Saturday May 31 |
 | Cycling 20:30 [1]6 km (3:25 / km) | |
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| Setting up 17 controls at Wildwood Park for my event and collecting 2 controls. #14 was reported to be missing, so I went to see if I could track it down. The first place I looked was north-east of the control in the Red River. I saw the SI unit poking out of the water about 4 meters from the bank, so I got a stick and fished it out. My guess is it was one of the kids that were playing football nearby when I was setting the controls out. Luckily they did not have a good arm because one more meter and the control would probably be gone. |
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| C • great save 1 |
| Cycling 25:01 [3]9.1 km (2:45 / km) | |
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| McDermot Ave. and Main St. and back. |
Friday May 30 |
| Cycling 24:34 [3]9.1 km (2:42 / km) | |
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| McDermot Ave. and Main St. and back. |
Thursday May 29 |
| Cycling 46:17 [1]14.66 km (3:09 / km) | |
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| To Wildwood Park to do mapping. Stafford St., Pembina Hwy., Point Rd., Oakenwald Ave., North Dr., around Wildwood Park, South Dr., Wildwood St. and back. |
Wednesday May 28 |
| Running warm up/down 13:00 [3]2.5 km (5:12 / km) +18m 5:01 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| With Teeed, steveng and Damian from Lagimodiere Gaboury Park to Whittier Park looking for the start. |
| Orienteering race 22:45 [5]* 3.8 km (5:59 / km) +40m 5:41 / km | |
| spiked:14/16c shoes: Vasque Blur |
| Whittier Park. Made a 1:00 mistake on #3 and 1:00 on #6. |
Tuesday May 27 |
| Running 26:07 [4]5.84 km (4:28 / km) +15m 4:25 / km | |
| shoes: Asics Gel-Nimbus VIII |
| Around the Omands Creek footbridge, Wellington Cr. loop. |
| Cycling 22:52 [3]9.1 km (2:31 / km) | |
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| McDermot Ave. and Main St. and back. |
Monday May 26 |
| Cycling 38:57 [3]14.87 km (2:37 / km) | |
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| To Wildwood Park to do mapping. Wellington Cr., Harrow St., Pembina Hwy., Point Rd., Oakenwald Ave., North Dr. and back down Stafford St.
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Sunday May 25 |
| Running warm up/down 5:54 [2]1.1 km (5:22 / km) | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
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| Orienteering race 1:26:39 [5]*** 13 km (6:40 / km) +310m 5:57 / km | |
| spiked:18/22c shoes: Vasque Blur |
| Glen Valley long selection race. 8.71 km course, map exchange and a 4.26 km. course. A good run in the rain with only a few small mistakes. Went in in green too far north east on control #3, 1:30. Made a 0:20 mistake on #6, 0:20 on #16, running up the hill north west of the control, 0:30 going to #18 and 1:45 on #19 when I ran up the wrong hill north of the control. |
| Orienteering warm up/down 27:05 [1]2.75 km (9:51 / km) | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| Collecting 4 controls and some flagging tape. |
Saturday May 24 |
| Orienteering 33:30 [3]*** 3.85 km (8:42 / km) +148m 7:18 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| Setting out 7 controls and turning on SI units at 5 controls. |
| Orienteering 41:11 [3]*** 4.95 km (8:19 / km) +190m 6:59 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| Turning on SI units at 14 controls. |
Friday May 23 |
| Orienteering 57:32 [1]*** 5.5 km (10:28 / km) +213m 8:46 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| Setting out 18 controls for my race tomorrow. |
Thursday May 22 |
| Cycling 24:14 [3]7.9 km (3:04 / km) | |
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| To the MOA office and along Assiniboine Ave. |
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| C • Dan 3 |
