Twilight O #9 - Black Mountain South

had a quick ride home last night, it felt like a pretty strong crosswind but maybe I was getting more of a tailwind!

the stats:
start temp/humidity: 22.0/62% (apparent temp same)
start time: 5:53pm
total distance: 17.67
total time: 45:17 (including 1:52 stopped time)
avg speed: 23.4kph
total calories: 529
avg HR: 126

took the boy on a long walk this morning as I wasn't running at lunch due to our Branch Christmas Party (barefoot bowls)...

ninth event of the Twilight O series was at Black Mountain South...I did the Orange 1 course (5.9k) and Jodie the Orange 2 (3.8k)...the clouds looked ominous and sure enough it rained once we were out on the course...

start temp/humidity: 24.2/52% (apparent temp same)
start time: 5:36pm
total distance: 7.53 (5.9 "as the crow flies")
total time: 72:28
avg pace: 9:37
total calories: 798
avg HR: 138

official splits: 3:30*, 7:46, 3:24, 2:35, 7:48, 1:33, 3:29, 2:31, 6:54, 1:42, 7:03, 5:28, 4:18, 3:23, 5:24, 4:36, 1:01*

had a shocker heading to #2, drifted too far right then too far past so had to backtrack then I didn't trust myself on #3...aside from that and having to take off my glasses for about half of the course due to condensation and the rain, I did OK and was able to run much more of the course than last week...

Jodie again finished 21mins earlier...but at least there was no post-"run" rant from me to deal with...

Jodie's official splits: 3:52*, 3:57, 2:20, 4:39, 7:03, 4:30, 2:59, 5:40, 3:25, 5:14, 5:58, 1:35*

* I've corrected these times as there appears to have been an issue with the first control unit...

we did nine legs the same, including the first three legs (my legs and times listed first):

• S>1: 3:30 v 3:52
• 1>2: 7:46 v 3:57 (oops)
• 2>3: 3:24 v 2:20 (oops)
• 9>10 v 5>6: 1:42 v 4:30
• 12>13 v 7>8: 4:18 v 5:40
• 13>14 v 8>9: 3:23 v 3:25
• 14>15 v 9>10: 5:24 v 5:14
• 15>16 v 10>11: 4:36 v 5:58
• 16>F v 11>F: 1:01 v 1:35

Results:

Orange 1: W: Masters (5) 5.9km 16 Controls

• 1 Toni Brown BS A 50:21
• 2 Anita Scherrer RR A 52:27
• 3 Ana Herceg PO A 61:13
• 4 Carol Harding BS A 67:26
• 5 Bronwyn Calver BS A 72:28

other interesting(?) details for Orange 1:

• 58 individuals & teams started - 53 finished; 3 miss-punched; 2 DNF’d
• my overall placing - 44th
• fastest males: Matthew Crane 30:49 (open), Eric Morris 36:08 (master), Stephen Melhuish 39:51 (junior)
• fastest female: Lizzie Ingham 45:56 (open), Toni Brown 50:21 (master), Tara Melhuish 50:40 (junior)
• fastest team: 80:29

my category placing through each control:

4th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th

my ranking for each leg in my category:

4th, 5th, 5th, 3rd, 4th, 4th, 4th, 4th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 4th, 3rd, 3rd, 5th, 5th, 5th, ?

Orange 2: W: Masters (13) 3.9km 11 Controls

• 1 Jo Allison RR A 26:24
• 2 Ann Ingwersen PO A 47:20
• 3 Judy Allison RR A 47:56
• 4 Jodie Davis BS A 50:52
• 5 Pat Miethke PO A 51:45
• 6 Clare Lonergan BS A 52:43
• 7 Kerryne Jones RR A 60:49
• 8 Lynwen Connick BS A 61:21
• 9 Edwina Mulhearn RR A 63:12
• 10 Louise Rose RR A 76:06
• 11 Coral Dow BS A 83:49
• XX Barbara Martin PO A mp
• XX Jo Hobson BS A mp

other interesting(?) details for Orange 2:

• 46 individuals & teams started - 40 finished;6 miss-punched
• Jodie’s overall placing – 24th
• fastest males: Dean Davies 29:24 (open), Jonathan Miller 38:34 (master), Noah Poland 34:36 (junior)
• fastest female: Melanie Stanwell 66:37 (open), Jo Allison 26:24 (master), Miho Yamakzi 38:13 (junior)
• fastest team: 69:20

Jodie’s category placing through each control:

2nd, 6th, 4th, 5th, 3rd, 6th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 5th, 4th, 4th

Jodie’s ranking for each leg in her category:

2nd, 8th, 7th, 4th, 3rd, 12th, 2nd, 5th, 7th, 2nd, 4th, ?