Wednesday Jul 30 |
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| well, life in the biking world definitely sucks today. last nigth somebody went into our garage and stole 3 of our bikes that were locked up. what's up with that!?!?! locking up bikes is supposed to keep people from stealing them!!!!!! and they were all locked up together so it's actually quite a feat.
but now i have no bike... :'(
now what training am i supposed to do today? |
Tuesday Jul 29 |
| cycling 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| First time out on the trail to Pink Lake this year, and it was fantastic!!!! I powered right up the hills, and then just flew down them on the way back. Holy macaroni could I ever feel the wind through my hair!!! A bit spooky at the end cause i was all by myself and it was getting dark, but other than that it was a blast! |
Monday Jul 28 |
| cycling 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Down to Hampton Park with Eric and Liam. Did the jumps a few times (scariest thing ever... but such an adrenaline rush!!!) and then did a loop that goes through the whole park at racing speed. First time I did 3:24, and the second time would've been so much better except right before the end i clipped a tree with my shoulder and went flying and then my chain came off. bummer!!! eric almost went sub 3min but on the very last jump his front wheel didn't make the lip and we went flying straight into the ground and bent his handlebars. looked pretty impressive... but really painful!!! he's alright now though, thank goodness. |
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| C • Do you wear that fancy armo... 2 |
| strength 30:00 [5] | |
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| haven't done strength in a while... so i wasn't sure how it was gonna go. it went alright... push-ups were a bit shaky and now my arms are like jello... but it was still kinda enjoyable. |
Friday Jul 25 |
| orienteering 54:23 [5]5.7 km (9:32 / km) | |
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| Oh my goodness gracious. such a splendid race!!! The terrain was really tough technically and physically but I felt so great out there!!!! Didn't make any mistakes and apart from running through the swamps it was pretty fast. And guess what!?!?! I cam 8th!!!! YAYAY!!!!! Best result ever and with the combined times I finished 59th overall! |
Thursday Jul 24 |
| orienteering race 49:18 [5]5.6 km (8:48 / km) | |
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| Orienteering on the mountain!!! super duper amazing!!! got to ride the chair lift to the top which was wonderful and then the view from the top was spectacular!!! My race was really good too. Did a really dumb mistake on 12 but other than that it was fun!! Keeping track of the re-entrants was tricky especially when they're the only things to use. |
Wednesday Jul 23 |
| orienteering 1:13:25 [3]6.8 km (10:48 / km) | |
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| oh dear.... blew up on the first control... 20 minutes...
but all the rest was great!!! took it really cautiously when i was contouring around the hill, and hit both of the controls right on!! Got into the technical area and wasn't reading my map too well. spiked all of the controls but i didn't really feel like i was orienteering at all. The climb at the end was absolutely brutal, but finishing felt great! |
Tuesday Jul 22 |
| orienteering race 36:57 [5]5.6 km (6:36 / km) | |
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| Such a marvelous race today. it wasn't perfect... but it was close!!! I was spiking all of the controls and until i got to 7 where i lost my concentration and ran around with the other 100 people in the area trying to find the right control. All the rest were fine, but holy macaroni, it was quite the experience having so many people around me while racing!! |
Monday Jul 21 |
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| Event: Oringen 2008
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| orienteering race 1:03:01 [5]5.9 km (10:41 / km) | |
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| I absolutely love this map!!! the first part is technical and i could run at my usual speed and follow along really well and everything was just great. but then for the long leg i just started running... and running... and running... until i ended somewhere near the control, i just had no idea where. took a while to relocated and find the control and then the next few were really sucky. lost my concentration for 5, 6 and 7, but then the last 5 were alright. |
Friday Jul 18 |
| orienteering race 1:02:17 [4]6.6 km (9:26 / km) | |
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| Definitely the best race out of the 5! i was only 6min behind the leader on a 6.6km course!! hooray!!! Finally really concentrated on the map and only bobbled the second last control which sucked but i'm really happy with the rest of my race.
