Training Log Archive: fletch

Event: MTB Orienteering - Turner Hill
 

Putting out controls on single track etc. Seemed as easy to drive close then run up and down the hills and single track as it did to get the bike out of the car, put it together, get going, take it all apart again etc
Ran pretty hard as I was pretty late. Got the last control out and got back in the car at 9:29. Official first start 9:30. Drive back to the start was brisk

Roughly half an hour of riding each for putting out and taking in 3 controls for the Turner Hill event. After getting to bed around midnight, getting ot of bed again at 5am to get down to Dwellingup and hang controls wasn't as much fn as I had hoped, but the day went well. Many thanks to tRicky for turning up early and saving the day on rego.
Pretty good numbers. 50 odd. At least half non-members and they all (and I really mean it - all... oh no, hang on, there was a pair where one blokes pedal fell off and the other guy broke his seat) came back with big smiles, even after 2.5 to 3 hours.

Course 1 - Splits

Event: NavDash 8 - Scotch College
 

Event: Urban Max Perth
 

Totally inadequate warm-p for sprint race, but only got to Scotch 10 minutes before my choice, so didn't really have a choice.

Didn't feel I was running well at the start. Confirmed by the first few splits. Had a little hesitation at 6 when I saw a control that wasn't mine and had a mini brain fade (10 sec). at 7 I angled across a grass area and ran down an extra set of stairs to below a garden bed when the control was at the top (20 sec). Still felt rubbish across the ovals until the leg back into the school from 12-13 where I managed a fastest split. 13-14 had a little directional wobble where I didn't see an uncrossable fence that forced a route change. Happily had to wait for 3 cars at the raod crossing so got an extra 15 second breather over some. Ran strongly from there to the end. Thought it was good until after, when I saw a few alternative route choices, but the splits through the last loop were pretty good. ran strongly enough to chase down Tooms and nab him by 3 seconds, Craig was ill, Oscar smashed us all. State champ at 14. Too good, even if he does go to school on the map. He won by over a minute.

Another unplanned, unwanted but seemingly unavoidable rest day. Looks like this week will turn into the planned easy week after all, despite not being needed, as the last few weeks haven't exactly been taxing. Looking forward to the end of this weekend and the return of a slightly more normal routine.

Sand intervals round a twisty course at City Beach under lights. Hadn't had lunch and didn't really feel like being there and was all set to cruise through the session until Bubbsy ran up onto my shoulder at the end of the first effort and the competitive urge resurfaced. He started to fade on the 4th rep fortunately.
3 on 90sec blob recovery x 7

W/U C/D and recoveries between intervals. Very slow and uninspired.