street O @ Chapman...

I had the day off work yesterday so had the luxury of a sleep in (until 8!) before walking Hodge...

after a shower and breakfast I headed to IKEA, arriving just after 10am...no traffic hassles and no queues...it wasn't even crowded inside...I wandered around for about 2hrs checking everything out before head home with a few bits and pieces...

the Sri Chinmoy results were up by mid-afternoon and we had finished 50th overall in 12:01:09 out of 89 finishers (an additional 5 teams DNC where a lap was defaulted) and 2nd in the T9 Open Women's Category...the overall winners (T9 Open) finished in 8:27:26, the first T9 Open Women's team finished in 10:43:07 (14th overall) while the first solo finished in 11:26:02...

my official split time was 2:31:03 which was 73rd overall, 12th female, 7th in our category and 8th fastest female in a team of 9...

street O was at Chapman so I rode my bike there to meet Jodie...a nice little warm up off 4k...it was going to be hilly so as is my preferred option, up we went first!

the stats:
start temp/humidity: 20.7/49% (apparent temp same)
start time: 6:15pm
total distance: 8.99
total time: 50:09 (official 50:17)
avg pace: 5:35
total calories: 665
avg HR: 147
recovery HR: to be added

our order: 4 - 6 - 3- -7 - 9 - 8 - 13 - 14 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 20 - 15 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 1 - 2 - F...lots of decisions to make on the run but it seemed to work out...the hardest one was how to finish after 12 - I didn't want to run across the ovals to 2 first so the long leg to 1 it was...

Course A: 18 out of 20 controls

Men
1 Ewan Barnett BS-A 38.53
2 Lee Rice 41.12
3 Aaron Aaron 42.07
4 Dane Roberts 43.39
5 David Alder RR-A 46.08
6 Floran Benz 46.16
7 Craig George 46.54
8 Mark Glanville PO-A 49.49
9 Graham Fifield RR-A 50.28
10 Tate Needham RR-A 50.29
11 Matthew Purcell GS-A 52.15
12 Chris Andersen BS-A 52.25
13 Tim Rawling 52.50
14 Peter Antcliff BS-A 55.17

Women
1 Bronwyn Calver BS-A 50.17
2 Penny McIntosh PO-A 52.57
3 Jenna Linehan RR-A 55.38

Teams
1 Adine / Xavier / Amanda 58.58

Bike
1 David Poland BS-A 37.24
2 Martin Etherington PO-A 48.42

a slightly late start this morning but I walked Hodge before riding as usual

the stats:
start temp/humidity: 15.2/75% (apparent temp same)
start time: 8:19am
total distance: 16.59
total time: 37:39 (including 0:47 stopped time)
avg speed: 26.4kph
total calories: 273
avg HR: 121

at 10am I entered a team in the Ridiculous Obstacle Course (ROC) Race event in Sydney on Sunday 7 February...it's based on the TV "It's a Wipeout"...should be a crack up...