| Running long 3:05:18 [2]33.91 km (5:28 / km) +69m 5:25 / km | |
| shoes: Asics Gel-Nimbus VIII |
| 2nd longest training run ever. Assiniboine Ave. to the Assiniboine Park footbridge, Portage Ave., Assiniboine Cr., Woodbridge Rd., Assiniboine Ave., Harris Blvd., Country Club Rd., Pinehurst Cr., Browning Blvd., Westwood Dr., Assiniboine Ave., Coleridge Park Dr., Bedson St., Portage Ave., Oxbow Bend Rd., west side of Perimeter Hwy., Roblin Blvd., Vialoux Dr., through Assiniboine Park along the bike path/Perimeter Dr., Wellington Cr. and across the Maryland Bridge. Stopped for some much needed water at the duck pond shelter and at Wellington Cr./Wellington Cr. S. +17, 22 km/hr east wind at the start and +15, 28 km/hr north east wind at the end. Now I know why my mouth was so dry, 45% humidity and sunny. |
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| C • long run 4 |
Wednesday May 21 |
| Cycling 20:24 [2]7.02 km (2:54 / km) | |
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| To the MOA office along Assiniboine Ave. |
Tuesday May 20 |
| Cycling 35:21 [3]14.54 km (2:26 / km) | |
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| To Wildwood Park to do mapping. Stafford St., Pembina Hwy., Point Rd., Oakenwald Ave., North Dr. and back. |
| Inline Skating 1:23:54 [3]35.4 km (2:22 / km) +60m 2:21 / km | |
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| With the RSM group from the Chickadee parking lot to the Cedar Bog parking lot. 3 loops of Birds Hill Park. The group stayed in a pack for the first lap or so and then 5 of us broke away. Skated the last lap by myself at a slower pace. Strong north 31 km/hr wind.
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| Cycling 3:51 [2]1.39 km (2:46 / km) | |
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| To Maryland St. and back. |
Sunday May 18 |
| Running 5:00 [1]0.8 km (6:15 / km) +5m 6:04 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| Part way to the start. |
| Orienteering race 2:05:11 [5]*** 10.4 km (12:02 / km) +460m 9:51 / km | |
| spiked:12/16c shoes: Vasque Blur |
| NCOF Long at Rivière la Pêche near Wakefield, QC. Not a good race, too many big mistakes. Made a 6:00 mistake on #2, 3:30 on #7, 2:30 on #9 and 6:00 on #15. |
Saturday May 17 |
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| Event: National Capital Orienteering Festival
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| Running warm up/down 8:28 [1]1.4 km (6:03 / km) +30m 5:28 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| To the start and back to the parking. |
| Orienteering race 37:38 [5]*** 4 km (9:24 / km) +180m 7:41 / km | |
| spiked:14/18c shoes: Vasque Blur |
| NCOF Middle at Sedbergh School north of Montebello, QC. A decent race, made a 0:30 mistake on #1 taking the safe route on the tail, 0:30 on #3, 1:30 on #4, 1:00 on #5, 1:00 on #13 and 0:20 on #18. |
| Running warm up/down 4:00 [1]0.7 km (5:43 / km) +40m 4:27 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| To the start and around. |
| Orienteering race 16:05 [5]*** 2.3 km (7:00 / km) +120m 5:33 / km | |
| spiked:15/16c shoes: Vasque Blur |
| NCOF Sprint at Sedbergh School. A good race, but not fast enough. Made a 0:30 mistake on #13 when I was unsure of the location of the small trail leading to the control. Slow going up to the hills to controls #6, #7, #8 and #13. |
Friday May 16 |
| Orienteering 1:30:00 [1]*** 7 km (12:51 / km) +150m 11:37 / km | |
| spiked:5/8c shoes: Vasque Blur |
| Model event at Kingsmere, Gatineau Park, QC. An older map (30 years), had some difficulties, but got familiarized with what Gatineau terrain is all about. Thick, rocky and hilly. |
Wednesday May 14 |
| Cycling 48:19 [2]18.06 km (2:41 / km) | |
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| To Wildwood Park, Stafford St., Pembina Hwy., Point Rd., Wicklow St., Oakenwald Ave., Wildwood St., South Dr., North Dr., Oakenwald Ave., Point Rd., Pembina Hwy., Osborne St., Memorial Blvd., Portage Ave. to the U of W and home. |
