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Saturday Jun 18, 2016 #
1 PM
Orienteering race (Klipkraal South) 43:46 [5] *** 5.3 km (8:15 / km) +190m 7:00 / km
ahr:165 16c shoes: Salomon Fellraiser yellow / bl
Gauteng Middle Distance Champs
Klipkraal South 1:10'000
New extension to Klipkraal map was a bit of a surprise. Nice area, but still heavy going underfoot with branches and bracken in many places.
A small mistake to start, 15s to #1. Then about 45s at #5 where the map / control is wrong. Another 30s at #7 where I went into the control from the wrong side and had to circle the feature. At #9 there were 3 similar features all close together. I got 3rd time lucky, but only about 15s lost. Exiting #10 I got caught up in the undergrowth; I'd just passed Paul who found a quick way out so I exited behind him, but then I made a big mistake going straight through some more undergrowth in a semi-tiger line to the control, instead of going right, the best option.
No other mistakes. Finished a distant 2nd to Tim.
Klipkraal South 1:10'000
New extension to Klipkraal map was a bit of a surprise. Nice area, but still heavy going underfoot with branches and bracken in many places.
A small mistake to start, 15s to #1. Then about 45s at #5 where the map / control is wrong. Another 30s at #7 where I went into the control from the wrong side and had to circle the feature. At #9 there were 3 similar features all close together. I got 3rd time lucky, but only about 15s lost. Exiting #10 I got caught up in the undergrowth; I'd just passed Paul who found a quick way out so I exited behind him, but then I made a big mistake going straight through some more undergrowth in a semi-tiger line to the control, instead of going right, the best option.
No other mistakes. Finished a distant 2nd to Tim.
Friday Jun 17, 2016 #
1 PM
Orienteering race (Sybrand v Niekerk High) 13:30 [5] *** 3.2 km (4:13 / km) +40m 3:58 / km
ahr:167 spiked:17/18c (sick) shoes: Salomon Sense Mantra 3 grey/or
SA Sprint Champs
Sybrand Van Niekerk High - Sabie
1:4'000
Pretty simple school area for the champs. Unfortunately the map was on display and the first 5 controls highly visible. Went okay, with 1 stupid mistake at #10 where I ran to the wrong part of the building despite having seen the control running from 5-6. Cost me about 20s and 2nd place. In the end finished 3rd in M21 behind Tim and Eugene, but also got beaten by 3 Vets (Jeremy, Garry, Paul).
Felt very sluggish and think I've got a mild infection.
Sybrand Van Niekerk High - Sabie
1:4'000
Pretty simple school area for the champs. Unfortunately the map was on display and the first 5 controls highly visible. Went okay, with 1 stupid mistake at #10 where I ran to the wrong part of the building despite having seen the control running from 5-6. Cost me about 20s and 2nd place. In the end finished 3rd in M21 behind Tim and Eugene, but also got beaten by 3 Vets (Jeremy, Garry, Paul).
Felt very sluggish and think I've got a mild infection.
Thursday Jun 16, 2016 #
5 PM
Trail Running (Mbulwa) 30:49 [2] 5.26 km (5:52 / km)
ahr:134 shoes: Salomon Sense Mantra 3 grey/or
Down in Sabie for SA Champs, staying at Mbulwa. Went for an evening jog with Stephanie out and back along one of the forest roads above the Olifantsgeraamte map.
Tuesday Jun 14, 2016 #
3 PM
Gym 1:00:00 [3]
6 PM
Road Running (Old Parks) 27:45 [3] 5.0 km (5:33 / km) +67m 5:12 / km
ahr:135 shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus 2007
Very small turnout in cold damp weather. I'm still very sore after the bike crashes, so took it easy.
Monday Jun 13, 2016 #
3 PM
Gym (Bio) 30:00 [3]
Sunday Jun 12, 2016 #
8 AM
Mountain Biking race (Kalahari Challenge) 3:23:28 [5] 70.5 km (20.8 kph)
ahr:147 shoes: Specialized Epic FSR Mthn 2014
Day 3 of Kalahari Challenge MTB Race
The final day of riding was a shorter route from the bush camp back to the Lion Park resort near Gaborone. A cold front had come in overnight. Morning temps were actually a bit milder as a result, but the day would feature a strong, cool head-wind all the way back home to Gaborone.
We got into a good position shortly after the start and soon found ourselves in a big peleton featuring all the teams from 5th through to 9th on the GC, so great competitive riding. The group broke up and reformed a few time through the route. I had a light crash at about 30km as I got pushed out of the main track and into a bush tree. Then had a much bigger crash when I was riding at the tail of the peleton approaching a village and saw a big dead tree log lying in the path too late. Mac riding in front of me swerved late and I went over the top. Somehow no bike damage, but lots of bruising and pain. Took a few minutes of light riding to get back into a rhythm and then we had to chase hard to re-catch our group, some of whom were close enough in the overall classification that we needed to finish within sight of them to hold our 6th place overall.
Started re-catching teams surprisingly quickly. Apart from the crash we were felling quite strong for the day. We ticked off our sub-vet competitors quite soon as they were going through a bad patch, then slowly made our way up the rankings. We only missed catching the one team immediately behind us in the GC. We got sight of them at one point (1 min gap) and we knew we had to keep it within 5 to hold the overall position. We were strong through to the finish and got in within 2 minutes of them, thus holding over overall position, but taking the Sub-Vet stage win for the day.
Final position after three days was 6th overall and 2nd sub-vet team. A great race, very enjoyable and challenging.
Bike Stats:
Tm 3:22:39
Dst 70.5
Av 20.8
Mx 36.1
The final day of riding was a shorter route from the bush camp back to the Lion Park resort near Gaborone. A cold front had come in overnight. Morning temps were actually a bit milder as a result, but the day would feature a strong, cool head-wind all the way back home to Gaborone.
We got into a good position shortly after the start and soon found ourselves in a big peleton featuring all the teams from 5th through to 9th on the GC, so great competitive riding. The group broke up and reformed a few time through the route. I had a light crash at about 30km as I got pushed out of the main track and into a bush tree. Then had a much bigger crash when I was riding at the tail of the peleton approaching a village and saw a big dead tree log lying in the path too late. Mac riding in front of me swerved late and I went over the top. Somehow no bike damage, but lots of bruising and pain. Took a few minutes of light riding to get back into a rhythm and then we had to chase hard to re-catch our group, some of whom were close enough in the overall classification that we needed to finish within sight of them to hold our 6th place overall.
Started re-catching teams surprisingly quickly. Apart from the crash we were felling quite strong for the day. We ticked off our sub-vet competitors quite soon as they were going through a bad patch, then slowly made our way up the rankings. We only missed catching the one team immediately behind us in the GC. We got sight of them at one point (1 min gap) and we knew we had to keep it within 5 to hold the overall position. We were strong through to the finish and got in within 2 minutes of them, thus holding over overall position, but taking the Sub-Vet stage win for the day.
Final position after three days was 6th overall and 2nd sub-vet team. A great race, very enjoyable and challenging.
Bike Stats:
Tm 3:22:39
Dst 70.5
Av 20.8
Mx 36.1