Training Log Archive: PowA

Cold morning lap of Glenrock. Seems like a while since I've been there.

Event: Newcastle OY #3 - Minmi
 

Bush orienteering at Blue Gum Hills. Newcastle OY 3 Hard Medium.

Hard Medium - Splits

Map and track checking at Wallaroo.

Lunch time touch football game.

Checking map and tracks at Wallaroo

Lunch time touch football game.

Lunch time touch football game.

Wallaroo checking map and tracks for MTBO.

Wallaroo checking map and tracks for MTBO

Map and track checking at Wallaroo. Some of the single track is unusable because so many trees down. Out for close to 3 hours with stopping to mark up map and move some small stuff off tracks.

Lunch time touch football game.

Meetings and site inspection around Mudgee for a couple of days. Early enough finish today to get in a couple of hours of riding at Mudgee common. Lucky my bike was in the car.

Seems to be a lot of tracks but no signs so a bit confusing to know where you are and where you've already been. Majority of track is on a base of loose rock so a bit slippery on corners at times.

Some steep hills with steep tracks. Hard to motivate to ride to the top when just exploring and they didn't look like they'd be fun on the way down anyway.

Mostly enjoyable and recommended for a ride if passing through.

C • Lucky? 3

NSW Sprint Champs. Second to Malcolm again. Lost time on 3, couldn't make track match quickly, 7 didn't pick correct track but could see control from track I was on so only small time loss, 8 stuck behind few riders so went to far end an came back, 12 changed route choice on way to try to get past couple of other riders then didn't execute correctly, 13 at right place but couldn't see control for a few seconds.

Warm down on a few on the single tracks I didn't ride in race.

NSW Middle Champs - Sunny Corner. Second to Malcolm again. Lost time on 4 mostly from hesitating on route choice, 7 vegetation wasn't what I was expecting from map and pre-start instruction, 8 tracks leaving 7 and having to think about map error, 11 lost concentration, needed a rest, drink and food on the way up the hill.

Sprint - Course 2 - Splits

Middle - Course 2 - Splits

Event: NSW MTBO Championships
 

NSW MTBO Champs long distance. Second by about 2 minutes to Malcolm. Difficult to motivate to push hard on the up hills. No navigation issues. Lost nearly 2 minutes on route choice 7-8 and missed turn to finish so lost small amount of time. Malcolm also missed and didn't realise losing about 4 minutes so could have been well ahead.

Long - Course 2 - Splits

Morning lap of Glenrock. Knee feeling pretty good after Saturday's injury. Hopefully be all better for weekends racing.

Lunch time touch football game.

Event: Newcastle Minor - Ryhope
 

Got good bike back after service. Planned to do moderately fast lap but had a stack and bashed knee on handlebars. Rested for 10 minutes then continued on a bit slower. Sitting with an ice pack now.

C • ice pack 4

Morning lap of Glenrock.

Morning ride down Fernleigh track and back.

Event: Newcastle OY #2 - Wallaro SF
 

NOY 2 at Balicera Quarry. Wet and rainy morning, eased off by the time I started. Felt like there was more than 110m of climb.
1 - Started out trying to avoid puddles near start and didn't plan how to get to 1, followed tracks to intersection and then straight compass, bit high.
2 - Up around thicker vegetation out of 1 and then straight to 2.
3 - Straight out of 2, below vegetation and then along contour to 3.
4 - Across creek from 3, up edge of creek and around top to 4.
5 - Straight to minor track, followed track, off track a bit early ended up west of control, visible though.
6 - clearest path down to track, main track to east, minor track to south, straight to control.
7 - out to track, west to bend, straight NW to track junction, along track next junction, contour around hill, didn't go high enough, tempted down by another competitor, ended up at end of cleared section, back up to control.
8 - straight down hill along creek gully.
9 - straight out of 8 across first track, to second track, follow track shortcutting a couple of corners, off track at top of hill/corner, bit west, up hill to control.
10 - towards finish, down steep hill and along main track to west, straight up from intersection to control. (See a much better way now)
11 - around tracks to T intersection, straight compass to control.
12 - out to track, along track to intersection, straight compass to control.
13 - straight compass to track junction, along track to next intersection, straight compass to control, around south of vegetation.
14 - straight compass up and over.
15 - up creek to track down steep track and up steep track on other side, along minor track, off track too early, through vegetation to control.
F - straight, saw finish on way in to 15 and banner visible short distance away from 15.

Control collection.

Hard Medium - Splits