Training Log Archive: dbakker

Thoughts on Period 2:

Overall pretty good, only 20 minutes below the training plan goal of 30 physical training hours, that's pretty good.

Orienteering specific training took a bit of a hit. When I planned out the training plan, I was expecting at least some parts of Kelowna to have relatively low amounts of snow so that I could do some fieldwork for mapping which is where these hours would have come from, but everywhere has at least 8 inches. That said, I have spent at least 40 hours drawing maps over the past 4 weeks, so that counts for something I guess (I don't log map drafting on Attackpoint).

Did lots of stretching and rolling compared with period 1, but should probably still increase this a bit.

Need to do more strength, should probably get a gym membership rather than solely bodyweight stuff at home.

Part 1. Foot started hurting after around 20 minutes, was painful for around the next 10, and then was better for the rest of the running in the day. No idea what that means, but will continue to be stretching it out a bunch and being careful.

Part 2.

A bunch more map drafting in Burnaby today, working on Kensington Park. Nearly done the schoolyards/sports fields in the eastern half of the map, will probably finish those up tomorrow. Then on to the golf course in the western part of the map, and finally the buildings in the northwest.

Tried to go skiing again today, but we got more snow than I thought we had, and with the slightly warmer temperatures the crust from Thursday has weekend - so every pole plant went all the way through ~10 inches of snow to the ground. Rather frustrating. No more skate skiing here until another crust forms, but classic should be decent if the weather is right for my exceptionally limited supply of grip waxes. Probably back to running tomorrow - it's been a few days and I want to see how my foot deals with it.

Preparatory stretching and rolling of the lower leg before skating.

Ice skating at the public outdoor rink in Stewart Park on the edge of Okanagan lake with Lindsay, Cam and Justin. Rentals were available on site for only $5, and amazingly the guy running the rental shop didn't require ID, us to sign a waiver, no disclaimer or anything.

We all went and got poutine afterwards - first time I've ever had it. Very tasty.

So... we didn't get the expected 15-20cm of snow, instead we got around 1cm, but the temperature has still dropped by about 8C to -5C ish over the last 24 hours or so, which resulted in a really nice thick crust of snow. This meant I could finally get my skis out on Academy Hill without scratching them to shreds.


Skiing in the field below Academy Hill, U3 Building where I live in the background just to the left of the ski pole at the top of the hill.

Took the skate skis since I don't think any of the grip waxes that I have here would work anyways, which meant that I ended up doing a lot of double pole, but the field at the bottom of the hill was in great shape and was able to properly skate there. Unfortunately the section of the rail trail to the north towards the airport was plowed, so was unable to ski up that way. If the crust sticks around I'll go skiing again tomorrow, and will try heading south on the rail trail, I think there are only 2 road crossings and then I would have around 5km or so of trail. Also, going to try taking the double track trail back up next time, instead of dancing between fallen trees in one of the more open sections of forest.

The ball of my right foot has been acting up the past couple of days, and got progressively more sore as I ran today. Spend a while after the run stretching out my lower legs, will roll the bottom of the foot on a tennis ball tonight, and roll out my legs as well.
Back issues are holding steady, again lots of stretching, and hoping the increased core work will help steady that area up.

Easy run about 50/50 on slushy/snowy trails and on roads. Weather is still warm in Kelowna which is good and bad, but we are expected to get 15-20cm of snow tomorrow which should be fun. I wonder if we will have classes on Friday or not. At any rate, should be able to dig the skis out from under the coach (the only place with enough space in our condo) and head out on the trails either tomorrow or Friday.

So while I've been drafting maps at the computer for the past couple of months (Kelowna mapping for OART, Toronto mapping in December), I've been listening to various Crash Course subjects on youtube. I've gotten through 3 history courses, a philosophy course, and a biology course, a little bit of the literature course, but have now run out of courses that I can listen to easily while working on maps. So I am looking for podcast suggestions that I can listen to while mapping.

Toronto mapping update: the new ISSOM map I've been working on in Mississauga will not be used for the upcoming OCup, the old map will be (although I've added the new buildings to the map, I've made no other changes). The new ISSOM map will probably be used later in the summer for a sprint day in Toronto, probably with a nearby Humber College map which is likely to be my next Toronto project.

Burnaby mapping update: Joanne's map is slowly coming along, put about 1 hour in today, just slowly picking away at it. Rather enjoying drawing this map actually.

School update: labs started today - all just check in labs, so doesn't really start until next week, but starting to have a few class assignments and pre-labs to do as well as pre-readings now.

A bit more mapping in Burnaby today, but not very much - slowly picking away at the map.

Easy run before it got too dark out. Followed by some strength and stretching. Lower back is getting rather sore, so need to watch my posture I guess and do some more core/back strengthy stuff.

Rolling out the back, hoping to get to stretching everything out later this evening.