Training Log Archive: O-ing

Lane Cove NP. Water over weir after yesterday's "1 to 5mm"

Bobbin Head. Last bit in a thunderstorm - Bobbin Head was the only place with dry roads.

Gladesville, Looking Glass Bay. Hot and Hilly. Most of the controls were in cul de sacs, out and back or all the way down and back up, so not the most enjoyable course. 39th overall.
Failed in the quest for a category win by 10 points after spurning many opportunities to get there.
* Lost 30 secs plus at 23 not reading the description, then another 20 ran down the wrong road to 13.
* Shouldn't have skipped 10 and 11, would have been better to link them into the early Hospital loop.
* Ran down an unmapped lane before 27, then missed the mapped one because it looked the same - another 30 seconds plus.
* Then the major mistake - Should have skipped the two far west controls 14 and 26 - way too far. Ran out of time and came straight back having to skip 5, 19, 9, 17, 22 and 6. All would been possible had I skipped the west and all were also possible anyway if I'd been running a bit quicker.
* Should also have got 2, as I was within 100m of it on the way to 24. But panic and the heat had set in at that stage.
* Finally lost another 15 seconds running down the wrong bush track near the finish which might have brought a sprint finish into play.
All in all a terribly scrappy day.
EDIT: Had a look at the splits and found another one! Most of the field somehow knew that you could get between 5 and 12 on the foreshore - it wasn't obvious on the map. Only 10 of the top 80 didn't do that, and only 4 of those including me went far west as well: Glen Horrocks, Patrik Gunnarsson and Ross Morrison were the others.

Event: Sydney Sprint Series #3
 

Castle Hill Showgrounds. Pretty good run, although the heat (26) and the climb up to 5 knocked a bit of stuffing out of me - Garmin thought that was 8m ascent but it was 20m on the map. Think I got all of the best routes but it was pretty easy. 2nd, 11 seconds behind Matthew Hill. Okm 2.9.

EDIT
Results added (Splits have disappeared into the internet ether)
Sprint Course. 19 controls 2.9km Time
1 Matthew Hill GO N 15.21
2 Eoin R*thery BF N 15.32
3 Lee Coady WH N 15.43
4 Peter ANNETTS GO N 16.04
5 Barbara Hill GO N 16.08
6 Joel Putnam BN N 16.13
7 Tracy Marsh BF N 16.37
8 James McQuillan WH N 16.43
9 Shannon Jones AO A 17.18
10 Graeme Dawson GON Garing 17.23
11 Tony Hill GO N 17.45
12 Lisa Grant GO N 17.59
13 Michele Dawson GO N 18.00
14 Paula Shingler BF N 18.23
15 Daniel Hill GO N 18.26
16 Stefan Kuehn GO N 18.27
17 Lawrence Jones UR N 18.46
18 Huon Wilson GO N 18.51
19 Darren Slattery BN N 18.58
20 Gordon Wilson BN N 19.04
21 Benny Holmgren WH N 19.11
22 Ian Froude IK N 19.16
23 Paul Prudhoe CC N 19.58
24 Georgia Jones UR N 20.05
25 Peter Garran BF N 20.18
26 Michael Free GO N 20.29
27 Paul Shoemark 20.44
28 Carolyn Haupt GO N 20.50
29 Duncan Currie GO N 21.02
30 Matt HACKETT WH N 21.15
31 Maggie Jones UR N 21.30
32 Mark Mueller WH N 21.40
33 Larry Weiss GO N 21.50
34 Lisa Linssen GO N 22.06
35 Ross Morrison GO N 22.10
36 Ian Miller WH N 22.14
36 Terry Bluett BN N 22.14
38 Steve Dunlop WH N 22.42
39 Airdrie Long GO N 24.01
40 John Anderson GO N 24.18
41 Carol Jacobson GO N 24.45
42 Lisa Lampe UR N 24.47
43 David McGhee BN N 24.54
44 Melissa Annetts GO N 25.01
45 Ken JACOBSON GO N 25.22
46 Michael Roylance BF N 25.30
47 Anette Larsson WH N 25.31
48 Nicole Sellin GO N 25.41
49 Nerise McQuillan WH N 26.23
50 Stuart McWilliam GO N 26.26
51 Corbin Bahlmann 26.38
52 Brian Cleland UR N 26.39
53 Ewan Shingler BF N 26.49
54 Barbara Dawson GO N 27.01
55 Bob Morgan BN N 27.44
56 Terry Murphy UR N 28.09
57 Dave Dash GO N 28.42
58 Julie Grant WHN Wester 29.18
59 David Jones BGV Bendig 31.27
60 Robyn Dunlop WH N 32.27
61 Janet Morris WH N 32.52
62 Steve Holloway WH N 33.09
63 Ross Barr GO N 33.46
64 Mary Jane Mahony UR N 35.10
65 Maureen Fitzpatrick WHN Wester 36.07
66 Ross Duker GO N 36.11
67 Joanna Hill GO N 38.15
68 Ellen Currie GO N 38.18
69 Sophie Jones UR N 39.11
70 Cheryl BLUETT BN N 44.29
71 Stephanie Allen BN N 52.50
Dmitry Stukov WH N DNF
Grant Bluett AOA Abomin DNF

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