Training Log Archive: Bruce

Orienteering 1:05:16 8.65 km (7:33 / km) +241m 6:37 / km
ahr:159 max:178

2017 Oceania Championships
Long Distance
1st in M40A
Rototoa - Woodhill forest (northern end)



This was quite different to the usual Woodhill dunes maps. There was quite a bit of low visibility forest early, and larger slopes with some sandstone cliffs. This was not unlike some pine forest in the Adelaide Hills. Later there were lots of complex contours, some in pine forest, and others in native forest.
Most of the field made lots of mistakes. My run was steady. Nothing fantastic, but no big errors. Somehow this was enough for a 7 minute win.

I was unsure heading to 5, so my tactic ended up pushing hard to hit the track and then coming back in. This probably only lost me between 30s to 1min, but saved 5 minutes of wandering around a vague slope.

Running 20:46 4.0 km (5:12 / km) +127m 4:29 / km
ahr:127 max:153

Orienteering race 1:27:17 **** 3.06 km (28:34 / km) +40m 26:49 / km
ahr:92 max:184

Oceania Championship
Sprint Distance
M40A 1st



A good run on a great sprint course.
Change of speed was required, and some good decision making.
I made the wrong choice on 5, losing 10-15 seconds.
I missed a couple of turns in the portables, losing another 15 seconds on 21. You had to slow down in this part as the boardwalks were very slippery after a few showers and lots of muddy footprints.

Running 50:25 8.75 km (5:46 / km) +84m 5:30 / km
ahr:118 max:145

Running 46:54 4.35 km (10:47 / km) +138m 9:18 / km
ahr:116 max:150

Running 23:36 3.17 km (7:26 / km) +65m 6:45 / km
ahr:114 max:135

Running 1:13:07 8.61 km (8:29 / km) +218m 7:32 / km
ahr:124 max:166