Sunday, 22 March 2009
MTBO, Murrenbong
08:00 Sunday 22nd March
"Murrenbong" 2009 1:7,500 5m
UBD 87M7 27km NNW of Brisbane CBD
"Medium" 5km straight 150m climb (3%)
My very first MTBO event and I won the Medium in 43 minutes, should have done the Long. I only fell off once and executed well.
2 was a trap but conscious that the track might be tough to find I took great care.
At 3 the map was confusing as you might expect.
Saturday, 21 March 2009
Club Event, Seven Hills
13:30 Saturday 21st March 2009
"Seven Hills" 2004 1:10,000 5m
UBD 161G13 6km E of Brisbane CBD
"Short Red" 14 controls 3.7km 165m climb (4.5%)
Another grovel through green. I burgled the Not-Long course wanting to reserve some energy for tomorrow's MTBO, finished in 49 minutes (13mpk), 10 minutes ahead of a field of 17. My K rate would have put me half way down the field on the Long.
I wasted a minute or two at 1 which is not well mapped. Meanwhile 10 was misplaced in the depression to the west, which I found as I left the long depression after meeting Mike there.
Friday, 20 March 2009
Mid-Week Event, Gap Creek West
12:00 Thursday 20th March 2009
"Gap Creek West" 2008 1:10,000 5m
UBD 136R16 12km W of Brisbane CBD
"Long" 11 controls 4.5km 230m climb (5.1%)
Those who know this map expected the worst and were not disappointed - it was very hard work but I managed 3rd place of 11 on the Long in 72 minutes, 17 minutes behind a young buck.
Some took the road from 5 to 6 but I calculated it's about twice as far with more climb so I went south and then east, had no problems with the green and spiked.
There were some very long times and a few DNFs.
Sunday, 15 March 2009
Club Event, German Church Reserve
09:00 Sunday 15th March 2009
"German Church Reserve" 2003 1:10,000 5m
UBD 246D5 31km SE of Brisbane CBD
"Red 4" 9 controls 4.3km 105m climb (2.4%)
Rampant undergrowth made this very hard work. K rates were not good; mine was 14mpk although I wasted 5 - 10 minutes looking for 7 in the valley half way there. Nevertheless I came 7th of 39 including 12 DNFs. Told you it was hard work!
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Mid-Week Event, Redbank Old Rifle Range
12:00 Thursday 12th March 2009
"Old Rifle Range, Redbank" 2004 1:10,000 5m
UBD 216D12 21km SW of Brisbane CBD
"Medium" 4km 100m (2.5%)
I couldn't find number 2 but I could find a whole bunch of features not on the map so I ran on... others had a similar experience. The map is getting out of date but is about to be redeveloped.
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Training Session, Gap Creek
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Mid-Week Event, New Farm
12:00 Thursday 5th March 2009
"New Farm" 2006 1:7,500 5m
UBD 23R3 2km W of Brisbane CBD
"Medium" 9 controls 5.7km little climb
The map is marked as 1:5,000 but it's 1:7,500 so everyone ran 50% further than they thought!
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