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Sunday Nov 19, 2017 #
10 AM
Event (NSW Sprints) 34:22 [4]
shoes: grey/white
Determined to right them wrongs of Aus Sprint Champs I was very deliberate in route selection and running for the first few. Clearly a decision right at the start judging from those who started just before me. Surprised to see rockman come through the Start over an hour after his start and looking puzzled so that made me even more determined to be careful. As it was he was doing the very necessary route choice to avoid stairs as much as possible.
Pretty happy with how I went - interested that up until #5 I was planning the whole leg, then from #5-#10 it was out from control and into next then from #10 onwards it was block to block. Perhaps mental tiredness. Only 2 stutters - one where a control was (accurately) placed but very difficult to see and the other was actually getting into the control "courtyard". Had 2 sub-optimal route choices where I went conservative but blatted out from that control taking the shorter (inward) route. Got the win by 6 mins which is fairly accurate. Presentation was certificate and a bandaged bear. This was going to be offered to Astrid, but I didn't hold out much hope of her being interested. I put it into my backpack hoping to pique her interest. But she grabbed it and hugged it lovingly and then dragged it around for about 10 minutes then it's just another toy. She'll dance with it - The Teddy Bear song so i am so happy she likes it.
So ends SL season 2017. Newcastle seems to have won the Interclub trophy after securing a surprise win at Aus Champs of Club pointscore winner. Also very happy to pick up Club of the Year based on the sterling work of the MTBO + club members who staged the Aus MTBO champs. And she won't be reading this but YIHA Cassie is Rookie of the Year.
Great map and great course and a very showy event all round staged by Bold horizons - or rather Ms Innovation!
Pretty happy with how I went - interested that up until #5 I was planning the whole leg, then from #5-#10 it was out from control and into next then from #10 onwards it was block to block. Perhaps mental tiredness. Only 2 stutters - one where a control was (accurately) placed but very difficult to see and the other was actually getting into the control "courtyard". Had 2 sub-optimal route choices where I went conservative but blatted out from that control taking the shorter (inward) route. Got the win by 6 mins which is fairly accurate. Presentation was certificate and a bandaged bear. This was going to be offered to Astrid, but I didn't hold out much hope of her being interested. I put it into my backpack hoping to pique her interest. But she grabbed it and hugged it lovingly and then dragged it around for about 10 minutes then it's just another toy. She'll dance with it - The Teddy Bear song so i am so happy she likes it.
So ends SL season 2017. Newcastle seems to have won the Interclub trophy after securing a surprise win at Aus Champs of Club pointscore winner. Also very happy to pick up Club of the Year based on the sterling work of the MTBO + club members who staged the Aus MTBO champs. And she won't be reading this but YIHA Cassie is Rookie of the Year.
Great map and great course and a very showy event all round staged by Bold horizons - or rather Ms Innovation!