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Sunday Feb 23, 2014 #
Running race (Qld Sprint Championship ) 27:30 [3] 2.0 km (13:45 / km)
Took lots of time to warm up my sore right hamstrings, probably due to all the mileage from yesterday.
Messed up first control. Unsure initially if I could run up between the tennis courts, and then ran up the stairs W before realizing what I was doing and had to come back down to get control 1.
Control 2 was not under the canopy as described, but I had look over the railings and spotted a control there. Looked around the canopy again and decided that lower control was too close not to be the control. It was the correct number. Either control placement error or description error.
Was careful to pick route to control 5. But got a little confused coming out of it to 6 and decided to climb the fence and go via the road instead.
Control 8 was a real hit and miss and I went to 2 dead ends before finding the correct passageway. Detail too hard to read. Maybe I need better glasses?
Control 9. I deliberately went down E early down the stairs, and then NNW up the path, right angle turn W , expecting to get into the undercover area. But ?? Nothing added up. Ran along that level, then down to ground level via the mesh stairwell, then up to third level. Trying to work out what was mapped. Finally, Richard came by straight to the control behind the walls. Thankfully I was at ground level then. Decided that I had to take time to see this whole area properly from a mappers perspective and then realised I had gone into the internal stairwell mapped as dark grey to access the various levels. So I was using Out of bounds internal stairs. I knew then I would be DQ'ed for it as unmapped internal stairs inside buildings are out of bounds.
Anyhow, had to run down a couple of the parallel buildings to work out how I could get down towards 10. Messy control and I will go back to have a good look at the area again next weekend.
Took my time to slowly do the rest of the controls. My time wasn't counting and I had taken time to assess the area around 9 anyhow, so it wasn't going to be an inspiring run. Downloaded and DQ'ed myself.
Basically had to leave straight away to take David to the airport.
Disappointing run.
Messed up first control. Unsure initially if I could run up between the tennis courts, and then ran up the stairs W before realizing what I was doing and had to come back down to get control 1.
Control 2 was not under the canopy as described, but I had look over the railings and spotted a control there. Looked around the canopy again and decided that lower control was too close not to be the control. It was the correct number. Either control placement error or description error.
Was careful to pick route to control 5. But got a little confused coming out of it to 6 and decided to climb the fence and go via the road instead.
Control 8 was a real hit and miss and I went to 2 dead ends before finding the correct passageway. Detail too hard to read. Maybe I need better glasses?
Control 9. I deliberately went down E early down the stairs, and then NNW up the path, right angle turn W , expecting to get into the undercover area. But ?? Nothing added up. Ran along that level, then down to ground level via the mesh stairwell, then up to third level. Trying to work out what was mapped. Finally, Richard came by straight to the control behind the walls. Thankfully I was at ground level then. Decided that I had to take time to see this whole area properly from a mappers perspective and then realised I had gone into the internal stairwell mapped as dark grey to access the various levels. So I was using Out of bounds internal stairs. I knew then I would be DQ'ed for it as unmapped internal stairs inside buildings are out of bounds.
Anyhow, had to run down a couple of the parallel buildings to work out how I could get down towards 10. Messy control and I will go back to have a good look at the area again next weekend.
Took my time to slowly do the rest of the controls. My time wasn't counting and I had taken time to assess the area around 9 anyhow, so it wasn't going to be an inspiring run. Downloaded and DQ'ed myself.
Basically had to leave straight away to take David to the airport.
Disappointing run.