ACTVAC XC Handicap : Mount Ainslie

Two up on the podium today...Roget GOLD in the long course, GT BRONZE in the short course. Congratulations to both.

The long course I think is the toughest on the circuit. Majura saddle from the east is a tough one. Helen an absolute cracker today now she has the skills to run as fast up the hills as down. Maria also with an ast in the high 80s. Great running girls.

The short course missing some regulars, Heidze nursing a minor niggle ran in control.

Of me: I looked at the course record for the short course a week ago and thought it was unbreakable...decided to have a crack anyway and came up short but not so sure I can't break it now. Time will tell. Steve Hughes (he must have been youngish, ast in the 70s) holds the record at 15:18 for 4.5km with two testing hills but flat otherwise. 15:39 put me 21 seconds back, would need to run a very quick last kilometre to get close. Had to satisfy myself by taking around 3 minutes of sk's M50 record instead. Sorry sk.

More important another long brunch at Cafe Pronto, around 16 of us there plus two dogs.

Comments

Janene said…
Alas there was a miscalculation and Roget took the Silver and not the gold. C'est la vie :-)
June 24, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Two Fruits said…
The long course is used as the bench mark for all handicaps as it is the oldest established course with heaps of data. However, over the years, it has gone from being one of the hardest to being rated at 4th or 5th, but still a KOM course. Long courses like O'Conner Ridge & Arboretum now well in front in difficulty rating.
June 24, 2012 at 7:02 PM
SBx said…
poor roget...i'll have to get back into running the long course one day to try them out
June 24, 2012 at 7:49 PM
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