Training Log Archive: tdgood

It was way to thick and bad footing for me. Couldn't see the terrain and green is hit/miss. i also had trouble with the marsh areas as many of them were open but not mapped that way and were not that wet.
Lost time on several controls but given the conditions wasn't that unhappy with my performance. Generally, just slow.

Overall, not a good race. The woods were thick.
I am particulary unhappy about being DQ'ed for a control that shouldn't have even been allowed. I missed #8. The circle is hard to see amoung the buildings, it is a straight line between 7-9 and is a very congested area. I lost lots of time at 20 due to the map. There as rough open scattered trees that was just open/rough open. I thought I must have gone to far on the trail and was still way short as a result. I kept seeing a control in a clearing north of the trail but couldn't find a clearing north of the trail
I was also unhappy with the gimmicked fence corner inside the tennis courts. I had already lost time by staying away from the playground and running through the woods instead only to get to control and not be able to reach it. If they were going to hang in on the inside the least they could have done was to shift the circle slight to show it was inside.
Both these were very poor for a WRE.

Event: Canadian Orienteering Championships 2008
 

Hopewell rocks in New Brunswick Canada. Strained my back before the race and didn't want to tire myself out for the next days WRE. Tried to keep running but didn't try to run hard. One minor mistake and a few hesitation but generally fairly clean.

Felt very lethargic. Legs just feel heavy.

Rt 175 + severn

7:21 1:24 7:15 7:27 1:24 7:05

The other team out hustled us. We did pick up a new player which will be a big help at forward. We lost 1-0.

Rt 175 + 2 park loop. Thought about going for a longer run but after one mile I was considering cutting my run short.
7:09 1:30 7:43 7:56 1:36 7:17