Training Log Archive: Hammer

Yoga and stretching on the open rocks of Big Sound.
legs still really sore from the weekend


#20!!!!

C • 20! 7

water running and swimming in GBay at Nobel Beach. Nice and warm! Awesome.

Kayaking in St. Lawrence River with GUJ, Etoile and AG! Warmest October paddle ever? Only October paddle ever?

Etoile and I then drove to Nobel via Torrance Barrens (beautiful colour) and finished the day off with some awesome pumpkin pie chez Smith.

Super fun Cdn Shield terrain. Great course. Started out well but ran out of gas about 20 minutes into the race. Lots of walking over the deadfall and a few bobbles once I lost the flow. Only lost <2 minutes of errors but 10 minutes back of theShadow.

If OttawaOC ever hosts a training camp here I'd like to participate. Would love to do a middle distance race in this terrain.

C • training camp 8

Course 7 Long - Splits

Event: Ontario Orienteering Championships
 

Daim Cup Finale. Started fast and was running well until a minor blip on #6 and then hyperextended the knee coming out of 7. Panicked a bit so decided to take an easier route to #9 on trails. But for the 2nd year in a row I got totally confused and messed up with the trails on this map. Couldn't relocate and lost a whopping 7 minutes. It has been a very very long time since I've made an error that big. Was leading earlier in the course. Still enjoyed this and while the left leg strength is weak the knee pain wasn't really a factor.

Congrats to Katta on winning the 2011 Daim Cup.

C • respect 4

Course 7 Middle - Splits

Meridian is coming into town late next week and might be able to make training on Thursday so I was thinking it would be fun to have a fun group run from 5:30 to 6:15pm or so at Sanctuary Park before ARK starts. Then perhaps we can hit East Side Marios or Boston Pizza for some drinks and eats. Perhaps we could make this something we do every two weeks or so once the XC season is winding down. The training could involve some nav once it gets dark on the new Chedoke sprint map. Thoughts?

C • If that boy's social calend... 1

Easy orienteering jog in the DV checking out part of the RTH course and map. I came to a section of forest just as it was getting dark. There were about 6-8 wild turkeys in the forest. They scared the crap out of me. Then there were another dozen in the trees above me that were taking off with a huge noise. They are mighty big birds and it was eerie with their silhouettes flying off into the beautiful orange sunset. I don't think I have seen one of them fly before.

When it got dark I brought out the 'head torch' and had a great time jogging in the woods. Knees aren't going to be happy but I was.

Some hill running at ARK during several capture the nav flag games.