Training Log Archive: Tynomite

Event: Australian Sprint/Long Distance Championships
 

10:46 AM. Canberra ACT. Burned 113 calories.
Warm up

11:18 AM. Canberra ACT. Burned 336 calories.
2013 Australian Sprint Championships - Canberra Grammar Course: M21E 2.8 km 45 m

Was feeling pretty good about this, and then I started. My legs felt like lead weight and my chest was heavy too. Probably too much endurance sports and not enough sprinty sport. I felt pretty clean on the navigation barring 15 where I mis-read the map and though i could enter the courtyard from the passage i was already running through. I maybe had a couple of poor route-choices, though I do feel I nailed the majority of it. The map and terrain was pretty fun, and the narrow passageways meant I had a few collisions with other orienteers. I think everyone did. I ended up 42nd in the field of 49, which was 1 up from the Easter Prologue of the same field size. The main thing is that I beat Conrad.

Headcam footage


MAP PART 1


MAP PART 2

M21E - Splits

Course 1 - Splits

6:09 PM. North Adelaide. Burned 460 calories.
Schools Team Relay training

Lots of Mozzies. It was dark. I almost missed a control and that meant Fern beat me.

Event: SA Middle Distance Champs - Moon Rocks
 

10:01 AM. Tungkillo. Burned 583 calories.
2013 SA Middle Distance Championships - Moon Rocks Course: M21A 5.7 km 190 m

A fun race. I was first starter which meant i was going to be down the places since this map is a sort of "follow-me" map as you can see pretty much anything. I had to turn on and fix the first control which cost me a few seconds. I was very surprised to see how quick Slatts caught up on me, but i kept him at bay until he actually caught me on the long leg. Simon, Greg, Slatts and I all converged halfway between 9 and 10. I was unable to shake Slatts for the rest of the course, while Greg and Simon just ran through us like we didn't exist. I led Andrew thorugh 10-16 pretty much unscathed so i suggested to him that he might want to lead and find some controls. He promptly said yes and started walking. So without a plan for 15-16 we both overshot it by a long way and dropped far too low (looks like we only missed it by 50m or so). We found John who was searching for 13/14 and realised we had gone far too far. I picked up on the creek pattern in the un-rocky area and trotted back to the control circle - Andrew in tow. I had a few issues in the circles probably since i am out of practice reading the full control description. I will need to be good at that next week. Fun day and tasty brownies afterwards. I went back for a second one.

9:36 AM. Tungkillo. Burned 104 calories.
Run to the start

For a change there was a long run to the start. Odd for SA.

1 - Splits