Training Log Archive: O-ing

Stronger than the past few weeks e.g. scooters 100 in only 2 reps, basics on reformer with all springs x 60.

Kiwarrak State Forest, Taree. Middle Distance M50. Another poor performance: just not seeing the fastest routes - 1, 2, 3, 4 = then 5, 6, 7, 8 were straightforward but missed the way into 9 and the best routes to 10, 11, 12, 13. 14 was only a single option and I missed the fastest to 15 (through the finish) but I'll blame the map for that one. So ended up way down again.

Fitness wasn't really an issue I think but MTB skills certainly were - only 1 race in a year doesn't help retain skillz.

Chain was a little bit better behaved today but still slipping and a couple of times that was crucial. Also stopped me changing gear because I wasn't confident it wouldn't slip as a result.
1 Robert Prentice SHN 53:30
2 Malcolm Roberts NCN 57:22
3 Rob Garden NW-NZ 57:51
4 David King TA-NZ 58:46
5 Andrew Power NCN 59:06
6 Tim Hatley BKV 59:58
7 Duncan Sullivan LOW 61:57
8 Eoin R*thery BFN 63:48
9 Tony Howes UGQ 67:02
10 Richard Robinson SOQ 67:07
11 Jim Sutherland HV-NZ 67:08
12 John Scown AOA 70:44
13 Nicholas Wilmott URN 72:54
14 Geoff Todkill NCN 75:13
15 Stuart Gordon SOQ 76:32
16 Murray Withers ENQ . 76:42
17 John Skilton MTQ 76:55
18 Peter Cusworth BKV 78:04
19 Michael Greenhalgh MTQ 90:45
20 Howard Symmes NZ 96:43

Cairncross State Forest, near Port Macquarie. Long Distance, M50. 10th. Pretty poor effort compounded by losing 7 minutes on no. 7 when I couldn't get on to a single track looking for a couple of different entry points. That was a bad route choice anyway, so compounded the error.

Rob Garden, the easy winner, passed me on a rough track; I was doing about 25kmh, but he was doing at least 35 - very impressive. Well, he was on a 29er.

Chain started slipping immediately and was bad throughout - this is the new chain and the new cluster. Thought I had broken it again at one steep pinch.
1 Rob Garden NW-NZ 65:26
2 Duncan Sullivan LOW 68:57
3 Richard Robinson SOQ 71:25
4 Malcolm Roberts NCN 71:26
5 Tony Howes UGQ 73:13
6 Tim Hatley BKV 73:30
7 Murray Withers ENQ 73:38
8 Andrew Power NCN 76:16 (Sprint winner yesterday)
9 David King W-NZ 76:59
10 Eoin R*thery BFN 77:50
11 Peter Cusworth BKV 78:06
11 Stuart Gordon SOQ 78:37
13 Geoff Todkill NCN 79:47
14 Jeff Shillington MTQ 82:33
15 Jim Sutherland HV-NZ 83:26
16 John Scown AOA 89:05
17 Nicholas Wilmott URN 112:29
18 Howard Symmes W-NZ 114:52
19 John Skilton MTQ 133:34

Event: Australian MTBO Championships
 

Collecting car.

Bobbin Head inc 12:45 for the climb. 2nd fastest time behind 12.17 in May.

Akuna Bay (anti-clockwise). Met up with the 7am Bigfeet (Cam Osborne, Mary Fien etc)- briefly on the ride as they were going clockwise and at coffee in St Ives.

Ride to Work day. Didn't stop at the Naremburn one, because that was too close. On to North Sydney - a few more bikes there but nothing on what Perth gets. Too long a line for coffee, but did get a bell. Lets see if that one fits; none that I've ever got have.

Back from the bike shop with another new chain and cluster. Is that a record by the way - breaking a new chain (Shimano HG93 9 speed) after 7km? Dodgy chain or dodgy bike shop set up?

Event: NSW State League 1 & 2
 

Walking back to car from where the chain broke. Carrying 16 litres of water, so kept the intensity up.

C • 16l Water 3

Snows Hills, collecting controls. snow had melted by the time we got there and even the 100mm of rain had left little trace except on the access track.

Chain broke again, after slipping the whole way. On the same road, just going up the last steep pinch.

Snows Hills collecting controls.

Back from the bike shop with new chain. Also got tubeless tyres fixed and suspension pumped up from 50psi to 100 psi. Chain slipping a bit like before, grrrr.

On way to putting out controls, but chain broke. Walked from there.

Snows Hills. Putting out controls. Beautiful forest, a real pleasure to be out in. Pity it is so difficult to get to (4WD needed).

Akuna Bay. No groups until Terry Hills, then got in a slow group who were going to West Head where there was a huge crowd. Got in a Shire group on the way back from St Ives which was good.

Saw physio - reasonably reassuring. Ice and eccentrics should fix the left achilles.