Training Log Archive: JanetT

I'm in awe of two 10 year olds who finished the Billygoat, ahead of me! (Isabel by about 4 minutes, Stephen by over 1/2 hour) Nice going!

Yes, I actually went to exercise class the day after the Billygoat. I didn't push it (especially on the "arabesque" moves employing the hamstrings, which were already plenty tight, thankyouverymuch) but wanted to warm up the muscles and stretch them all well. Other than being rather tired, and having extra soreness in my lower back/hip area because I twisted it again Sunday (it's been bothering me for a couple of years now), no ill effects from the race. Guess I trained enough!

Lovely weather for a Billygoat (thanks, PG and Peter G!) in the mid to upper 60's and partly sunny skies (after a full day or so of showers/rain, dropping about 1" or more on the area)!

I teamed up with Ellie George (a ski-o'er) and Sue Hawkes-Teeter from EMPO. Ellie was going to be our pacer on the trails, and she did a superb job of keeping us moving when we wanted to slow down (and or talk ). I did most of the fine-detail navigation (and was the one to mess up # 13 because a mapped reentrant W of desired one had a good-sized stream in it so a parallel error, about a minute; but I corrected when I got up to the flat area above it).

Ellie wanted to skip # 3, a complicated-to-get-to control in an area of steep-sided streams, and talked me into it. If we'd waited until later to skip I would have recommended # 16 because it forced a down-and-up route to # 17 involving a 10-contour climb.

Great course by GlenT with lots of trail running. Lots of muddy trails, too. :-) (So what did I expect, with all the rain on Saturday?)

I earned shirt # 5 (in 10 tries, I think). Very happy with the day and the race, and really, not too sore.

Billygoat XXIX - Splits

Event: Billygoat
 

Event: OOC Eastern Canadian Orienteering Championships
 

Heading over to Camp Pinnacle for the sprints in a few minutes. Hope the showers stop and people show up.

At least 3 cancellations that I know of for the Goat. Good--we'll have enough shirts if everybody else finishes.

Spent 5-6 hours (on my feet) at sprint registration (what with setting up the area, checking people in, and cleaning up afterward), in intermittent showers or sprinkles; good thing I had the hatchback of my car to huddle under. It was cool up at Camp Pinnacle, and getting pretty foggy when we left.

I decided there was no need for me to do the sprints in the rain. If it had been a nicer day, maybe...

"Circuits". Didn't even break a sweat because we weren't doing that much leg work (no stepping); it was mostly strength and abs work today.