Training Log Archive: Bruce

Orienteering race 18:02 [5] *** 3.86 km (4:40 / km) +64m 4:19 / km

NOL 1 Sprint Qualification
Flinders University

2nd place in Heat C
A clean race with no problems. Qualified safely.



Mason also debuted in the Junior National League (at 10 years and 6 months). He successfully completed the course for Heat C also. He even ran a faster time than one of the M17-20 guys.

Orienteering warm up/down 30:00 [2] 4.0 km (7:30 / km) +14m 7:22 / km

Orienteering warm up/down 28:24 [1] 3.05 km (9:19 / km) +78m 8:16 / km

Orienteering race 15:42 [5] *** 3.64 km (4:19 / km) +58m 4:00 / km

NOL 1 Sprint Final
Waite Campus

4th place in M21E.
Started safely, then increasing my speed throughout the race, finishing strongly.

Orienteering warm up/down 9:40 [2] 1.41 km (6:53 / km) +9m 6:40 / km

Cycling 27:43 [2] 6.58 km (14.2 kph) +37m

Running 1:14:08 [2] 13.26 km (5:36 / km) +102m 5:23 / km

Cycling 22:52 [2] 6.5 km (17.1 kph) +48m

Cycling 23:23 [2] 6.44 km (16.5 kph) +37m

Orienteering race 35:20 [5] ** 8.34 km (4:14 / km) +115m 3:58 / km

The inaugural Melbourne Park & Street Championships
Warralong, Montmorency



The hard part was qualifying for this event - you had to run 8 races and then place in one of the semi-finals - tonight was the easy part.
A traffic accident on the road to the event delayed my arrival, so my warm up was shorter than I would have liked. At least I got there on time though.
The course was a good combination of parklands and streets, with careful route choice and map reading required.
I kept an eye on Andrew Hester at the start and stayed close to him for the first 3km. I surged on the long hill and got a nice gap. The only threat would be if someone like Bryan Ackerly chose a better route. Bryan chose a different route, but it turned out to be over 2kms and 12 minutes longer!
Results

Cycling 25:07 [2] 6.27 km (15.0 kph) +21m

Cycling 21:45 [2] 6.59 km (18.2 kph) +47m

Running 52:44 [2] 10.83 km (4:52 / km) +108m 4:38 / km

Cycling 24:42 [2] 6.47 km (15.7 kph) +42m

Cycling 25:15 [2] 6.65 km (15.8 kph) +36m

Cycling 21:01 [2] 6.46 km (18.4 kph) +39m

Orienteering race 1:06:38 [5] **** 8.33 km (8:00 / km) +398m 6:27 / km

Eureka Challenge and State Series #2
Mt Beckworth

A poor race. I started late in the heat after shadowing Sophie on the W10 course. I plodded around, but I didn't have any speed on the steep and slippery hills, particulalry in the last third when I got blisters on my left toe from running several kms on a steep right to left slope.
The course had some good route choice, but it wasn't particularly pleasant to run on in March.

I visited the famous tree on top of the mountain.

Orienteering 38:53 [1] 2.86 km (13:36 / km) +89m 11:46 / km