but with so many short legs had to stop twice to reorient the map. Total stopping was 1:34 according to the Garmin, so probably taking me about 3 secs to punch each control. Also, fastest pace was 5:09, checked back to Mt Lawley and UWA where I reached 4:05 and 4:28 respectively. Obviously these days I need longer legs (orienteering ones that is) to wind up the speed! The short legs at Aquinas just didn't do it for me.

Course 2 - Splits

Short Kings Park lap in the pouring rain.