Training Log Archive: O-ing

Event: Sydney Sprint Series #2
 

Macquarie University. Good course on a great map. I just can't cope with the out-of-the-box issues. So looked on the wrong level at 12 and 16 for what semed like ages (1:20 each). Slight wobbles on 3 (10s) and 6 (25s) which were entirely my fault.

Sprint - Splits

A little bit off the pace today. Kept up though, except for the hills.

C • 3rd fatsest time 3

Bobbin Head solo. Had my first electric bike encounter - he passed me at the top of Lane Cove NP. Sat behind for a while and then figured I had a better top speed than he had (35), so went for it.

Event: Sydney Summer Series #17 - Artarmon
 

Artarmon. Dodgy descriptions caught me out here - never found no. 17 even though I did a couple of laps of the transformer box and searched through the bush on the south side.
Legs tight after yesterday, but running quite well. Faded later in the heat and hills.
EDIT. Actually it wasn't just the descriptions that were dodgy. I managed to overcome a lot of the errors, but not the one at 17 - which everybody else I talked to got except for Sue Johnston.
2 - circle wrong, too far south. Map crazy - should not show "rocky ground"
29 - circle wrong, too far north and obscured by underpass overprint
3 - description wrong (I pointed this out to the organisers before I started)
1 - description wrong (1 and 3 switched)
25 - circle wrong, too far north; control location obscured by underpass overprint
21 - control feature stairs (and access) not shown on map (I took the path instead)
Between 21 and 17 the underpass overprint obscures the access to the small path up to the road end you need at 17.
17 - flag put out on the edge of the circle to the north; circle wrong - too far north; description wrong - said south side of transformer
15 - description wrong - fence not "poles"
18 - circle wrong, too far west. Would have gone 14-18-30 had it been correct (went 14-30-18)
23 - map wrong. No access shown from main bike path - in fact the line of an uncrossable fence is drawn across the access. I would have gone that way had access been shown.
13 - circle wrong, too far south (I ran in the park, whereas the flag was directly in line of sight of the road)
22 - access to underpass track should be shown on map (its on the NE side, opposite to where the control was).

C • Errors! 9