Training Log Archive: Craig

Event: Wildflower Tavern NavDash
 

NavDash Wildflower Tavern JFNP.
1. Wasn't quite sure which track I was on after crossing the creek until I saw the rock surface on my right then looked ahead and could see the boulder at the bottom of the cliff so started looking at route choice to 2.
2. Thought going up and down the banks would slow so ran under the bridge.
3. Using the funny shaped boulder mid leg as my exit feature but I exited a little left of straight so took a while to work it out and correct my line.
4. Contoured to the big rock surface then looked for a good line down to the track. Tried to keep height crossoing the earth banks but still felt reall bad running out to and along the raillway trail. Struggling to maintain a jog.
5. Recovered a little on the downhill into 4 so tried to maintain a reasonable speed on the easy run to 5.
6. Walk/jog up the hill.
7. Aiming right of the green stripe. Had a little trouble indentifying the cliff mid leg so went a little right of ideal. Was always going to be slow because it was uphill.
8. Had hoped to do this one fast but I was feeling awful from the climb to 7 and the boulders above the control didn't look quite as I expected. I think I didn't see the boulder field on the edge of the circle on the map.
9. Accepted that I was going to have to walk most of this. Over the rock surfaces and behind the little rocky knoll. Didn't look quite as I expected from here but just looked for the distinctively shaped cliff out the back and saw it quite early.
10. Long leg with an obvious route across the only open bridge. Tried to push the downhill first half to make up for the time I knew I would lose on the second half. Closer to fenry than I expected.
11. Feeling crap from the long leg so just tried to jog this one and get ready to try for a fast split on 12.
12. Short downill through the bush with obvious catching features so just tried to straight line it as fast as I could.
13. Walk up the hill ready for another attempt at winning a split on 14.
14. Initially aiming for the first bend in the track but didn't want to drop down the steep slope so stayed right of the track until after crossing the creek. Finally hit the track and was trying to work out when to leave it when I realised the control was right in front of me.
15. Recovery jog down the track then picked up the pace a bit through the car parks.
16. Just trying to keep moving.
17. Tried to do this one fast but it was a bit tough after the climb to 16. Not as smooth as I would have liked getting from the road to the clearing.
18. Initially planned to just bomb down the hill through the green right of the rocks but saw the stairs on the map on my way into 17 and decided that was a safer option. Top part of steps seemed slow and I wished I had stuck with the original plan but the bottom half was better and could see the control from a distance so maybe it was quicker. Interested to see the splits. [Well I had the fastest split almost 30 seconds faster than ShotRat so I think the stairs must have been quicker.]
Finish. tRicky leg. Thought about straight lining it but needed a little track run to consider it properly and by then it seemed best to keep going to the small track.

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