Run race 42:34 [4] 9.3 km (4:35 / km)
slept:7.0 shoes: Brooks trail shoes
Started with Wil, Andrew and Jason, 30min ahead of the other lot. It took a while for us all to work out that when you're not on a bike you don't have to follow the path- so we changed the lead a few times at the beginning, before we all worked out the short cuts. I felt good running, tried to push but not overly hard. Thought the others must just be tired, but it turns out i was actually running quite well. It just felt so easy after the usual hilly sandy crap that john makes us run through... Great day for it too. Cold and still. Quick transition and i was first onto the bike, only 45sec in front of wil but he was on his MTB.
Roadie race 1:49:30 [4] 49.1 km (2:14 / km)
shoes: Mongoose Roadie
I rode this one hard, always looking over my shoulder because i was sure they were all going to catch me. Just wanted to make it to the bottom of Greenmount. Oooh maybe i can make it to the top... Yay if i ride really hard maybe i'll make it to mundaring...
Anyway, i hit every red light through guildford and midland, but had a clean run after that. Never saw any of the boys- by mundaring i was hoping they would come past so i could at least draft for a bit!
MTB race 16:00 [4] 6.5 km (2:28 / km)
shoes: Rocky Mountain Instinct
So nice to be on a bike with brakes that work and gears that change, and shiny clean bits, and, and, then i got really excited and rode FAST and was a bit disappointed that it was so short.
Orienteering race (Yetar Spring H2) 2:01:00 [3] 8.5 km (14:14 / km)
shoes: Brooks trail shoes
Long transition due to the long queue at the caravan, then had to register and then queue again, then they almost wouldn't let me start without paying because john could not be trusted, then i jogged painfully to the start. Useless nav right from the start- the first two controls i had to cope with the distraction of having pete following me, complaining that i wasn't going the right way or fast enough, blah blah. At control two the orienteering express train came through and he jumped on the back, discarding me like a horrid sticky shotz packet. So i let them disappear, had a great 2-3 leg, and then i found jason, who had fallen off the back of the express train and wanted to follow me instead. So i lead him on a 2 hour fantastical mystery tour. He said later "you're so good at this, its amazing how well you relocate every time you get lost". Great... Maybe one day i will not have to use that particular skill at every single control. We had a lot of fun though- i wasn't racing any more and didn't really feel like running, so we walked and trotted and visited many bonus hills and rocks that the fast and unimaginative types missed out on.
Note
Overall time 5:05:38
I claim the lucrative prize for 1st girl, please. 5th out of 8 overall. Really really fun day, and woolies choc chip cookies have never tasted so good. I am tired but pretty un-sore, which is encouraging.