Sunday Sep 30 |
 | Running 10:50 [2] 2.15 km (5:02 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
| Short morning run. |
| Orienteering 1:18:09 [4] 7.8 km (10:01 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
| Selection Race at Jessica Lake. Did okay, no big mistakes, but seemed to be hesitant or a bit far off too many times. Also think I got a bit lucky with spotting controls when I was near them but not exactly sure where I was. Was doing pretty good in the beginning, with a bunch of little things adding up to about 2 minutes of mistakes on the first 10 controls. Then I lost a lot of time, 4-5 minutes, on the northernmost controls... maybe I lost some concentration after coming off a 2 K trail/road run towards #11? Coming into #11 from the SE, I encountered some deadfall and perhaps trying to avoid the worst of it pulled me more to the west rather than the northwest. Got held up in a large area of deadfall going from 11 to 12, and then ended up going a little too far. There was much less deadfall if you went south of the line, which I might have done had I remembered the meet notes (they said there was deadfall between 11 & 12, so staying in the areas mapped as open would make sense, and it was opener to the south). Was far too hesitant/unsure on #14, even after I had spotted the control (took too long deciding to take the long way around to the control, rather than going straight with the risk of falling into a watery crevasse).
I was 13 minutes behind MrPither, would have liked to be a bit closer, but I needed to be a bit cleaner for that to happen. Getting in better shape wouldn't hurt either. |
| Running warm up/down 32:00  5.5 km (5:49 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
| With MrPither, around the trails/roads/rock across the road, north of the meet site. |
| Running 30:00 [1] 4 km (7:30 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
| Control pickup, calling it 40 min training, 30 running and 10 O. |
| Orienteering 10:00 [1] 0.75 km (13:20 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
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Saturday Sep 29 |
| Running 10:45 [2] 2.15 km (5:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
| Short morning run. |
| Orienteering 30:00 [1] 2.5 km (12:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
| Setting out three controls for training at Falcon. |
| Orienteering 1:00:00  4.5 km (13:20 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
| Around the map, finding all 21 controls that were set out. Did somewhat bad. I can blame the map for some of my mistakes/slowness, but I did some poor navigation too. |
| Running 16:00 [2] 2.5 km (6:24 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
| Picking up the controls I set out. |
Friday Sep 28 |
| Cycling 10:00 [1] 3 km (3:20 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
| Around the park with the dog, claiming 10 min training again. |
Thursday Sep 27 |
| Running 34:33 [4] 6.3 km (5:29 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
| Ran my new Down South test loop. Didn't feel particularly great, still expected to be a bit faster though. Guess it's a tough course, or I'm weak... hmm, I'll say tough course :) |
| Running warm up/down 46:00  8.2 km (5:37 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
| To/from the test loop. |
| Cycling 10:00 [1] 3 km (3:20 / km) | |
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| Around the park with the dog. I'll claim 10 min of that as training. |
Wednesday Sep 26 |
| Running 33:00  6.5 km (5:05 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
| Setting out controls at LaBarriere. |
Tuesday Sep 25 |
| Running 1:45:00 [1] 18 km (5:50 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
| Down South, across the northern part of the Western Swamp (water still up to 2 feet deep), and around the southwestern trails. |
Monday Sep 24 |
| Orienteering 25:00 [2] 3.5 km (7:09 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
| Checking out location for my meet at La Barriere on Wednesday. Calling it 25 min of O' and 20 min running. |
| Running 20:00 [2] 3.5 km (5:43 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (ret. #2) |
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| Running 21:00 [1] 3.8 km (5:32 / km) +35m 5:17 / km | |
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| Around the park for a bit. |