| Orienteering 1:04:17 [2]7.44 km (8:38 / km) +300m 7:11 / km | |
| spiked:25/27c shoes: Vasque Blur |
| Hanging ribbons for my event at Yellow Quill. Had to change the location of 13/27 controls because they were in bad locations for various reasons. At one control location I found 2 other ribbons, it must be a popular spot! |
Tuesday May 13 |
| Running 57:44 [3]11.19 km (5:10 / km) +52m 5:03 / km | |
| shoes: Asics Gel-Nimbus VIII |
| Assiniboine Ave., across the Assiniboine Park footbridge and back along the bike path. To the footbridge 29:20 (5.52 km.) and 28:24 for the last 5.67 km. |
Monday May 12 |
| Cycling 24:09 [1]7.01 km (3:27 / km) | |
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| To the MOA office and back in the rain. |
Sunday May 11 |
| Running long 2:00:32 [3]22.7 km (5:19 / km) +26m 5:17 / km | |
| shoes: Asics Gel-Nimbus VIII |
| Assiniboine Ave., across the Norwood Bridge, Lyndale Dr., St. Mary's Rd., Rosewarne Ave., Kingston Row, Dunkirk Dr., St. Vital Rd., River Rd., Bishop Grandin Blvd., Plaza Dr., Pembina Hwy. and Stafford St.
Times between the Manitoba Marathon mile markers 18-19, 8:35; 19-20, 8:50 and 20-21, 8:03. |
Saturday May 10 |
| Running warm up/down 8:21 [1]1.27 km (6:34 / km) +5m 6:27 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| With steveng from the stage to Waterfront Dr. along the path, across the Esplanade Riel and back. |
| Running 18:36 [5]3.5 km (5:19 / km) +25m 5:08 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| The Forks. Redone map, fun course and good running weather! Made one small 0:10 mistake when I ran into the parking lot after control #7. |
| Running warm up/down 4:53 [1]0.75 km (6:31 / km) +2m 6:26 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| Collecting 4 controls. |
| Cycling 24:22 [2]9.1 km (2:41 / km) | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| McDermot Ave. and Main St. and back. Fun as usual biking home at 2:30 am., hardly any cars on the streets, but cold out, -2. |
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| C • bike 2 |
Friday May 9 |
| Cycling 24:58 [2]9.1 km (2:45 / km) | |
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| McDermot Ave. and Main St. and back. |
Thursday May 8 |
| Cycling 9:56 [3]3.82 km (2:36 / km) | |
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| Westminister Ave., Dominion St. to Sprague St. and back. |
| Orienteering 1:24:38 [2]9.48 km (8:56 / km) +213m 8:02 / km | |
| spiked:14/17c shoes: Vasque Blur |
| With MrPither at Grand Beach Provincial Park. Each ran a different course, alternating leading. Some nice open forest areas in the east central part of the map and some thicker areas in the south part. Visited 34 control sites total. |
| Running warm up/down 5:00 [1]0.8 km (6:15 / km) +3m 6:08 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| With MrPither. |
| Orienteering race 23:55 [5]4.9 km (4:53 / km) +28m 4:45 / km | |
| spiked:17/18c shoes: Vasque Blur |
| Selkirk Park, two loops, 2.5 km. and 2.4 km. 0:10 bobble on #4 of loop A, could not see the small control. |
| Running warm up/down 12:52 [1]2.36 km (5:27 / km) +13m 5:18 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| With MrPither collecting 8 controls. |
Wednesday May 7 |
| Running 1:07:30 [1]11.89 km (5:41 / km) +10m 5:39 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| To Wildwood Park to do mapping. Stafford St., Pembina Hwy., Point Rd., Wicklow St., Oakenwald Ave. to Wildwood St., 31:29 (5.17 km). Back from North Dr. and Oakenwald Ave., Wicklow St., Point Rd., Pembina Hwy. and Stafford St., 36:01 (6.72 km.). Groin/knee started to hurt on the way back near Grant Ave. and Stafford St. |
| Inline Skating 11:02 [1]3.08 km (3:35 / km) | |
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| To the Kelvin High School track and back.
