Training Log Archive: Bruce

Event: Oceania Long & Middle Distance Champs
 

Oceania Long Distance Championships - Northern Spurs, Warby Range.

A very cr@ppy night! I picked up a nasty gastro bug from Sophie and was on the toilet almost all night (8 times between midnight and 6am). As a result I had very limited terrain strength. I could manage about 60 minutes ok, but on the climb to 11 I really started to struggle. I wasn't losing much ground to Simon until around control 9.
At 12 I abandoned the course, and helped Jim to search for an injured competitor. That is why the TracTrac looks odd at that point.

I was quite disappointed given that I had prepared well for the race, only to be impacted by illness. I will have to try again next week.

The weather was terrible, but otherwise the event was a success. All OV clubs contributed to a great team effort. Darren Meeking's efforts were extraordinary. The video screen was fantastic, and great to watch the AFL Grand Final.

Trac Trac Replay

Orienteering training at Beechworth.
After settling in at our house in Beechworth, I just had time for a short orienteering training run on the Beechworth map. This really is an awesome area, and severely under-used. I only ran a short course on the technical part of the map, but it truly is superb. Some parts of the forest are open and fast, but with complex granite features you really have to be careful. Other parts are a little overgrown, but would not require too much work to update the 2003 map.
With a damp forest and plenty of moss and native pines, it felt much more like parts of Europe than Victoria.

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Mona Farlek.
Feeling great today, keeping up with House and Dozer for all but the last 15s reps.

Into my taper now, and this run felt like many runs do during tapering - very ordinary. This was a short run with a goldmining map in my hand. I felt short of energy today, although at least my muscles were nice and loose.

Easy run with Blair around Yarra Bend Park.