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Sunday Oct 13, 2013 #
9 AM
NSW State League 21:14 [4] 2.0 km (10:37 / km)
NSW Sprint Champs at Pyrmont.
Really enjoyed this event even though I am not a runner and hence the sprintO format doesn't really suit me. The location was attractive and fun to run through with a reasonable amount of on the run map reading difficulty and route choice. Overall I was once again as expected fairly slow but I did loose some time today. Mostly only little dithers that probably were insignificant but I missed seeing (both on the map and physically as I ran right past them) the steps down to the bottom level on the way to 16. This caused me considerable extra distance to and from 16 which seems to have cost me about 35 seconds which is quite a bit. Didn't see the lines representing stairs between the two curved darrk lines and if i did then probably thought they were tag lines as on the run I thought these were unnavigable cliffs.
Not sure about route to 8 as I took an alternate route to Rockman's and while his seems more direct our relative times were fairly consistant with our overall times. I did see that route but I thought the steady incline of the steets seemed much more appealing than another long stair climb.
Loved the area and atmosphere and LeepBax loved the playground. After we finished he was able to have a play in the waterfeature due to Shannon Jones kindly offering us a swim nappy. After an initial shock of being hit by the coldish water he had a ball and we had trouble getting him to come out so that we could depart for home.
Overall a nice conclusion to a great weekend away in the big smoke.
Really enjoyed this event even though I am not a runner and hence the sprintO format doesn't really suit me. The location was attractive and fun to run through with a reasonable amount of on the run map reading difficulty and route choice. Overall I was once again as expected fairly slow but I did loose some time today. Mostly only little dithers that probably were insignificant but I missed seeing (both on the map and physically as I ran right past them) the steps down to the bottom level on the way to 16. This caused me considerable extra distance to and from 16 which seems to have cost me about 35 seconds which is quite a bit. Didn't see the lines representing stairs between the two curved darrk lines and if i did then probably thought they were tag lines as on the run I thought these were unnavigable cliffs.
Not sure about route to 8 as I took an alternate route to Rockman's and while his seems more direct our relative times were fairly consistant with our overall times. I did see that route but I thought the steady incline of the steets seemed much more appealing than another long stair climb.
Loved the area and atmosphere and LeepBax loved the playground. After we finished he was able to have a play in the waterfeature due to Shannon Jones kindly offering us a swim nappy. After an initial shock of being hit by the coldish water he had a ball and we had trouble getting him to come out so that we could depart for home.
Overall a nice conclusion to a great weekend away in the big smoke.
Saturday Oct 12, 2013 #
3 PM
Sprint Event 22:06 [3] 2.2 km (10:03 / km)
Bigfoot Sprints - Run1 (at Sydney Uni)
Wasn't expecting it to be som much fun but thoroughly enjoyed the day. Zombies versus Humans added some hilarity and I was actually shot in the leg by a nerf bullet as I ran through one skirmish between the two groups.
Main aim was to try and run better km rates than Mapgirl (which I managed) and was fairly happy with my first run. The computer agreed and I ahd a lost time lisiting of 0:00 which may have been only slightly generous as I was prwetty well on th ball for most of it.
Left knee did some protesting if I tried to ascent two steps at once and I was wimmpy going down many of the stairs. Need a lot more fitness to be anywhere competitive but was happy with being 43rd out of 69 males.
Wasn't expecting it to be som much fun but thoroughly enjoyed the day. Zombies versus Humans added some hilarity and I was actually shot in the leg by a nerf bullet as I ran through one skirmish between the two groups.
Main aim was to try and run better km rates than Mapgirl (which I managed) and was fairly happy with my first run. The computer agreed and I ahd a lost time lisiting of 0:00 which may have been only slightly generous as I was prwetty well on th ball for most of it.
Left knee did some protesting if I tried to ascent two steps at once and I was wimmpy going down many of the stairs. Need a lot more fitness to be anywhere competitive but was happy with being 43rd out of 69 males.
5 PM
NSW State League 21:46 [3] 2.0 km (10:53 / km)
Bigfoot Sprints - Run2 (at Sydney Uni)
totally fell apart physically on this one and hence only managed 57th out of 69 males. Didn't really navigate any worse as once again the computer said I was consistat enough for it to believe my lost time was 0:00. This was probaly the only saving grace in a run where I did have to do a lot more walking then the previous run. I also started last due to having to watch over LeepBax as Mapgirl started in the chasing starts. Perhaps running with a group or knowing people were chasing me might have inspired a few seconds per km faster run rate. Who knows.
We had a picnic at the adjacent cricket ground and then went off to Muzz and Wendy's at Rozelle for a pleasant evening of nibbles and desserts and fine company....a perfect preparation for tomorrows NSW Sprint Champs.
totally fell apart physically on this one and hence only managed 57th out of 69 males. Didn't really navigate any worse as once again the computer said I was consistat enough for it to believe my lost time was 0:00. This was probaly the only saving grace in a run where I did have to do a lot more walking then the previous run. I also started last due to having to watch over LeepBax as Mapgirl started in the chasing starts. Perhaps running with a group or knowing people were chasing me might have inspired a few seconds per km faster run rate. Who knows.
We had a picnic at the adjacent cricket ground and then went off to Muzz and Wendy's at Rozelle for a pleasant evening of nibbles and desserts and fine company....a perfect preparation for tomorrows NSW Sprint Champs.