Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Queensland Championships, Cascades, Stanthorpe
09:00 Sunday 20th September 2009
"Cascades North" 2009 1:10,000 5m
Stanthorpe 200km SW of Brisbane CBD
"Course 4" 13 controls 5.6km 160m climb (2.9%)
118 minutes (21mpk) was almost a respectable result... the red circles show where I relocated on the way to numbers 3 and 5. Only 1 person got better than 10mpk.
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Queensland Championships Day One, Dalmoak
13:00 Saturday 19th September
"Over The Border" (Dalmoak) 2009 1:10,000 5m
200km SW of Brisbane CBD
"Course 4" 15 controls 7km 160m climb (2.3%)
I did all of this as slowly and accurately as possible. I found the first three by sense of smell as map interpretation was at first very challenging; it's been ages since I raced in granite.
My time of 75 minutes seemed OK until some rather quick Pom did it in 61. I finished 6th of 12, all in my grade.
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Mid-Week Championships, Stockyard Creek
12:00 Thursday 17th September 2009
"Stockyard Creek" 2008 1:10,000 5m
UBD 203E16 18km SE of Brisbane CBD
"Long Red" 17 controls 6.7km 185m climb (2.7%)
A straightforward race on a very good course but a fairly ordinary result of 68 minutes (10mpk) a whopping 24 minutes behind a British visitor.
Sunday, 13 September 2009
State Event, Bluestone Creek
09:00 Sunday 13th September 2009
"Bluestone Creek South" 2002 1:10,000 5m
UBD 173P4 26km W of Brisbane CBD
"Red 4" 3.7km 240m climb (6.5%)
I didn't like the look of Red 3 so I burgled Red 4 instead, finished in 49 minutes (13.2mpk) in 3rd place 5 minutes after a young buck in a field of 31. The winning time on Red 2 was just over 10mpk on a very rugged course.
3>4 Straight to traverse the hill (should have gone over the top) then right down the spur to pick up the watercourse.
5>6 Right up the open spur and down the white spur.
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Mid-Week Event, Gap Creek East
12:00 Thursday 10th September 2009
"Gap Creek East" 2009 1:10,000 5m
UBD 157H15 10km W of Brisbane CBD
"Long"
I was doing fine until 9 where I looked on the wrong spur to the north, can't see why, wasted lots of time, lost interest and DNFed 8^(
Sunday, 6 September 2009
MTBO Championships, Beerburrum
09:00 Sunday 6th Spetmber 2009
"KrizKroz" 2009 1:15,000 5m
60km North of Brisbane CBD
"Course 3" 12km direct, 22km as ridden, 160m climb (.7%)
It felt like a good race; I was generally accurate apart from one blunder coimg out of 3 and my route choices were pretty good. However I wasted some time with gear issues, fell off in a monster rut, found the riding technically challenging and generally took it carefully for a fairly ordinary time of 113 minutes. Chris F took 40 minutes less, I forgive him, Su-Yan took 30 seconds less, curses.
3-4 High and right
5-6 Rode the ridge through 1
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