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| Inline Skating warm up/down 8:21 [2]3 km (2:47 / km) | |
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| At the Kelvin track with the RSM group. 8 laps warm-up of the 333 meter track.
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| Inline Skating 1:05:13 [3]22.98 km (2:50 / km) | |
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| 3 sets of pyramid intervals, 3:00 at 50%, 1:00 slow, 2:00 at 60%, 1:00 slow, 1:00 at 75%, 1:00 slow, 0:30 at 90%, 1:00 slow, 0:30 at 90%, 1:00 slow, 1:00 at 75%, 1:00 slow, 2:00 at 60%, 1:00 slow, 3:00 at 50%. Set 1: 21:55, 23 laps; 2: 21:25, 23 laps; 3: 21:53, 22 laps.
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Tuesday May 6 |
| Inline Skating warm up/down 13:00 [1]3.6 km (3:37 / km) +6m 3:35 / km | |
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| With the RSM group from the Chickadee parking lot to the Cedar Bog parking lot and back 2 times. |
| Inline Skating 1:07:30 [4]33.6 km (2:01 / km) +57m 2:00 / km | |
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| 3 loops of Birds Hill Park with the RSM group. The group stayed in a pack until the hill and then some of us broke away. I ended up drafting some people on bikes who were participating in the duathalon. Some guy told me to "jump on" near the campground entrance on the first lap, so I did and stuck with him until the end of the second downhill and then drafted some other bikes for the rest on the first lap and second lap. A lady with a speedometer said I was going 42 km./hr, 50+ on the downhill. |
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| C • spring hill 2 |
Monday May 5 |
| Running 1:06:59 [1]12.03 km (5:34 / km) +9m 5:33 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| To Wildwood Park to do mapping. Stafford St., Pembina Hwy., Point Rd., Wicklow St., Oakenwald Ave. and Wildwood St., 31:12 (5.31 km). Back from North Dr. and Oakenwald Ave., Wicklow St., Point Rd., Pembina Hwy. and Stafford St., 35:47 (6.72 km.). |
Sunday May 4 |
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| Event: Long at Hartney
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| Running warm up/down 5:00 [2]0.8 km (6:15 / km) | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
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| Orienteering race 1:12:57 [5]*** 9.3 km (7:51 / km) +240m 6:57 / km | |
| spiked:12/16c shoes: Vasque Blur |
| Hartney long selection race. Made a 1:00 mistake on #2, 4:30 on #5, 1:30 on #9, 1:00 on #11 and 3:30 on #15. Was happy with my running speed this weekend. At times I think I ran too fast, not knowing exactly where I was, which was the case with my large mistake on #5. |
Saturday May 3 |
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| Event: Middle at Hartney
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| Inline Skating warm up/down 6:00 [2]1.8 km (3:20 / km) | |
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| Inline Skating race 22:39 [5]10 km (2:16 / km) +6m 2:15 / km | |
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| Physio Fit Inline race. Placed 4/29 overall and 1/3 in my age group. |
| Running warm up/down 5:00 [1]0.8 km (6:15 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intregrator 2007 |
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| Orienteering 42:23 [1]5.7 km (7:26 / km) +165m 6:30 / km | |
| spiked:8/10c shoes: VJ Intregrator 2007 |
| Hartney middle selection race. Made a 2:30 mistake on #6 and 6:00 on #8. Did not find the trail between #7 and #8, which threw me off and I ended up at #9. |
Thursday May 1 |
| Running 57:34 [3]11.31 km (5:05 / km) +62m 4:57 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur |
| With MrPither Assiniboine Ave., across the Assiniboine Park footbridge and back along the river trails. |