Training Log Archive: iansmith

Klepperton is very Canadian. "Ok, we're going to do one more hill now. It's going to hurt. Sorry."

Soundtrack action: Warriors by Imagine Dragons. The song has a typical verse-chorus structure with a guitar solo bridge and a resounding, triumphant chorus - in a minor key, as basically all good songs are. The lyrics are vague but compelling - that hard work will manifest in success, in achieving a plan and being the architect of your future. It has the resolve of Invictus with perhaps a more optimistic tone.

Signed up for the Buffalo Ellicottville Adventure Run on Aug 26; between a 3-hr and a 6-hr race, I would have preferred a 3-hr. However, the price was the same, and far more competitors were running the 6-hr, so I am, too. Hopefully, it will also afford me a chance to chat with the Buffalo orienteering folks. Competitive goal is to clear the course in under the time limit because I do not fear death.

And a bit of nostalgia: my first visit to Noon Hill was on 2015 April 25. I directed the inaugural event on a brand new, professionally map with LIDAR basemap the following year, in October 2016. Getting maps made and national meets run is probably the achievement I'm most proud of during my time in NEOC. The national meets could have been better, and I could have been better organized, more effective, and less stubbornly stupid, but stuff got done.

My experiences at Jukola and Tiomila with CSU were among the highlights of my orienteering so far. There's been a lot of talk about trying to set up a North American relay. Relay champs hasn't been sufficiently compelling of late for whatever reason. Perhaps attaching a fun relay to the Highlander would be intriguing? Harriman is such phenomenal terrain, and a relay the day before the Highlander could be attractive. Perhaps 4-8 km legs, with teams of 3-4?

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