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Tuesday Oct 12, 2010 #
Event: Niagara Falls Sprints
Note
(rest day)
Right knee is pretty tender so is gonna get some rest. Felt better overnight but got sore again after a trip out to Dollarama/Bottlo.
A code for all you clever people to crack
68, 45, 40
30, 50, 41
25, 16, 32
A code for all you clever people to crack
68, 45, 40
30, 50, 41
25, 16, 32
C • code 2
Monday Oct 11, 2010 #
8 AM
Orienteering 55:34 7.2 km (7:43 / km) +360m 6:10 / km
ahr:167 max:184 shoes: La Sportiva Cross Lite
GLOF 'O-Cross' (which is Canadian for 'Farsta', which is Swedish for 'Loop Race')
Felt fairly turd like and cold on the warm up and wasn't expecting much.
Punched the first control first, which is all that really matters, so followed it up by going down the wrong trail to #2, then following a river upstream for a bit when I was meant to be going down.
As there was no one around at this point I figured the race was over for me, then Robbie appeared out of nowhere, as then as we approached the control I was surprised to see the pack running out of it!
Was able to reel in the pack through 3-5, then everyone but me had a different split and I was on my own again.
There was no one around when I hit the map exchange, and didn't know where I was positioned. Realised when I got the 2nd map that I'd had the shorter split in the 1st loop and if I was caught by the pack I was toast.
Toasted it up with a poor route to #3 (got trapped by a massive earth bank that was hidden by the north line - very poor map) and the pack ran through me.
Got to the exchange with no one in sight again, but I knew this time I was behind and was fairly unmotivated after seeing how much more ravine climbing needed to be done before it was all over.
Still, it had to be done and I caught sight of Nick on the way to #1 and the Griz to #3. Took the straight route to #4 on a gamble when Mark went wide which didn't pay off, but he took a less ideal route to #5 which allowed Nick and I to catch him up.
A non-beeping #5 caused Nick to hesitate and all 3 of us dropped down the final ravine to the final control. Nick went wide and allowed me to sneak in in 4th place (and lose a sock spot prize!) about a minute behind the lead pack.
Tough race, but a fun way to end an outstanding weekend of races.
Felt fairly turd like and cold on the warm up and wasn't expecting much.
Punched the first control first, which is all that really matters, so followed it up by going down the wrong trail to #2, then following a river upstream for a bit when I was meant to be going down.
As there was no one around at this point I figured the race was over for me, then Robbie appeared out of nowhere, as then as we approached the control I was surprised to see the pack running out of it!
Was able to reel in the pack through 3-5, then everyone but me had a different split and I was on my own again.
There was no one around when I hit the map exchange, and didn't know where I was positioned. Realised when I got the 2nd map that I'd had the shorter split in the 1st loop and if I was caught by the pack I was toast.
Toasted it up with a poor route to #3 (got trapped by a massive earth bank that was hidden by the north line - very poor map) and the pack ran through me.
Got to the exchange with no one in sight again, but I knew this time I was behind and was fairly unmotivated after seeing how much more ravine climbing needed to be done before it was all over.
Still, it had to be done and I caught sight of Nick on the way to #1 and the Griz to #3. Took the straight route to #4 on a gamble when Mark went wide which didn't pay off, but he took a less ideal route to #5 which allowed Nick and I to catch him up.
A non-beeping #5 caused Nick to hesitate and all 3 of us dropped down the final ravine to the final control. Nick went wide and allowed me to sneak in in 4th place (and lose a sock spot prize!) about a minute behind the lead pack.
Tough race, but a fun way to end an outstanding weekend of races.
C • glad 2
Sunday Oct 10, 2010 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 1:33:29 12.1 km (7:44 / km) +695m 6:00 / km
ahr:170 max:187 shoes: La Sportiva Cross Lite
GLOF Long
That's more like it!
Lost 2 minutes in the circle on the first control decided it was all over, but instead of getting all sulky like I usually do when things don't go my way on a long, I sucked it up and got my act together.
Stuck to my plan of taking the long legs as straight as possible and pushing on the climbs out of the river beds, as even though they're steep, they're usually only 3 or 4 contour lines.
Lost a little time on 7 when I got distracted by another competitor and swung left. Got to the map exchange still feeling pretty fresh but shocked to be announced in the lead - that doesn't happen as a rule.
Didn't go straight to 15 like I should have, I fell victim to the sneaky course planning there. Mental fatigue started to kick in and was sloppy in the circle at 15 and 17, but was still running OK.
