Training Log Archive: mikeminiumIn the 7 days ending Oct 14, 2013:
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Monday Oct 14, 2013 #
mapping - field checking 2:00:00 [1] ***
10c weight:165lbs
Stonybrook
trail building / maintenance 1:00:00 [2]
Mostly hand stuff - breaking back or pulling up honeysuckle bushes, and moving logs, branches and other debris off overgrown trails. The girl scouts didnt use the camp for summer camp this year so things were even more overgrown than usual.
Sunday Oct 13, 2013 #
orienteering race 1:25:38 [4] *** 6.0 km (14:16 / km)
11c
Canadian Orienteering Championships. Long Course. What a screw-up. I had intended to run M45+ on Course 7B, but for some insane reason I grabbed the map and descriptions for Course 10, M- elite.
Not only that, but I failed to realize that I had the wrong map until about 5 controls into the course, including the 2.2 km mega-leg from 2 to 3.
At control 5, Sherpes came sliding down the hill into the control right behind me. It was a water control, and he jokingly hollered "beer near" as he slid in. I laughed and responded "ON ON" as I took off on the next leg.
And, as I did do, the brain finally started to work "Hey, isn't Sherpes running M Elite?" "We have the same control - interesting" "And I'm running ... uh ... oh explitive I've been running on a course 10 map!!!"
Well, I soon decided that I really did not want to run nearly 12 km in the rain, and make the whole rest of my group wait for me, so I picked up the next two controls, cut off a big loop to the northeast and picked up a couple more, then finished from the spectator control instead of doing a final loop to the east.
Oh well, worse things have happened. I hope Zach B is recovered from the big nail he got in his foot!
As it turned out, Andrea and Brennan were both out longer than I was, so I could have done the whole course without anybody waiting on me, but it sure felt good to get out of the rain and grab a hot shower at the community center to wash off the swamp muck and sweat!
Not only that, but I failed to realize that I had the wrong map until about 5 controls into the course, including the 2.2 km mega-leg from 2 to 3.
At control 5, Sherpes came sliding down the hill into the control right behind me. It was a water control, and he jokingly hollered "beer near" as he slid in. I laughed and responded "ON ON" as I took off on the next leg.
And, as I did do, the brain finally started to work "Hey, isn't Sherpes running M Elite?" "We have the same control - interesting" "And I'm running ... uh ... oh explitive I've been running on a course 10 map!!!"
Well, I soon decided that I really did not want to run nearly 12 km in the rain, and make the whole rest of my group wait for me, so I picked up the next two controls, cut off a big loop to the northeast and picked up a couple more, then finished from the spectator control instead of doing a final loop to the east.
Oh well, worse things have happened. I hope Zach B is recovered from the big nail he got in his foot!
As it turned out, Andrea and Brennan were both out longer than I was, so I could have done the whole course without anybody waiting on me, but it sure felt good to get out of the rain and grab a hot shower at the community center to wash off the swamp muck and sweat!
Saturday Oct 12, 2013 #
Event: Whistlestop Marathon
orienteering race 1:06:38 [4] **** 4.64 km (14:22 / km)
18c shoes: Jalas hi-top 2010
Canadian Orienteering Championships - Middle Distance. A decent run on M-elite, worth a very few world ranking points. A fun and challenging courses in detailed terrain.
Friday Oct 11, 2013 #
orienteering 1:00:00 [2] ***
10c
Canadian Orienteering Championships - model area
orienteering race 22:51 [5] *** 2.47 km (9:14 / km)
20c
Canadian Orienteering Championships sprint race at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Challenging and fast.
Looking over my choices afterwards, I saw several places where it probably would have shaved a few seconds to go a different route, most notably, crossing through the arena on the long leg heading east to the woods was probably significantly better than the "around" route chosen by almost everybody except Nick Duca.
Looking over my choices afterwards, I saw several places where it probably would have shaved a few seconds to go a different route, most notably, crossing through the arena on the long leg heading east to the woods was probably significantly better than the "around" route chosen by almost everybody except Nick Duca.
Tuesday Oct 8, 2013 #
walking 18:00 [1]
9 holes golf at Hillview