Training Log Archive: Katnap

COCs Long - Expert

After a brutal middle race I wanted to make all the safe and solid navigational choices. This was to be a training and not a race. Overall I felt good about how this race went. Took a poor bearing out of 5 leading me past 2 and then ran the long way around on the trail to 6 - safe but rather slow. Really happy with 1-4 & 8. I was often too hesitant and stopped too early especially on 7.

Was really confused by the flagging tape to the go control (though I had somehow passed it and stopped) especially with the control description saying there was a 200m shoot which there certainly was not!

Also by the time my course went near water on the way to 8 there was really no point in stopping as the race was soon over.

Long Expert - Splits

Event: 2016 Canadian Orienteering Championships
 

COCs Middle - W21E

1-4 went well felt pretty good. 5 is a a fricking nightmare I tried to take it carefully going right along the path and then through the cleaning and up onto the spur etc missed and ended up on the far trail. Okay no big deal that sucks but I'll relocate and go in from the trail... cue doing that several more times... okay finally find 5 after being stung by wasps and navigate distractedly through 6-7-8-9. Now where the heck is 10?!? it's so damn close to where I easily found 4 I could cry. Close to the cut off time and not having any fun I go to bail out.. I then proceed to really fail at bailing out but eventually make it to the trail running northwest and pick up 13-14 on my walk back in to the finish. The arena is all packed up - Blast well these things happen I guess.

At control 4 I was at - 13:32
At control 5 I was at - 1:24:34 ( > < )
At control 9 I was at - 1:55:22
Bailing from 9 to 13 took - 43 minutes (ouch lots of pointless walking and arguably the most genuinely lost I have ever been when orienteering)

COC Middle W21-34 - Splits

Climbed Top Gun 5.8 at the back of Lake Louise! Plus half of a trad climb that the boys had set up. Great fun with Andrew, Graeme, Nate, Ian, and Ben as photographer :D

Lake Louise Plain of 6 Glaciers with Ben, Emily, & Oscar! We were joined at the Tea House by Graeme, Nate, Ian, and Erica. Graeme continued on with us to see the actual glaciers :D

Parker Ridge with the gang. Lots of relaxing and chatting :)

Maligne Lake - post dropping Ian and Nate for the start of their run. Beautiful and uncrowded walk along the lakeshore and then back through the woods. The parking lot went from 5 cars to full and overflowing in the hour we were out!

Canyon

Edith Cavell - caught up to Graeme and Erica as they were coming off the gorgeous summit which had 360 degree views. So I scooted up to take a look myself - Simply breathtaking!

Using Graeme's slightly garbled watch data.

WCOCs - Sprint W21E

Botched 12 and showed my lack of running training. Otherwise good and enjoyable :)

Western Canadians - Sprint: Course 4 - Splits