Training Log Archive: BB

Back to reality - ACT Middle Distance Champs on Issacs Ridge - first time that both I and Liz have ran on this map - 4th in M65A (9 minutes down on NickD) and about a minute slower than Liz!. Blew 2 minutes on control 2 and another 2 minutes on 9. Both cases losing contact on 200 metre legs and pulling up short (first time) and below the control (second time). Also a bit too hesitant on some legs (e.g. 4 to 5 and 5 to 6 lost 1 minute on each with wide route choices - according to winsplits ) - was able to run longer legs OK tho. Plus fastest split on leg 10 to 11. Nice event - challenging but fair course and more importantly the body held up during both events this weekend.

Course 5 - Splits

ACT Sprint Champs at a new map - Canberra Girls Grammar - 2nd in M65A - but 56 seconds behind Gordon W - estimate I lost 20 seconds on leg 2 to 3 - will check winsplits - route choice was not careful enough and hit an unpassable fence (since it was about a 3 metre drop down) and had to go wider than the other route choice. Some of the small stairs were hard to see going between levels. Cool to drizzly conditions.

Final Course 7 - Splits

Ride with Vern to the arboretum for coffee and back - tracks sticky after all the rain we have had over the past few days - settled the dust. Bit of single track fitted in near the zoo.

Usual session and tough enough.

Peleton of 2 then 4. Waited for Nick D who got stuck in a Canberra traffic jam getting to our place so we rode separately to 38 - then rode back with the other 2 DRAG members. Nice riding weather and a good chance to catch up on O gossip and life in the fast lane in Terrigal. Plenty of political discussion over coffee.