Training Log Archive: iansmith

User poll: do you consider the CN Tower (a) an engineering marvel and architectural achievement, (b) an evocative symbol of Canadian society, or (c) a bleeding eyesore?

C • CN Tower 8

A bit of a hodgepodge today: I went to the U Toronto Athletic Centre [sic, at least according to Cristina] after work today for a quick workout. I think I prefer the smaller but equally British Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport, but the main Centre has an indoor track. I warmed up for ten minutes on this strange motorless curved treadmill while the track was unavailable, then switched to the track for 6x200m repeats. I ran 35-37s, though I was suffering a bit with an initial 1 minute recovery. I felt ok.

C • Centre [sic] 2

I wrapped up with 3x10 squats with 62 kg then a quick core circuit of tuckups, obliques, kayakers, and plank. My quads were rebelling at the squats after repeats.

Event: UKR O-Cup
 

Orienteering in 20 cm of snow at Vivian North Tract (apparently). I felt the ice in my veins, but mostly because it was cold. Klepperton and I planned to travel to this race last week, but I failed to glance outside until 20 minutes before my departure - and so didn't account for the steadily falling snow. After picking up Mark, our expected 50 minute transit took about twice as long as the plows negotiated the highways. We arrived just after the mass start, and I set out with about a fifteen minute penalty. It looks like I was Klepperton'd by about a minute, which is motivating. The O-cup is designed to be a handicapped mass start, so that in a perfect world, everyone would finish at the same time. There were six dog-bone control pairs for the first part that could be taken in any order followed by a standard course of six controls; I was required to take all the controls. It was a fun outing. I ran into Ralph and met a handful of new faces. All-terrain Prius negotiated the snow reasonably well.

Cool down jog with Klepperton.

Shoveling snow.