Training Log Archive: Uncle JiM

Bendigo local event set by Ian Johnson on the area he fieldworked starting with a blank piece of paper. Very interesting terrain, with many gold digging features. 30 controls in 3.6k means you dont have much of a chance to run, and with the scale at 3,750, you quickly went to far if you did run to much.

After the Orienteering, went over to Mt Alexander for the CC race. Warmed up to the bottom of "the hill" that everone was talking about, thought I would leave that hill till the race

Club handicap series at Mt Alexander.

Started with Peter Cowell, and wondered who was going to race who, he took the early lead along the road, then I took over and tried to push the pace up to the base of the hill. Thought If I could wear the others out, then I would use my advantage on the climb. Luke caught me during the climb, but I came back at him, but he was to good on the decent and put 100m into me very quickly that he held till the finish line. Very happy with 2nd place.

For those who ran in the 1984 Vic Champs (yep, showing my age here) the top of the climb was the saddle near the start of that event, one of our club members owns the property to the NW down on the closest acsess rd

Very slowly back up to saddle and down through some nice Granite