Saw Robbie as I came out of #19 which was the motivation I needed to finish off the course - forced myself to chase him down on the final loop.
This was enough for the win, which I'm super stoked with - but I'm more happy that I was able to run strongly for the whole race and was primarily by myself for all of it. There's still work to be done - there was more time loss than I'd like in there, but winning does feel good :)
http://orienteering.ca/cgi-bin/reitti.pl?act=map&i...
That's more like it!
Lost 2 minutes in the circle on the first control decided it was all over, but instead of getting all sulky like I usually do when things don't go my way on a long, I sucked it up and got my act together.
Stuck to my plan of taking the long legs as straight as possible and pushing on the climbs out of the river beds, as even though they're steep, they're usually only 3 or 4 contour lines.
Lost a little time on 7 when I got distracted by another competitor and swung left. Got to the map exchange still feeling pretty fresh but shocked to be announced in the lead - that doesn't happen as a rule.
Didn't go straight to 15 like I should have, I fell victim to the sneaky course planning there. Mental fatigue started to kick in and was sloppy in the circle at 15 and 17, but was still running OK.
Saw Robbie as I came out of #19 which was the motivation I needed to finish off the course - forced myself to chase him down on the final loop.
This was enough for the win, which I'm super stoked with - but I'm more happy that I was able to run strongly for the whole race and was primarily by myself for all of it. There's still work to be done - there was more time loss than I'd like in there, but winning does feel good :)
http://orienteering.ca/cgi-bin/reitti.pl?act=map&i...
Saturday Oct 9, 2010 #
4 PM
Orienteering race 41:18 4.7 km (8:47 / km) +250m 6:56 / km
ahr:171 max:181 shoes: La Sportiva Cross Lite
GLOF Middle.
Not a good race. Frantic and running too fast on the way to #1 - got confused when I ran past the ruin which I thought was meant to be a rockface.
Dropped at went wide on #5 when I needed to climb and go straight.
Then the whopper at #7. I decided to climb K2 (to claim the polka dot hat) and come off the track at the boulder in the gully and then use the following boulder as an attackpoint. Unfortunately I never saw either of them and lost total contact in a steep area of spaghetti contours. Others had trouble but I think I made the biggest meal of it.
No real problems in the 2nd loop, I finally calmed down and was flowing well in this easier section and spiked the potentially disastrous #15, (though then lost 30 secs on 16 not going far enough down the hill).
Lost about 8 minutes total, 5 of those on #7.
Positive was that I felt I was running strongly and had more to give at the end.
http://orienteering.ca/cgi-bin/reitti.pl?act=map&i...
Not a good race. Frantic and running too fast on the way to #1 - got confused when I ran past the ruin which I thought was meant to be a rockface.
Dropped at went wide on #5 when I needed to climb and go straight.
Then the whopper at #7. I decided to climb K2 (to claim the polka dot hat) and come off the track at the boulder in the gully and then use the following boulder as an attackpoint. Unfortunately I never saw either of them and lost total contact in a steep area of spaghetti contours. Others had trouble but I think I made the biggest meal of it.
No real problems in the 2nd loop, I finally calmed down and was flowing well in this easier section and spiked the potentially disastrous #15, (though then lost 30 secs on 16 not going far enough down the hill).
Lost about 8 minutes total, 5 of those on #7.
Positive was that I felt I was running strongly and had more to give at the end.
http://orienteering.ca/cgi-bin/reitti.pl?act=map&i...
Thursday Oct 7, 2010 #
5 PM
Running hills 1:05:30 8.65 km (7:34 / km) +230m 6:41 / km
ahr:125 max:171
TNT all by my lonesome. But, no problem, I only wanted to do a taperish run before GLOF.
2xbig hill, 3xNancy, 2x total Frankensteps (as in, 2 plaforms up, 1 down till I get to the top). Then I walked K2 and won the polka dot cap.
Bloody marvelous day, views for the top of the mountain were awesome as the sun was going down.
2xbig hill, 3xNancy, 2x total Frankensteps (as in, 2 plaforms up, 1 down till I get to the top). Then I walked K2 and won the polka dot cap.
Bloody marvelous day, views for the top of the mountain were awesome as the sun was going down.
Wednesday Oct 6, 2010 #
Orienteering 1:00:00 [2] 5.0 km (12:00 / km)
shoes: Salomens
Gneral O stuff for the day - checking the map for next weeks TNT, putting out flags for ARK and ARK attack in a rush & running round the forest with the ARK Attackers. Probably made their session a little too tough - but they needed it, the regular coach is pretty soft on them.