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Saturday Mar 10, 2012 #
Orienteering warm up/down 18:00 [1] 3.0 km (6:00 / km)
Orienteering race 13:34 [5] *** 3.3 km (4:06 / km) +42m 3:52 / km
University of Ballarat
I felt that I got close to all of the optimal route choices, and I pushed hard all of the way. I did suffer a little on a couple of long climbs compared to the winners. This was probably the difference between 6th and a place.
The course was well set, but there were not too many difficult problems to solve, so I don't think there was much time lost by many people.
Orienteering warm up/down 6:00 [1] 1.0 km (6:00 / km)
Orienteering race 32:18 [5] **** 6.05 km (5:21 / km) +92m 4:58 / km
Surface Hill
A new map on a small area SW of Ballarat.
I started quite well, and had sight of Ben Rattray (2 mins) by the first dam wall crossing. I didn't catch him until 9 though.
My only mistake was at 10. I thought that the control was on a highpoint on top of a knoll, so I was looking for the biggest feature in the circle. In fact, it was a high point in a depression, so the control was actually quite low. I think I lost about 45 seconds here.
The rest was quite good, and I finished about 4 minutes down on the winner in 11th place.
Orienteering warm up/down 16:35 [1] 1.82 km (9:07 / km) +22m 8:36 / km
Friday Mar 9, 2012 #
Running 50:17 [2] 8.4 km (5:59 / km) +129m 5:34 / km
Moomba is on, and the water skiers were in action. They get a huge amount of attention for a small sport. There are a few lessons to be learnt from water skiing.
Thursday Mar 8, 2012 #
Note
Last night I was asked to assist with next Tuesday's Western Series presentation, followed by next Wednesday's Schools Series presentation.
This follows Sunday's 2011 State Series awards.
I may need to get my hand ready for lots of shaking.
Note
(rest day)
Wednesday Mar 7, 2012 #
Orienteering warm up/down 15:00 [2] 3.0 km (5:00 / km)
Orienteering race 38:47 [5] * 9.27 km (4:11 / km) +109m 3:57 / km
Cantebury Gardens
I wasn't quite on top of my game tonight. On several occasions I read the map only at a corner instead of prior to the corner which did not allow my usual nice flow. This was a concentration issue.
That said, I was satisfied with my route. 9.271 was just 50m longer than Ian Greenwoods and 20m longer than Blair. Given that several controls (such as 19) were not placed in the centre of the circle, you could say that all of these routes were equivalent.
My speed was ok, without being great. I did hold back a little with 3 important races this weekend.
Tuesday Mar 6, 2012 #
Running warm up/down 13:36 [2] 2.16 km (6:18 / km) +16m 6:04 / km
Running intervals 55:52 9.14 km (6:07 / km) +57m 5:56 / km
Started easy 1:37, but most others were in the 1:34 or 1:33 range.
Monday Mar 5, 2012 #
Running 1:05:06 [3] 12.81 km (5:05 / km) +65m 4:57 / km
It's certainly an impressive ship - I counted 14 levels, possibly more. If you stood it on its end, it would be as high as the Eureka Tower.
There were thousands of people taking a look from the piers. D'Lish Fish was certainly doing well out of the tourist trade.
Sunday Mar 4, 2012 #
Running warm up/down 12:00 [2] 2.0 km (6:00 / km) +27m 5:37 / km
Running tempo 1:22:10 [4] 19.99 km (4:07 / km) +311m 3:49 / km
The second half was quite hard work, but it was a good work out. I was soaked by the end. Not from rain today, but from perspiration.
Cycling 30:00 [1] 6.5 km (13.0 kph) +1m
Catching Features 1:00:00 [0] ***
I'm starting to familiarise myself with the controls again.