Training Log Archive: Bomb

NOL long at gardens of little stone. not quite the terrain I was expecting, but enjoyed it anyway. The first part of the course was just running as hard as possible and staying on compass. My legs seemed to go ok as long as it wasn't too steep (although any uphill was bad by the end) and compass was okish (saved by reasonable visibility). The last part of the course was nice, but couldn't race as hard as I would have liked due to lack of running on the hills.
Some small mistakes through the course, but the worst time loss was at the end where control circles covered a parallel ditch and a contour line - basically all the detail around the control. A few of us were there making the same mistake, and eventually I ran up the hill to look, because it wasn't anywhere else. I got it, but was pretty pissed about it. Such a lazy mistake by the controller to spoil an otherwise good race.

NSW Long Champs Hard 2 - Splits

Event: NSW Sprint Championships / NOL Sprint Relay / NSW Long Championships
 

NOL sprint relay. Plenty of pre-race stress wondering if David was going to turn up on time, and what we were going to do about out third leg runner if he didn't show up. It turned out that they were stuck in traffic, but arrived while Rachel was out on first leg so it was fine. Rachel had a good first leg, and took some aggressive route choices running against Lizzie and Jas. She was first through the spectator, but a few seconds down into the finish. Mat and David had solid but unspectacular runs and I went out in 10th, a few minutes behind the pack.
I managed a reasonable run, although not very inspiring when all the real racing is gone already. Good to have been warned about the various issues with the course, but still had issues interpreting the map in some areas.

Our mission to find a shower on the way back out to camping in Newnes was unsuccessful as the pool was closed. Turns out the best option was the gym.

bushwalk with Dad, Jas and Clare Bs to the glow-worm tunnel at Newnes. Nice walk and great views. I really liked the rail track section before the tunnel but under the cliffs.

Canyoning trip with Dad and Jas to Starlight canyon at Newnes. Really awesome day out and the canyon was awesome, particularly the tunnel section... although we were all quite glad the track had brought us in to a section of abseils that landed us below the tunnel instead of above it - that way when we walked up the tunnel we could turn around when it got deep enough to require swimming, rather than having to swim down through it.

Day 3 2 Hard (2) - Splits