Training Log Archive: O-ing

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.