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Saturday Dec 31, 2016 #
9 AM
Run 1:05:00 [3] 11.1 km (5:51 / km)
Mostly down along the river. Longer than I'd originally planned on, on a day when I felt like this was something that I wanted to be doing (which is more than can be said of most of the last week). Pretty slow, although many of the tracks were muddy (several of the ones closer to the river had clearly been under water on Thursday night) which would have slowed things down.
Not for the first time in recent years, 2016 was a year with a certain amount of frustration on the competition side (not least at the Ultra-Long, which was going so well until a hamstring let me down), and various interruptions were reflected in a tally of 345 hours (scraping in 31 minutes above 2013 to avoid being my shortest full year on AP). Still had some good moments, and ticked off an orienteering bucket-list item in the London City Race.
Best race (personally) of the year was probably the Australian Long Championships. Most enjoyable run of the year was a no-contest - the Abel Tasman coastal track run in NZ in June (stunning scenery, a stunning day, and a pretty good run too).
Quite a lot to look forward to in 2017 (including a more extended excursion to NZ), although I'll need to get a couple of solid months under my belt before I can feel as if I'll be remotely competitive there.
Not for the first time in recent years, 2016 was a year with a certain amount of frustration on the competition side (not least at the Ultra-Long, which was going so well until a hamstring let me down), and various interruptions were reflected in a tally of 345 hours (scraping in 31 minutes above 2013 to avoid being my shortest full year on AP). Still had some good moments, and ticked off an orienteering bucket-list item in the London City Race.
Best race (personally) of the year was probably the Australian Long Championships. Most enjoyable run of the year was a no-contest - the Abel Tasman coastal track run in NZ in June (stunning scenery, a stunning day, and a pretty good run too).
Quite a lot to look forward to in 2017 (including a more extended excursion to NZ), although I'll need to get a couple of solid months under my belt before I can feel as if I'll be remotely competitive there.