Training Log Archive: iansmith

Today, to celebrate Thanksgiving Eh, Katie and I went up to Barrie. We wandered around Centennial Park, got some Timmy's, picnicked in the Arboretum, and ate Thai food at Qing's Cuisine.

But the highlight of the day was an epic battle of wills at the pinnacle of competition: minigolf. This was the second chapter in our unending context; in the first, I prevailed by three strokes.

The day was suitably overcast and cool. Katie immediately showed her long minutes of preparation and mental rehearsal over the past year by taking a 2 stroke lead on the front nine. The course, at Cedar Link Golf Centre, seemed more challenging than the one near Toronto's Centennial Park, though the leaves and detritus on the course made conditions difficult. Katie and I both octuple bogey'd the par 2 hole 4, both exceeding the agreed upon 10-stroke limit. Katie was cleaner than I, with four pars and three bogeys on the front nine. My game was more erratic, with a pair of double bogeys and a triple bogey.

Front nine:

Ian:	4	5	2	10 (15)	3	2	4	2	3	= 35
Katie:	6	2	2	10 (11)	2	3	3	2	3	= 33

The stage was set: I had taken the measure of my opponent and found her formidable. I was resolved to dig myself out of the hole I had created through poor play with consummate focus and unyielding strength of will. The first five holes did not lend credence to this goal: Katie was perfect with five pars, while I scored an undesirable wheel with all scores of 1-5 inclusive. After we both bogeyed the 15th hole, I was down 7 strokes with three par 2s to play. (All the holes were par 2.)

But destiny was waiting for Katie at hole 16. Finishing 1 over par on the first six holes of the back 9 was a testament to her fortitude, but disaster lurks at every turn. I bogeyed the 16th, but Katie could not get the ball up the ramp and onto the green. She ate a 10 and retired, which brought us into a tie with two holes to go. This wasn't 28-3; I didn't earn this, but opportunity knocked.

Unfortunately for our heroine, Katie had another disaster on the 17th hole when she couldn't sink a series of 5- and 4- footers. I parred, while she hit a quadruple bogey. The four stroke lead was enough for me to finish the 18th hole safely with one more stroke than Katie.

Back 9:

Ian:	3	4	2	1	5	3	3	2	4	= 27 + 35	= 62
Katie:	2	2	2	2	2	3	10	6	3	= 32 + 33	= 65

What can be said? I managed to prevail by the grace of fate. I take some measure of solace in the result, as my 26-over-par bested Katie's +29. It took a bit of a miracle. This is a reminder that my preparation is not adequate, and I should probably train harder. I did manage a hole in one, though the victory was tempered by an expletive right after I hit the shot because I sliced it; fortunately, it went in anyway.

Event: Ottawa O-Fest and Ontario Champs
 

OUSA Board Meeting call

1. Minutes from September 2018 approved.

2. QOC bid for Junior Nationals, 2019 April 13-14.
- Alex says this bid looks good; obviously QOC has a lot of experience with national meets. One reservation is that the event is on the military base, and everyone registering has to submit SSNs or citizenship data to attend the event. The two concerns are (1) we need to collect this information in advance responsible and securely, as Ed doesn't feel comfortable requesting that information via EventRegistrar and (2) if there are people in the US orienteering community who might have problems meeting these requirements, we would rather not put constraints on this. Jon Torrance is the event director.
- We don't like the idea of non-inclusive events.
- We weren't quite sure what the procedure would be, so we unanimously postponed until QOC can provide clarification on (1) what information is required of juniors and attendees, (2) are non-citizens allowed, and (3) how are we collecting the sensitive information.

3. Bids for Masters Nationals, 2019:
- OCIN Flying Pig, March 2019
- UNO Boiulderdash, October 2019
Both clubs are highly competent. Idea: award 2018 Masters Nationals to OCIN, 2019 to UNO. Pros: the event happens. Cons; it's confusing, especially to outsiders. Dilutes the brand.
- The Board awarded the bid to UNO for the 2019 Masters Nationals.
- I would have made a motion to award the 2018 Masters Nationals to OCIN for 2019 Flying Pig (March 22-24, 2019), but OCIN clearly wasn't planning on doing that. It was then decided to approach OCIN about the idea; no motion was put forward.

4. 2019 Budget discussion
- We need to publish financial reports to the website, boardnet, etc; the conversion to Jitasa has made reporting inaccurate at present.
- Discussion about "carry-over" of board designated funds. For example, in the 2018 budget, we designated ~$30k for technology. The technology committee has been making extensive plans, but they haven't spent it all yet. The general idea is that we should leave designated funds still available - certainly that is policy for the teams, but many of tthe projects will be multi-year commitments. We also don't want to encourage a "use it or lose it" budget program.
- We will start making a 2019 budget soon.
- Ian: we need a strategic plan, or at least a strategic direction for the next 3-5 years.

5. Next board meeting call on Thurs, Nov 29 at 8:30 PM EST.

6. My Action items:
- Inform Clare about availability for in person 2019 national meets.
- Sync with Pat about 2019 budget.

C • Thanks 5

Warmup on a treadmill (sadface) at Goldring.

Core workout, briefly with Smirnov; 3 sets of: 10x back extensions, 25 tuckups, 1 min plank, 25 x2 oblique crunches, 25 kayakers.