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Training Log Archive: TheInvisibleLog

In the 29 days ending Feb 29:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
Walking	14	47:30:00	79.29	(35:57)	127.6	(22:20)	3603
Running	7	4:53:57	25.48	(11:32)	41.0	(7:10)	712
Real Orienteering	1	56:32	4.44	(12:45)	7.14	(7:55)	51
Total	22	53:20:29	109.2	(29:19)	175.74	(18:13)	4366

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Monday Feb 26 #

Walking 6:00:00 [2] 9.5 km (37:54 / km) +710m 27:35 / km
shoes: Altra Olympus 5

Stacks Bluff. An impressive walk with some challenging scree slopes.

Sunday Feb 25 #

Walking 4:00:00 [2] 4.8 km (50:00 / km) +403m 35:13 / km
shoes: Altra Olympus 5

Mt Victoria. A gem of a walk, little known outside Tasmania. Challenging weather at the top with howling wind, drizzle and a few unprotected climbing moves on greasy rock.

Friday Feb 23 #

Walking 3:30:00 [2] 3.2 km (1:05:37 / km) +265m 46:25 / km
shoes: Altra Olympus 5

Sandbanks Tier. Looks a short and easy Abel. It would be if the trail was mostly on scree with the regular cryptic track through dense scrub bands. A good navigational challenge. We saved ourselves once by referring to the Google Map satellite view and determining where the correct scree lead was to be found. Satisfying views at the top of a part of the central plateau hard to access by any other means.

Thursday Feb 22 #

Walking 4:00:00 [2] 10.6 km (22:38 / km) +717m 16:55 / km
shoes: Altra Olympus 5

Mt Farrell near Tullah. Not an Abel, but a longer climb than many Abe;ls due to the low starting altitude. Great views of Mt Murchison and the Murchison River lakes.

Wednesday Feb 21 #

Walking 4:00:00 [2] 6.0 km (40:00 / km) +350m 30:58 / km
shoes: Altra Olympus 5

Failed attempt on Mt Geikie the hard way. We were required to pick "the obvious lead" for the final climb. We got it a little wrong, and though we recovered our route onto the easier ground, had to pull the pin due to time running out.

Tuesday Feb 20 #

Walking 3:30:00 [2] 11.0 km (19:05 / km) +408m 16:06 / km
shoes: Altra Olympus 5

Mt Beecroft. First Abel for the trip. A gentle start as a break on the drive to Queenstown.

Friday Feb 16 #

Walking 2:15:00 [1] 9.0 km (15:00 / km)

92. Reversion to the mean.

Thursday Feb 15 #

Walking 4:00:00 [1] 8.0 km (30:00 / km) +200m 26:40 / km
shoes: XA Pro 3D

The mapping day I had been dreading for ages - the West Face of Mt Korong. In the end it was not as bad as I feared, and at times close to enjoyable... at times, and close. Notice the language. Only the second day on the mount where the mapping rate was 100 hours per square k.
The area raised an interesting mapping philosophy question. For years I have heard the dictum that the mapper should protect the runner from the course setter. This is taken to mean don't put much effort into mapping features that would make ugly control sites. This seems to have been the approach taken for this little area. That would seem appropriate for a map destined for a Middle Championship. But with the whole of the Mount being mapped this time, well, its a very good Long terrain with the extra area. I have decided this means a different approach to "protecting the competitor". Some years ago Julie set what I thought was an excellent route choice leg across the northern slope of the mountain. The sensible route I thought was down the hill into the open terrain and then take a modest climb back up to the control. Many competitors decided to go straight instead - right through this area. I knew this was a bad move because I had been in there. But they hadn't, and the limited mapping of the terrain didn't convey the message - "Enter at your own peril". It didn't show how you might minimise the time loss either. I have decided that mapping for long events is about giving as much information as needed to be able to choose a sensible route. This means mapping detail, particularly cliffs, in terrain that will probably not be used for control placement. You can see the change in the map below. Click to get full detail.

C • Korong 3

Wednesday Feb 14 #

Running 57:46 [5] 8.22 km (7:02 / km) +139m 6:29 / km
ahr:140 max:167 shoes: Saloman Pulsar red

Repeated the run of a couple of days ago just to see if it wasn't a fluke.

Tuesday Feb 13 #

Walking 2:15:00 [1] 9.0 km (15:00 / km)

85 - equal to best ever, but a little disappointment. The first 9 came in at 38. The second relapsed to 47. For just a little while I was hoping for sub 80.

Monday Feb 12 #

Running 59:26 [4] 8.2 km (7:15 / km) +130m 6:43 / km
ahr:122 max:143 shoes: Saloman Pulsar red

Working towards something I can legitimately call a long run.

Sunday Feb 11 #

Real Orienteering race 56:32 [4] 7.14 km (7:55 / km) +51m 7:39 / km
ahr:127 max:143 shoes: Altra Olympus 5

A rare beast - an interesting score event. Well set by Ross. It was one of those races where the success is determined by the first control visited. I thought I had made the correct choice, realised mid way through that I could have done better, then after the event finally worked out the best sequence. Jim missed that one as well, but did make a better first choice and ran 500 metres less than me. Maybe that explains the difference in times - 3 minutes.
Anyway, maybe I can run course 1 this year.