Training Log Archive: fkawam

OOC Training

Mark, Anita, Jennie,Natasha, Tommy I., Mattias G., Tomas, Randy, Eric K., Eric T., Alex T., myself

Corn Maze Night ...Orienteering or Running that is the question!

Yep ...Even though it was pouring out (thanks Patricia) we went out ...
We either did ...
A: walk the maze and get the controls/multiple choice set by the creator and mark the controls on the "map"
or
B: run the maze, get the controls, mark them on the map and also colour the map (ie cover all the "trails" in a minimal distance...

Didn't really do a warm up or warm down because it was really wet.Thankfully we had access to their kiosk/shack as meeting ground...Don offered access to the barn and offered a fire could be a great meeting area future.
Suprizingly the ground was pretty nice pretty firm not much soft mud or puddles

Now the map...really not much help...
Eric K. superimposed his track on the sheet with Quick route and sent it around
Some comtrol punches gave the crowd quite a challenge to find...
Just when the rain started coming heavier and I was about to quit and started plotting my way out of the maze I was just about to get 6 on my route when Tommy found it and let me know it was just ahead...
So got all 10 in the end... :)
When I looked at my track as shown on AP its way off the aerial which is clearly an old shot
Looking forward to seeing some neat GPS tracks
Thanks to our friends at Maple Hill Urban Farms...Talked to Nan...the other half of the couple running the farm and she told us their daughter does alot of horse back orienteering in the States...They seem very receptive to having us around in the future.
Perhaps our mappers can formally map the maze next year for an event...It was suggested it might make a neat venue for the vampire-o...

Really more like running than orienteering....the map gave some semblance of a pattern but can't say I really followed it well...I did use my compass often however to orient to north after many tight turns in the maze although from the sound and light towers from the 417 and Moodie were features detectable in the maze

corn maze - Splits

OOC B-Meet
Timm Road North...New map made by Bruce B.
Long Advanced
23 controls...6.7 km by the line...
(testing out a Forerunner 15)

Great to finally run on this map! so I just had to do the long...13 of the controls were on the east side of Haanal Rd while 10 were on the west...Some really nice woods in here ...also some tall grass sections.

Made a long verbal diarhea as a private note...no need to clog the airways
So what's the spiking tally?
1,2,3,4(x),5(?), 6,7,8,9(?),10(x),11,12,13 (?), 14(?), 15(?), 16x, 17,18x,19,20,21x,22,23...13 + 5 so-so
Calling it a day at 15

Good run for me...PB for a long advanced

Long Advance - Splits

Mostly weights and an experiment on the exercise bike

Down to 4H loop...3 loops and then back to 20 min...(5:01-4:50-4:43)

Foot OK