Note
I seem to have logged a comparable amount of exercise this year to recent years, which seems a bit surprising. Definitely less hiking than last year, but a bit more orienteering, helped by the fact that we had a Highlander this year. My Billygoat result in 2017 was pretty pathetic, but my Highlander and Traverse were both pretty good. 32 O races, including one DNF and one DSQ, both unusual for me. Six A-meet weekends, of which I ran M35 at five of them (and M21 at the Team Trials), and I think I came away with two first-place awards and one second place from all that (thanks to various award criteria). Five races in which I turned in the fastest result (one of which I was the only one on). 223 km of orienteering, which is the most since 2011. It would have been good to have done a bit more pedaling, and a bit less shoveling. And with a bit more wisdom, maybe I can avoid injuring my back in the future. A combined highlight/lowlight was the trip to Manitoba with Charlie, which was wonderful in terms of company, but at the end of it, I was saying that I'd had enough and didn't need to return to those sandhills. I think Charlie really has had enough, but I suppose I would consider going back, despite the insane poison ivy situation. I ended up with a decent results despite some pretty disappointing navigation, as it really is pretty hard. But I got through it.