Event 4 - Greensborough (The
Map)
 Tonight's Course Setter
Jeff Hughes (with wife Anne) |
Controversy Rocks the Northern Series!
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For those of you that missed it, this was one of the best events this
season. Jeff had obviously given a lot of thought to the control placements
- and made excellent use of the green run throughs, the parklands and the
paths along the creek. This was a thinking person's course - requiring
somewhat more thought than the more usual street-orienteering map. While there were
plenty of opportunities to climb (steep) hills, it was possible to minimise
the climb by means of judicious route choice. The cool change earlier that
day had dropped the temperature and the heavy shower just before the start
made the atmosphere very pleasant indeed.
Thanks Jeff - good course! |
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| Newcomers Sefronia, Scott and Robert (?)
were briefed (?) by Matthew Schepisi |
It poured until 6:59 pm and then,
magically, it stopped (well almost). |
Mark poses behind the Besley-mobile |
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Rob talking to Phil Giddings.
Rob and Helen Edmonds joined us at Greensborough |
In an attempt to increase the fibre in
his diet, Noel eats his control card. |
Harry takes part in the PW section - he
brings Elisa along to carry the control card for him |
What's all this about PowerBands?
Earlier in the week, our onsite reporter Ray Howe was advised (by an unnamed
informant) that Ian Greenwood had recently paid a substantial sum for a new
running aid - called Powerbalance. The PowerBalance is a wrist band which
claims to improve your performance in everything!!!!! Checkout the website at
http://www.powerbalance.net/powerbalance “
We managed to
procure one of these and sent it to our labs for testing. Subsequently, the
StreetO Marketing department replied with
Darn,
I think we've missed a marketing opportunity here…
We forgot to mention that the Blue Wristbands that we’ve been
supplying for the Training Series have Silicone Enhanced RF Power Management
capabilities operating at 125 KHz. While some technologies such as the
PowerBalance WristBand recently purchased by Ian have
broadband/general-purpose capabilities as attested by the well-researched
claims on their website…
Power Balance is performance technology that uses holograms embedded with
frequencies that react positively with your body’s natural energy field to
improve balance, strength, and flexibility.
Most everything has a frequency inherent to it. Some frequencies react
positively with your body and others negatively. When the hologram comes in
contact with your body’s energy field, it allows your body to interact with
the natural, beneficial frequency stored within the hologram. This results
in improved energy flow throughout your body.
…nobody (that we can find) doubts the beneficial impact of 125
KHz both in improving performance and in helping people to recover from
injuries. (We are gathering testimonial statements from recent participants
to attest to improved fitness and recovery that resulted from the 125 KHz
training runs - so far the results are conclusive - everybody that took part
in our training runs with their blue wrist band on believes that the
experience has improved their fitness!!!). While the information is only
anecdotal at this stage, there is mounting evidence that the wristbands also
provide a psychological boost and increase enjoyment in the training
activities.
Sadly, the early claims of increased libido and improved sexual
performance would no longer seem to be supportable – recent reports indicate
that the frequency is too high for maximum enjoyment and that severe chafing
can occur if one perseveres too long at this frequency.
More reports as additional information becomes available….
PowerBalance Wrist Band - For Sale
Anyone interested in purchasing a second-hand, holographic wrist band should
contact Ian Greenwood. This wrist band is not even run in yet - and is still
under warranty (I've checked the warranty and it's pretty comprehensive -
guaranteeing everything up to and including nothing). Price negotiable.
Event Feedback
Debbie Dodd - Nice
to see the Thurs report make a return. I completely agree with your summation
below, it was a great course. Clearly I fell outside the ranks of a "thinking
person", given the almost vertical climbing I did between 13 and 1, and 14 and
3! While the other D runners were enjoying the relatively flat northern
section, I tackled the south. Mind you, as I slogged up the hills I was doing
plenty of thinking - but not of the printable sort! Ian's northern loop - 3.75
km. My southern loop - 4.15 km. Maybe I should head to lawn bowls as well (or
remember to wear my blue wristband more often - until now I was unaware of its
mystical powers. Maybe I have been wearing it upside down?). Ian and I
have an in-house competition, based purely on distance run on D course (as he is
clearly always going to beat me in by 10 minutes). Monday - Ian won by 10
metres. Wed - I won by 300 metres. Unassailable I thought until last night!
Net result for the week - Ian by 110 metres. Insert rude word here.
Mark Pilkington - I’m
enjoying the events since starting at the beginning of the
year. Looks like I’ll be a regular unless my
body protests too much, although recovery time is getting better each week. Just
thought I’d mention a blog I’ve been writing after each event. Might be worth
publicising in some way if you think it’s worthwhile.
I’d love others to comment on my run and their own.
It’s been helping me to debrief after my runs and also keep a track of
how far I’m running. You can find it at
http://orientear.blogspot.com. Hopefully, I can rope some friends/family to
join me in the future. See you next week.
Next Week's Event
Next week's event moves us closer into the eastern Suburbs - at Whites Corner
in Doncaster.