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Sunday May 27, 2012 #
10 AM
Orienteering race (Presidents Park) 19:00 [4] 4.0 km (4:45 / km) +20m 4:38 / km
shoes: Salomon 3D S-Lab Red/Yel #3
1:5'000. Sprint series race.
First run in this park in about 10 years, so nice to be back in a 'newish' area.
Started 2 mins ahead of Michael and was shocked when he was right behind me at #7 already. I'd had only 1 small mistake, to #2, where I was too far left, so I probably wasn't running as fast as I should have. He caught me at #8, so I had the advantage of seeing him hit (or not) controls for the rest of the course. He only finished 30s before I did. I placed 3rd, 2.5 mins down in total. Brad 30s ahead of me and Eugene 8 behind.
Only other error for me was a banana bend when going for the right crossing point on the long 8-9 leg, but there is a slight map error here.
No GPS track.
First run in this park in about 10 years, so nice to be back in a 'newish' area.
Started 2 mins ahead of Michael and was shocked when he was right behind me at #7 already. I'd had only 1 small mistake, to #2, where I was too far left, so I probably wasn't running as fast as I should have. He caught me at #8, so I had the advantage of seeing him hit (or not) controls for the rest of the course. He only finished 30s before I did. I placed 3rd, 2.5 mins down in total. Brad 30s ahead of me and Eugene 8 behind.
Only other error for me was a banana bend when going for the right crossing point on the long 8-9 leg, but there is a slight map error here.
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No GPS track.
Saturday May 26, 2012 #
8 AM
Mountain Biking race (Magalies Monster) 3:55:20 [5] 69.38 km (17.7 kph) +2304m
shoes: Specialized Epic Expert 2010
Back to the Magalies Monster race after missing it last year. Still the toughest race in the province and definitely my favourite, particularly the Monster climb.
Once again a mild day, not too cold. Paced myself well in the early stages. Was sitting two spots behind Alex when he got a mechanical in Mountain Sanctuary Park. Was probably around 50th position at the stage, but had a good climb up the Monster. Passed about 15 people, with only about 4 of those recatching me from the top of Breedts Nek until the finish.
Managed my energy levels pretty well, but still had a bad patch passing the canopy tours. Exact same spot where it happened two years ago. Had a few hold ups when we recombined with the 40km riders through the last few technical parts of the race.
Finished 34th. This is 20 spots down on 2 years ago, but 2.5 mins faster on the same route. Fastest of all 3 races I've done here now. Still within 30 mins of the winners though, so am happy with my performance. Big kudos to the first lady, Theresa Ralph on her 2nd place overall, only loosing it in the sprint finish!
Results
Bike Stats:
Tm 3:52:49, Av 17.8, Mx 55.6
Once again a mild day, not too cold. Paced myself well in the early stages. Was sitting two spots behind Alex when he got a mechanical in Mountain Sanctuary Park. Was probably around 50th position at the stage, but had a good climb up the Monster. Passed about 15 people, with only about 4 of those recatching me from the top of Breedts Nek until the finish.
Managed my energy levels pretty well, but still had a bad patch passing the canopy tours. Exact same spot where it happened two years ago. Had a few hold ups when we recombined with the 40km riders through the last few technical parts of the race.
Finished 34th. This is 20 spots down on 2 years ago, but 2.5 mins faster on the same route. Fastest of all 3 races I've done here now. Still within 30 mins of the winners though, so am happy with my performance. Big kudos to the first lady, Theresa Ralph on her 2nd place overall, only loosing it in the sprint finish!
Results
Bike Stats:
Tm 3:52:49, Av 17.8, Mx 55.6
Mountain Biking warm up/down 20:00 [3] 5.0 km (15.0 kph)
shoes: Specialized Epic Expert 2010
Friday May 25, 2012 #
Note
8 hours of mapping.
Thursday May 24, 2012 #
Note
8h15 of mapping.
Wednesday May 23, 2012 #
Note
6 hours of mapping.
Tuesday May 22, 2012 #
4 PM
Gym (Biokinetics) 1:00:00 [3]
6 PM
Road Running (RAC TT) 26:46 [2] 5.0 km (5:21 / km)
shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus 2007
Ran TT with Stephanie.
Monday May 21, 2012 #
5 PM
Road Running 48:50 [3] 9.5 km (5:08 / km)
shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus 2007
Evening jog with Ryno out to Midfield and Midlands estates.