Twilight O #1 - The Pinnacle...

first event of the Twilight O series was at The Pinnacle...this season they have introduced a season pass where you pay $100 upfront (the equivalent of 10 events) for a maximum of 16 events, the only condition is that you must volunteer at one of the events your club is in charge of...both Jodie and I have gone for this option and we will be rostered on for the event at Cooleman Ridge (Twilight O #4) on 5 November...

today's Orange 1 course was 5.7k...Jodie did the Orange 2 course (3.6k)...

start temp/humidity: 13.5/51% (apparent temp 13.2)
start time: 5:57pm
total distance: 6.45 (5.70 "as the crow flies")
total time: 62:35
avg pace: 9:42
total calories: 757
avg HR: 150

splits: 8:37, 4:49, 3:52, 4:21, 4:10, 3:32, 1:35, 8:17, 4:12, 1:35, 7:22, 6:36, 2:47, 0:50

the grass was really long but thankfully the lack of heat meant no grass seeds...I found the going really uneven underfoot...I was particularly slow uphill because of my heel but I made good time when it was flat or downhill...

they were having computer issues so we don't have our splits printouts (my splits above are from my watch)...Jodie finished in a time of 53:10...hopefully they'll appear on the website in due course...

edit - results added:

Orange 1: W: Masters (7) 5.7km 13 Controls

• 1 Toni Brown BS A 43:45
• 2 Anita Scherrer RR A 46:20
• 3 Carol Harding BS A 51:39
• 4 Ana Herceg PO A 51:48
• 5 Sue Key MF V 58:24
• 6 Bronwyn Calver BS A 62:35
• X Lynwen Connick BS A dnf

my official splits: 8:36, 4:52, 4:00, 4:21, 4:11, 3:34, 1:24, 8:13, 4:27, 1:30, 7:25, 6:38, 2:43, 0:41

my category placing through each control:

4th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 6th,

my ranking for each leg in my category:

4th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 6th, 6th, 6th, =5th

other interesting(?) details for Orange 1:

• 53 individuals & teams started - 49 finished; 1 miss punched; 3 DNF’d
• my overall placing - 45th
• fastest males: David Shepherd 29:31 (open), Morten Pedersen 37:20 (master), Stephen Melhuish 34:22 (junior)
• fastest female: Toni Brown 43:45 (master), Tara Melhuish 46:33 (junior)
• fastest team: -

Orange 2: W: Masters (10) 3.6km 8 Controls

• 1 Ann Ingwersen PO A 38:43
• 2 Pat Miethke PO A 45:13
• 3 Judy Allison RR A 45:29
• 4 Jo Hobson BS A 51:36
• 5 Jennifer Webb AO A 53:04
• 6 Jodie Davis BS A 53:10
• 7 Kerryne Jones RR A 55:01
• 8 Louise Rose RR A 59:09
• 9 Ann Sutton RR A 63:40
• 10 Catriona Moxham BS A 67:58

Jodie's splits: 8:24, 8:35, 4:42, 7:57, 3:59, 8:06, 6:55, 3:51, 0:41

Jodie’s category placing through each control:

10th, 7th, 6th, 6th, 5th, 6th, 5th, 6th, 6th,

Jodie’s ranking for each leg in her category:

10th, 5th, 5th, 2nd, 7th, 9th, 6th, 3rd, 2nd

other interesting(?) details for Orange 2:

• 44 individuals & teams started - 46 finished; 4 miss punched, 2 DNF'd
• Jodie’s overall placing – 26th
• fastest males: Dean Davies 28:29 (open), Andrew Cumming Thom 33:57 (master), Andrew Kerr 26:37 (junior)
• fastest female: Ann Ingwersen 38:43 (master), Ella Cuthbert 39:37 (junior)
• fastest team: 52:15

Jodie and I only had two legs the same although one of them was done in reverse:

• 113>126 (1st to 2nd control for me): 4:52
• 126>113 (5th to 6th control for Jodie: 8:06
• 101>F (13th control to finish for me/8th control to finish for Jodie): both had 0:41