combined results i ended up 11th!!! alright top half!!! :) |
Thursday Jul 17 |
| orienteering race 39:34 [4]4.2 km (9:25 / km) | |
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| Great race, but half of it felt like complete luck. the first 3 controls i practically tripped over though i never really knew where i was... oops. |
Tuesday Jul 15 |
| orienteering race 1:10:34 [4]7.5 km (9:25 / km) | |
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| Finally a much better race!!! Had really good route choices and had so much fun!! i even got interviewed over the loud speakers after i got in!! super duper cool!!! |
Monday Jul 14 |
| orienteering race 53:12 [4]5.6 km (9:30 / km) | |
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| Yet another not so fantastic race. this finnish terrain is so hard!!! took me forever to find control 1 and then i went to 3 before 2... i did have the fastest split to 3 though!! :P |
Sunday Jul 13 |
| orienteering race 41:57 [4]4 km (10:29 / km) | |
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| An absolutely disaster of a race. Didn't get into the map very well and it just wasn't so much fun. |
Friday Jul 11 |
| orienteering 56:23 [5] | |
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| Final race and a chase start. Andrew and I started 1 second apart which was pretty intense and we ended up running most of the race together until the last few controls where got ahead. Fun course though we ended up running through A LOT of green |
Thursday Jul 10 |
| orienteering 25:00 [4] | |
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| a 1 person relay on a technical 1:4000 map. made a few minor mistakes, but it was still so much fun!! |
| orienteering race 37:51 [5] | |
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| the most absolutely almost perfect running woods for the race. it was just clear fast running for the whole second half of the course. unfortunately though, the SI box for the fourth control was switched with another one, so the were people wandering around all over the place trying to find the one with the right number... which just wasn't there. oh well, still a pretty great race and i definitely had fun. |
Wednesday Jul 9 |
| orienteering 1:00:00 [1] | |
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| real tricky compass exercice. and i think i learned that i should never take bearings during a race though... |
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| C • What do you mean? 1 |
| orienteering race 19:21 [5]4.1 km (4:43 / km) | |
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| fast sprint... andrew started 30sec after me and caught up at the 5th control and then we were together for the rest... though i beat him into the finish so he didn't quite beat me by 30sec. |
| orienteering race 7:15 [3]1.8 km (4:02 / km) | |
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| course 2 sprint... absolutely hilarious. |
Tuesday Jul 8 |
| orienteering 1:30:00 [2] | |
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| line-o and then a little course afterwards. |
| orienteering race 51:47 [4] | |
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| super duper tough running for the whole course. didn't make any big mistakes, though andrew caught me on 1. thank goodness he made a mistake to 6, cause otherwise we would've beaten me! :P |
Monday Jul 7 |
| orienteering race 25:43 [5] | |
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| quite the friendly competition we've got going this week for the 5 races. it's me, andrew, and nate. first race today and nate came out on top, then me, and then andrew. teehee. |
Friday Jul 4 |
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| (rest day) |
| woohoo!!! |
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| C • You rock! 1 |
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| C • congrats for a great week! 6 |
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| C • Relay 4 |
Thursday Jul 3 |
| orienteering race 36:39 [5] | |
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| Middle final today... very technical, not very fast, but still fun!! Didn't have any huge mistakes, and getting into the control circle went well for every single control, but then actually finding the control was quite a challenge!! quite a few times, i'd be right there, and i'd know it, but i just couldn't see the control!! one of them was a control with all the camera men and photographers... pretty embarrassing and that'll probably end up in the movie... hehe oopsy daisy!! still pretty satisfied with my race and ended up in 33rd place. |
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| C • Movie 1 |
| running warm up/down 10:00 [1] | |
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| real slow run around before my start, and then again afterwards cause mike made me. :P |
Wednesday Jul 2 |
| orienteering race 30:46 [5] | |
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| Oh my goodness, what a race! The start was pretty intense since there were three of us all on different courses, but going in the same direction. i was really scared that i would mess up the first control, but i did manage to find it alright along with all of the other controls... except for 11. i was doing sooo well through the whole course, spiking all of the controls and running smoothly, but the second last control, i got all excited for almost being finished and just totally bombed it. my plan was to contour around the hill until i found the control... but i ended up too high and then just ran around blindly trying to find it. really ridiculous since every single runner had to go to that control, but once i did find it it was just a straight sprint right into the finish for a 10th place. which means A final and hopefully a really good race tomorrow!!!! |
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| C • middle final 33rd!! 11 |
Tuesday Jul 1 |
| orienteering 1:20:00 [3] | |
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| around the model middle map just to check it out. really technical stuff with lots of rocks. ran around with graham, and then had a few races at the end. fun fun!! |
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| C • middle 11 |