Training Log Archive: AndrewM

O at morningside. Went as expected. Happy to have done 43k of O this week tho

So nice to be back in the Bow Valley.
Middle and then 5 x 500m Otervals w/ walking recovery to the next start.
My goal for the Otervals was to not read the map and just try to stay as straight as possible on a bearing.

1 - Bit of a rocky start with all the deadfall but didn't get too lost
2 - Much better
3 - Didn't see the depression at all
4 - Maybe should have gone through the trees
5 - Formline wasn't super noticeable and was kinda hidden in deadfall
6 - good
7 - Really solid bearing despite the limited vis and all the trees I had to dodge
8 - Good but a lot of deadfall up on the hill
9 - Good, flags woulda helped
10 - More deadfall for the first half, then the spur was a little longer than I expected and the other spur came out of the hill more than on the map
11 - Pretty thick so just said 'close enough' and went on
12 - got a bit pushed around by deadfall at the start but the rest was well executed
13 - bad exit direction but fixed it quickly and then just double checking I was in the right spot at the end
14 - Reading veg in the open areas is always a little tricky here but went well enough
15 - Guess I went to far right when going down the hill
16 - Bad route, should have gone all the way up the hill and then down into the control rather than sidehill
17 - More carpets of deadfall
18 - Bit far left on the bearing and then got caught up in the parrel features
Otevals - Was off by almost 50m which is pretty damn good for this terrain given the dense forests and deadfall

Overall: really happy with my bearings for the most part, just need to work on simplifying the really technical stuff a bit. On the physical side, my legs felt good but my lungs were working a little harder than usual since I'm probably still acclimatising.

Sprint O plus a bit of a warm up and CD
Lots of artificial barriers which made this the most technical sprint I've done since JWOC. Legs were pretty tired and right shin was sore at times but otherwise felt good

Core + some heavy lifting

Feels good to be back at this loop

Core

Coaching Sogo L3s

Control pickup plus hill bouts. Haven't tasted blood in my mouth like that in a while, gotta get used to the elevation again.

Checking out Moose Creek for my event later this month but half the map has been logged and the other half is to vague to use given the visibility

My bike is definitely way to small so I had no power going up the hills