Training Log Archive: BB

WMOC Long Qualifier 1 and glad I am in the right heat again. Dropped 2 minutes on control 2 by stopping too early and having to relocate of the nearby road and then 5 minutes on control 8 when went a ridge too far and had to relocate of a water point. Despite these losses am still in reach of the A final if I put in a better run tomorrow. Around 3 minutes off 21 st place (29th today ). In other two heats this time would have put me in mid to high 30 th place. Very nice forest to run thru and nailed nearly all other controls ( two small wobbles in control circles). Hard to hold compasses bearing as all trees look the same and often forced to run around clumps of cutting grass putting you off the bearing. Course distance advertised as 4.6 km so I did a fair bit more

Long - Qualification 1 - Men 65 Heat 1 - Splits

WMOC Sprint Final and 17th place in the M65A event. Much better run than the qualifier and being an early starter I held first place for at least 26 finishers (80 in the A final ). Comparing splits with David Marshall looks like I dropped a minute on leg 9 (altho winsplits says 43 seconds) going thru the tunnel and overrunning the narrow building (which is what a lot of people did) as the tunnel went into an enclosed walkway at the end. Felt a bit slow at the start in the park but settled and ran better in the middle and latter part of the course. Might have place 10 th without the small error on 9. Still around 3 minutes slower than the winner with a mistake free run!! Well set up arena in the buildings.

Sprint Final - Men 65 Final A - Splits

Might have scraped into the A final after a less than stellar Sprint Qualifier at WMOC. Errors on legs 3,13 and 16. Got distracted by another runner which resulted in a poor route choice to 13. Great technical area and a big field. Might have picked the right heat as some others with faster times in their heats might have missed the cut. Scope to improve tomorrow. Just saw the splits which says I lost 4.02 !! Mistake free run would have put me 4 th!!!!

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Sprint Qualification - Men 65 Heat 3 - Splits

Napier to Puketapu pub and back. Headwind most of the way there which built up an appetite. Coffee stop in Taradale on the way out. Cool day but still sunny patches. Got up to a top speed of 38 km /hr. Peloton of 6. Decided to make tomorrow a rest day before driving back to Auckland on Saturday.