Orienteering race (Hennops Valley) 56:04 8.04 km (6:59 / km) +136m6:26 / km ahr:157 max:171 shoes: Salomon Sense Ride4 #1 Blue
Hennops Valley - 1:10'000
Brown course. 6.7km, 190mc, 20c.
Only 6.7km long, so quite short. Wanted to go sub-1 hour and managed it comfortably. A few controls hard to find under bushes and spent a couple of minutes searching (#s 4 and 9), but otherwise consistent. (Even ran straight past a control at 4, even though it was only 3m off the path).
Concentration levels good, getting better during the course as I focused on pushing the pace on the 2nd half.
Missing the competition once again, so an easy win ahead of Gary dK.
Weather is warming up. Full summer kit already, just got to survive the first 20 minutes.
Some of the top guys were racing in KZN this weekend, so a much more relaxed start out of Bidon. Main loop got reversed to a clockwise direction, so flatter to start with and the hills back from Magaliesburg at the end.I had a decent ride until blowing at about 5 hours. Took more food, but not enough today for some reason. Felt very hungry out there. Strong headwinds from the turn just before halfway exacerbated the tough conditions.
Trail Running6:29:36 [3] 146.47 km (2:40 / km) +1266m2:33 / km