Training Log Archive: simmo

Event: Whiteman Park
 

NavDash race at Whiteman Park. Forgot my O shoes and O glasses, could have done with the X-T 190s as there was soft sand over quite a bit of the course. OK up to 10, possibly could have gone a bit quicker. 13 was on the line between 10 and 11, and 14 was in the same direction as 11 but on a slight angle, and on top of that the numbers were obscured. Of course I went straight from 10 to 14, took a few seconds to recover when the code didn't match, and then after finding and punching 11 sped off at 180 degrees for 20 metres or so, then turned round and took a slower route choice over the sandhill to 12. Guesstimate of time loss over these errors is 1.5 to 2 mins. Think I picked the wrong route to 13 given it was on the inside of the wall, making the right route around the motor museum the better one - I went left and had to cope with lots of soft sand and having to double back from the wrong side of the wall. OK over the rest. GPS 2.49kms.

Pity the course setters didn't attend the workshop the other week - they would have learned (1) don't put a control on the line between two others, and (2) offset the circle slightly to show which side of a barrier the control is on. Alex Tarr mp'd at 13 because he also went to the wrong side of thew wall and assumed the control was missing. On the whole though, the course wasn't bad for a first attempt.

short - Splits

Friday around the river, no group, just PP & me. Stopped at Cottesloe and walked along the road & car park edge looking at sculptures.

Two rivers ride, Rossmoyne side first. South-Westerly, not hot but very humid.

Bassendean ride, taking paths to stay close to the river as there was a stiff ENE wind making the road route slow anyway. Nice flat out run along the railway line path, no stops at the level crossings and 10km in 18 mins.