Training Log Archive: TheInvisibleLog

32nd Bush event
Spring Gully (Fryerstown).
Tough country when your right glute is being nursed through the event.
Only spiked 9 out of 15, but this makes it sound worse than it was. I calculate a 9% error rate by time. I have had much worse.
2-3 was the worst. Took the wrong route choice to left of creek. That would not have been so bad, except for unmapped thicket along the creek. I had to run along for a while looking for a crossing point. Then I stuffed up at the other end. This was the big error. Maybe 4 minutes.
5-6 30 seconds maybe. I came in metres from the control and didn't see it, so turned the wrong way.
7-8 Went past the pit and had to backtrack a short way. 20 seconds.
9-10 Wrong route choice. Probably better off on the track to the west.
12-13 A hard one to spike coming down the hill in the green. Aimed for the clearing, turned left and then went back up the creek. 50 seconds?
14-15 Wrong line to control 10 seconds.
In summary, major time losses due to the Bendigo straight line tendency. Have to cure this.

C • Track to the West 9

88. Whoopee!!!!!!

31st bush event of the year.
Course 1 on Bullock Creek. This was an entirely different experience to last week on Sedgwick. Equally as enjoyable. This is true red line country. Not many reasons to deviate. No reasons to excuse a walk. The pressure is on to run hard the whole way. I never was fast as a runner, and I am quite a bit slower than I used to be. So I am quite happy with a straight line speed of 7.36 per kilometer.
The other good news from today was a successful blooding of two new course setters. All the controls were accurately placed. Keen to have another go next year. Good for the sport.
The less pleasant news was a fall in which I again damaged that left glute and hamstring area. Managed to finish after a short interval with not much change of speed. But on cooling down it started to limit my movement. Icing tonight. May be a slower run tomorrow. Hopefully I will start, even if I don't finish. It will be event number 32.

I am coming to believe that one of the criteria for Victoria's choice of areas to lidar is whether there is interesting orienteering terrain. If there is, exclude it from the flight.

C • or if it is flown 7

Concerned to notice that six of the past seven days have orienteering activity logged-
Thursday test running courses.
Friday checking terrain at Beechworth
Saturday local event
Sunday killing catcus on Kooyoora
Monday non orienteering day
Tuesday Mapping
Wednesday rerun course 1 from saturday.
Memo to self. Get out more. Spent part of last night looking at walk itineraries in the Pirin, Rhodope, Carpathian and Tatra Mountains. I play music that started in these places, so probably should see them.

C • Peaks of the Balkans 2

Ran course 1 from saturday's event. It was an excellent course... much better than course 2. I think shorter course runners generally get short changed in long events.
Some lessons-
1. Lasted the distance though feet were hurting in the last 20 minutes.
2. The left route choice on the first long leg wasn't worth it. I think I lost 20 seconds compared with the same leg stroight on Saturday.
3. The right hand route choice on the last long leg was worthwhile. The climb was all concentrated early in the leg and was obvious enough to push people towards the left leg.
4. Improving slowly. I would be happy with another five minutes improvement on today's run.

Mapping.
Some weird land forms.

Didn't last long. Hands too cold.

Hard Mackenzie return. Gained 10 seconds on last week. I think the easy improvements are over.