Training Log Archive: undy

Day 3 sprint Charles Sturt Uni. 3rd.
By a fluke of the start draw, positions 1,2,3 on our class were starting consecutively, Tony holding about 5 minutes of lead over me with Ian about 10 seconds behind me.

Knee v sore, but figured I could get through a couple of km.

Epic start to the course with a bunch of short legs on a granite covered hill - felt constantly on the edge, but hit them all without nailing them (no time to assimilate descriptions). Was chuffed to catch Tony "the wind" Wollford at the transition to campus and ran with him for about 4 controls before choosing a really, really dumb route (lose 90 seconds). One more dumb route and one stop dead before eventually crossing a garden mapped as rough open or car park or whatever yellow/brown is.

Happily held off Ian, but staying with Tony would have given me the win today.

Day 3 3 - Splits

I need to stop whinging about this, but I don't think I've ever travelled so far with such high expectations of an event to be let down by the planning. One of straya's current elites did the planning, but maybe we can let the blame slip to the controller who should have seen the problem. It really looks like a control was accidentally deleted from the map between 6 and 7.
First 5 controls, great use of the rock near the start with a particularly tricky cross slope downhill first leg. Overran 2nd control. 3-5 OKish.

Long leg to 6 (2k+) - I went straight, and jarred my leg which triggered the knee thing. Best route was a track run to the left. Then long leg (2k+) to 7 where only route was a couple of km of track.

So we are on one of the better granite maps in Australia and we waste 4k+ of the course on track legs. It looks like a control got deleted between 6 and 7, but somebody should have noticed.

Imagine that I was toasted on the track running, knee sore, unhappy, but did see a wombat on the way out and we had a Big Foot game of ultimate at Wagga Beach :)

Edit: somewhat ironically (and embarrassingly) I did the fastest time on the stupid leg #7, Tony messing up big time at the end. See splits.

C • Missing Controls 3

Day 2 Course 6 - Splits

Event: 2017 Australian 3 Days
 

Aus 3 days, Connorton, middle distance, complex granite with some less granity bits.
2nd, about a minute behind Tony Woolford

Late decision to come, head not really in this at #1 and was just lazy reading map and consequently lost 2minutes+.
#2 was the long leg, I went left - think this may be the better route, but I lost confidence near the end, never seeing catching track. Happily my rough O was spot on and I hit the lead in spur. V happy to see the row of 4 enormous boulders.

Fairly clean round the loop 3-7, catching Freemo. Then too low for 8 (thanks fence), almost hit 11 before 10, god run with Freemo on longish leg to 12 where we caught turbo. Too many legs and not enough brains, we missed 14 & 17 a little.

I love this kind of country. Knee was OK, longer race tomorrow will be the test.

Day1 Course 6 - Splits

rtw then ride from Mascot to Banksmeadow to pick up camper. Only 1 sprinkle.