Training Log Archive: camd

I found this terrain quite tricky. First few long legs were way too simple however and I wasn't aggressive enough through them. Got to the long leg, started upping the aggression.. and inexlicably turned into some gullies losing 2 minutes or more. Than made a mistake on the next control which I didn't understand at all losing another 3mins. A few small misses mainly through a lack of map understanding but a big problem was a lack of pace.

Sidenote - thought the course setting was quite rubbish, the long legs were boring and had no different route choices. Of course this didn't impact my result (probably would have screwed it up more) but a shame at such a big event (who makes the only viable routechoice on a leg back through the start line??)

Aus Long Course 2 - Splits

Went hard on the first split and spectator hill leg to spin the legs a bit then jogged and did only half the course to conserve myself for this weekend. Nice, easier pine forest with some solid features, felt like home

Bathurst 3 Day - Day 3 Middle - C1 H1 MenA - Splits

Just behind the big boys in a tight twisty but not too tricky sprint. Made one mistake which might have nabbed me Martin. Probably not quite a 100% effort being a non counting race but another classic example of performing better when it matters less.

Threw in yesterdays warm up cos I'm lazy like that

Bathurst 3Day - Day2 Sprint C1 H1 MenA - Splits

Vague rocky terrain (public race after the schools race). My first mistake was not following my normal warm up routine (one of the keys to being in the best mental space). I started without my head in the game and didn't have a plan.. by the second control I had made a massive parallel mistake. Reset, nailed next few controls then lost focus again up a hill and veered off the map (seriously). Reset, decided there was no point in giving up when I paid for the race, started smashing the long leg but crossed a track at the end without seeing it and so couldn't even claim a good split there. Made another big howler, by which time I was in disbelief that I could be this rubbish. Take out? Head space! And I was probably rusty asf in that sort of vague gully spur

Bathurst 3day - Day1 C1 H1 MenA - Splits

Nice little run with the Brits in the Blue Mountains (which are actually really spectacular canyons). Turned back a little prematurely when we encountered a Red Bellied snake on the track and Matt got the fright of his life! (ok we all did)

A better race. Had the aggression going nicely through the first section but misses on two of the legs (30secs) before the long leg cost me my lead. One was just a bad decision on the fly, the other a reckless plan for a vague leg.

The long leg I was 55sec down on the leader (who admittadly was 25sec ahead on the next best time). A bad route probably cost around 15-20secs but most of the time was lost through not being aggressive - I snapped into long distance mode. Had some more misses towards the end costing 30-40 seconds but the earlier stuff I think was the main factor which lost it for me.

Middle Dist Champs Course 2 - Splits