Thursday, 26 August 2004
Mid-Week Event, Gap Creek East, Mt Coot-Tha, Brisbane
12:00 Thursday 26th August 2004
"Gap Creek East" 2004 1:10,000 5m
UBD157 H15 10km W of Brisbane CBD
"Long" 10 controls 4km 110m climb (2.3%)
I think I did fairly well... but I was working hard at the time and diDn't get round to this note until April 2005.
Thanks to Clive Pope and UG for the map, Clive for the event.
Sunday, 22 August 2004
Queensland Championships, Old Hidden Vale, Stanthorpe
Sunday 22nd August 2004
"Old Hidden Vale South" 2004 1:15,000 5m
Stanthorpe, SEQ, 150km SW of Brisbane CBD
Course 5 - M45A - 6.5km 225m climb (3.5%)
Saturday took too much out of me; I blew up early on and scrapped the northern loop to slink home and DNF. Argh.
Thanks to Eric Andrews and QOA for the map and the event.
Saturday, 21 August 2004
Queensland Championships, Old Hidden Vale, Stanthorpe
Saturday 21st August 2004
"Old Hidden Vale North" Stanthorpe, SEQ
150km SW of Brisbane CBD
Course 5 - M45A - 6km 190m climb (3.2%)
5th out of 7 in my grade, 12 minutes behind the winner. The M21AS runners did better. An OK run.
Thanks to Eric Andrews and QOA for the map and the event.
Thursday, 19 August 2004
Mid-Week Event, Ripley Rifle Range, Ipswich
12:00 Thursday 19th August 2004
"Ripley Rifle Range" 2004 1:10,000 5m
?UBD 275 B10 36km SW of Brisbane CBD (12km along Ripley Rd from Cunningham Highway)
"Long Red" 13 controls 5km 145m climb (2.9%)
Prickles, I've had a few - it took me 20 minutes to pick them out of my gear after this event. But it's a lovely area and I enjoyed the course.
We were assured at the start that the event had been cleared with the locals but the sound of gunfire 100m away was not reassuring. Note that towards the end the course actually crosses one of the rifle ranges.
And driving away afterwards I casually picked up my cellie thinking "there won't be any cops in a remote place like this..." then put it away again after I realised the place was crawling with cops - going to and from target practice!
Thanks to the Spriggseseses for the event, Eric Andrews and QOA for the map.
Sunday, 15 August 2004
State Event, Mundoolun, Jimboomba
09:00 Sunday 15th August 2004
"Mundoolun" 1998 1:10,000 5m
UBD GoldCoast1 E18 46km S of Brisbane CBD
"Red 3" 17 controls 6.7km 200m climb (3%)
9th of 22 in 60 minutes, 13 minutes behind Trevor Sauer who is ?15-20 years my senior.
Thanks to Rob & Scott Simson & QOA for the map, Neil Simson and TH for the event.
Thursday, 12 August 2004
Mid-Week Event, Plunkett Hills, Ipswich
12:00 Thursday 12th August 2004
"Plunkett Hills" 1994 1:15,000 5m
UBD 304 C15 39km SSE of Brisbane CBD
"Long" 4.35km 190m climb (4.4%)
Rugged and challenging only begin to describe this. I didn't really enjoy my run. Up the stream most of the way to 1, vague at 4; map out of date - 10 years old - but not too bad.
Thans to Rod Crockart (or was it Clive Pope?) for the event, Henk Prins, Rob & Scott Simson, and QOA for the map.
Sunday, 8 August 2004
Club Event, Tyamolum Scout Camp, Mt. Crosby, Ipswich
09:00 Sunday 8th August 2004
"Tyamolum Scout Camp" 2004 1:5,000 5m
UBD 175 F16 19.5km W of Brisbane CBD
"Medium Red" 3.5km 235m (advertised 205m) climb (6.7%!)
A bit of an ordeal because my gear hadn't arrived yet so I ran in shorts and road shoes, very scratchy.
Rugged and steep - 6.7% is on the high side. Went far too high and right and lost a few minutes at 6 - met ?Clive coming back down too. My 59 minutes was 21 minutes behind Tim, no young bucks present, what a shocker.
Thanks Lee Smith for the event, Jon Sutcliffe, UG and the Queensland Government for the map, the Scouts for its use.
Thursday, 5 August 2004
Mid-Week Event, Redbank Old Rifle Range, Ipswich
12:00 Thursday 5th August 2004
"The Old Rifle Range, Redbank" 2004 1:10,000 5m
UBD 216 A12 22km SW of Brisbane CBD
"Long Red" 10 controls 4.5km 105m climb (2.3%)
My very first event at my new home.
Thanks to Nev Cobbold for the event, Jon Sutcliffe, UG and Queensland's gamblers for the map.
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