Training Log Archive: dbakker

Just noticed the conflict between Vancouver Sprint Camp and WIOL in Seattle. Very unfortunate timing the way things worked out.

C • Conflict 1

2nd Skate ski of the year, first at Larch Hills. It hurt. Team Sprint style intervals, lots of fun. Had to leave a little bit early to get home with my parents since Simon and Lillian ended early.

Heart rate monitor dropped out again, getting rather frustrated with it. Need to start playing around with it, figure out if the battery is going, or the strap, or what. Should be able to troubleshoot with Jonathan's strap.

Stretching out the legs, and rolling out my back. Drafting maps in Toronto in the hunched over position is not good, need to move to the kitchen table every now and again.

Easyish classic ski with the team at Larch hills . Lots of fresh snow, absolutely beautiful up there. Nice to be skiing with the team.

GPS died a little ways in, so totally guessing on distance. Well see when Rachel and Alexander post how well I did.

EDIT: Just measured using an OpenOrienteering Mapper (I have a map for the area, just not with vegetation), and turns out it was 15.4km.

C • Distance 2

First time back at drop in badminton in salmon arm in around 10 months. Wasn't very good, but lots of fun.

Nailed it today.

Easy classic ski at Larch Hills. Went up Metford, around Ermine Loop, Reino's to South Hub. Up the Road to Cec's, Larch Lake Loop, back down the road adding in Frodo's bog. Whoopee loops, Panorama haven't been groomed yet.

Conditions were pretty good, all Ginzu grooming so far, but supposed to snow a lot tomorrow so I expect we'll get the big machine out later in the week. Chalet expansion looks excellent as well, and new sprint trails seem a little less in your face this year.

Started the map file for U of Toronto Mississauga Campus today. Contour data isn't as good as I was hoping unfortunately - the data processing done on their end was pretty crummy (contours stopping and starting again). Bit annoying, will have to connect them together and fake missing sections a bit. Got georeferenced imagery - about 2 years old in, will supplement with cross checking with 2017 google imagery in the browser (have yet to figure out how to export this from google in a georeferenced format). Tracing starts tomorrow.

Just got home to Salmon Arm from Kelowna, skiing and training starting back up now - exams are done.

C • Contour data 9