Training Log Archive: dbakker

Looking at Nikolay's event for next weekend in Seattle, and going over maps from the day.

Simply put, not enough stretching or rolling considering how I felt the next day.

First race at sprint camp and first orienteering since October (other than the Ski-O at Larch Hills), so I focused mostly on smooth flow through the controls and reading ahead. The first part of the course went well, a bobble on #8 when I was expecting an obvious control location, but a path was hidden under the snow and not plowed, so I stopped too early. Through the middle to end of the course I did not read ahead very well, and made a couple of mistakes. I ran down and then back up the ampitheatre, instead of around, bobbled the entrance to the control in the forest, and proceeded to run out of it about 30 degrees south of where I should have. Went to the wrong control, but figured it out pretty quickly, and corrected.

Overall a pretty good race considering the lack of orienteering and even running training.

Longer warm up for this race, back when I actually had energy... (approximate time)

Routechoice training at Lafarge Lake in the snow. Focus on seeing all of the different routechoices for each leg and deciding which was the best. Ran it with/against Adam.

My first evere FARSTA event. On the very small Poirier map. Absolute mayhem, but lots of fun. Both my shoelaces came untied during the race, and I ran into Stan Woods and dropped my map as a result, but still had a blast! Mostly a good race, just a mistake on the final unforked section where I blinded followed the group of 5 or so into the wrong parking lot.... lesson learned.

Non-existent Farsta warm-up.

Very slow running on this training session focusing on visualizing the control circle. Started off a little rough not reading the map very well, but got better through the exercise.

Two person relay at Citadel, a rather boring school map that was very slushy and wet.

5:55 for the first loop (forgot to turn on GPS...)
and 5:28 for the second loop (distance of 1.19)

Stage 2 - Elite Male - Splits

Event: Vancouver Sprint Camp 2017 & GVOC WJR - Winter Warrior Series #2
 

Highway closed so went skiing instead

Finally visited the Specialist Dr. Myden in Kelowna. Got several questions answered about the recurrence of the osteoid osteoma in my leg answered, and decided what to do.

For the moment (at least), I am not getting surgery. That said, if symptoms start to increase and pain gets worse, surgery and health would take precedence over basically anything else this summer.

Last time (October 2015) I had surgery done (for the same thing, same location, same everything, just a little larger at the time) the recovery time was 6 weeks with no impact, about 4 months with no lower-body weights at the gym, and I could walk pretty much a day later.

But for the moment, at least until August unless there is a massive change, no surgery for me.

Google earthing Queen's Park, Citadel, and and Byrne Creek.

New (and only) 5km time:
- In the dark
- On snowy Pavement

22:44. Great run.

Cool down after the more intense 5km run.

Scouting out a few of the maps on google earth and finding the map files for a few of the maps coming up at Sprint Camp. I'm guessing they have re-mapped Queen Elizabeth park since the posted map is from 2006, so an update is in order. The poirier map is openly visible on their website, but no L (can't rememeber the name) Lake. Likewise, no idea where Citadel is.

C • scouting 2

Too many subs, didn't get to Play that much. Was hoping for a better workout, but we won handily.