Training Log Archive: gudeso

Long distance summary to follow, but my jet lag was affecting me badly, and I simply did not perform well.

Not a biggie given the national series was secured, but having traveled so much before an important race is not a good idea.

Control point where I had a time loss Time loss Reason for time loss
#7 5:47 Mistake
Left control 6 and instead of turning west I went north and then east until I was approaching the main road, where I realised I was off the grid. At least I managed to correct this issue relatively quickly.
#9 9:02 Mistake
Simply turned earlier than I should, I was riding on an unmapped track before reaching the triangle clearing, seriously bad
#12 1:31 don’t think there was an issue there
#13 49 Was just struggling to find the control while riding around the expected location
#15 41 I don’t think the control was positioned correctly but found it eventually

Total time lost: 17:53 min

Highlights

 Splits https://www.attackpoint.org/racesplits.jsp/race_29...
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Overall, this was a bad race (which better to forget!), although I was jet-lagged… I made silly mistakes which I should not do.. and lost too much time. Looking on my results this season, I have performed really well in sprints and fairly well in the middle distance categories. However, in the long distance category I consistently did not performed well at all which makes me worry that my endurance fitness is not good or my decision-making deteriorating over long events.



Things to improve

 Endurance fitness
 Going out of singles



Time:3 hr10
Speed average: 14kph
Climb: 1046M
https://www.strava.com/activities/1903261586/overv...

Formal result: last

Course 1 - Splits

Event: ACT MTBO Championships - Middle/Long Distance
 

Summary to follow, but in general, I was really happy with my navigation and everything else, no big issues, just could have shaved 4-5 minutes from the overall time. At least 2-3 occasions could have made better route choices from 4 to 5 and from 7 to 8. But, I was a bit hesitant to take the risk and preferred to play it safe.

For the first time since I have started MTBO 8 years ago, I won the National Series M40, so certainly, something I am very happy with...((-:

3 times 3rd (QLD and Victoria) my Sprint in QLD was the best result of the year.
2 times 2nd (Victoria and the ACT)
1 time 1st which was DSQF (Victoria) because of my fault

Not a perfect season but certainly a good one...I was especially upset not winning ED in the middle distance in Victoria after leading half of the race (kicked the bucket) but my revenge (-: will wait for 2019.

C • Route choices 3

Course 1 - Splits

Jet lag

Stationary bike @ the Regal hotel fitness room (my favourite hotel while touring the world) https://www.strava.com/activities/1895566693

Too cold to ride though