Training Log Archive: devil

A bit of an epic - I'd thought this one would suit me, but wasn't feeling that fast off the start. Shep came through at 2, and I hung on for a few then lost sight after about a third of the long leg. I stayed high on the track then dropped into it quite well, got a bit tangled in green going to 7 then had a good run through to 9 where I caught jimbo. Nearly did a 180 in my excitement at catching anyone then got it back together. Annoying mistake at 11 where I was on the right line but got distracted and went left. Recaught jimbo at 12 and had him around for the next few then got away when I took a track choice from 18 that briefly put me on the matt parton -brian keeley train. Was getting tired by the specator control and made a mess of 26, was in the right place but couldn't find the earth wall in the green. A QLDer came along and we eventually got it and then finished the loop. Definitely the longest O race I've done, and probably the longest time. Wasn't quite last.

Spotted a car on bricks by the road driving to cessnock - my bogan experience was complete.

Long NOL 1 - Splits

Event: NOL Round 3 / WOC Selection Trial - 'Coalfields Classic'
 

Really good sprint at newcastle university - but I wasn't exactly sprinting. No major mistakes, but missed quite a few route choices including not seeing the highlighted tunnel on the map and running past 5 (admittedly in a dark passageway).

The middle was on a old coal mining area - the program suggested that this was going to be pretty bogan and we could fully expect to be run down by hoons or find the controls on fire. I started at the same time as lizzie - so got to see her heading off to 2 before I stumbled across 1. From here I started to think a bit more and got into the map. Matt parton caught me around 5, he was moving fast, so I hung on for a few controls until he slowed a bit then started to orienteer again. We had an encounter with a bunch of trail bikes crossing a big track, but that was the only bogan activity of the day. Had a bit of a lead at 14 then took a straight choce to 16 and we were back together. Mid-field, which was good for a middle, but a harder run than I'd expected. Quite enjoyed this map, which was different to anything I've run on before.

NOL 1 - Splits

Middle NOL 1 - Splits

Post-drive run with lizzie after arriving in Newcastle. Not a bad drive apart from finding australia's worst rest area on the F3. We ran along roads which had no lights or footpaths, presumably the bogans had shot out the lights and no-one here walks anywhere

It seemed like a shame to waste a sunny day so I went the actrun lunchtime run - which turned out to be intervals on something called the floosie loop around the grass near the high court. Did 3x5min efforts with stuey - the first one was a guided tour of the loop (which is had quite a few turns in it) then the second two were at a higher pace. Distances were 1.28, 1.36, 1.36. There was a bit of smoke in the air from a burn on blackie which got a bit worse running back towards csiro.

Cockies pide night run from my place with lizzie, shep and grantm. To shep's first so he could get his light then a lap of lyneham ridge and onto o'connor ridge. We came up with a new format for long NOL races prompted by the 18kms we'll be running on sunday, that would let runners stop early but still score points behind runners doing the whole course.
Miss jones, ALJ and marymac joined us for pide afterwards. Reading the notes for sunday it seems that nothing on the map apart from contours can be trusted, and if you stop to read the map you'll get eaten by meat-ants or run down by bogans on their way to add a new car wreck to the map.

C • bogans 4