Training Log Archive: GlenT

Event: WCOC Macedonia Brook Meet
 

WCOC event at Macedonia Brook SP, Green course (5.7km, ~270m climb by my count). Map offset printed at 1:15000 with overprinted course (plus some overprinted vertical green where the barberry has taken over). Visibility excellent and runnability very good in most places. Nice course by George and Lyn with a set of 7 short control picky legs (mostly to charcoal platforms) after we climbed to the top of the ridge.

Would have been a decent run if not for one leg (10-11). Skirted the barberry but stayed between the trail and barberry rather than go all the way to the trail. Stopped short (forgetting it was 1:15 perhaps) and ventured into the barberry for a bit before bailing to the trail and properly locating myself. Probably lost ~7 min. This leg was similar to one on Red, but the Red leg started from the pit (Green #9). Off a little bit on a couple of the short legs but spotted the flag and corrected. Nice running weather with temperatures around 60F. Thanks George and Lyn.

Micro-sprint A. About 10 controls spread out in the field south of the pavilion. A blank map except for the controls (mapped as towers) with courses drawn using 7 - 9 controls plus S and F. Map scale unstated. No magnetic north lines but the courses did not follow the IOF/OUSA rule that control numbers be oriented to north. Route choice was minimal. I think I mispunched on this one.

C • Orientation 6

Micro-sprint B.

Micro-sprint C.

Green - Splits

A - Splits

B - Splits

Using bands - lots of hip work.

Whoa - 70+ degrees.

2 min warm-up, 3 min cool-down and 22 min of pedaling in between.

Long course at "The Barrens", 1:10000, 2.5m contours. Complex water feature and contour detail in the eastern part of the map (where most of the course was). Three long route choice legs in the range of 700 - 900 meters each.

A humbling experience. Executed the first long leg well but probably not the optimum route choice (Edit - after looking at the GPS trace, this leg was a fail, too. Apparently I wasn't bothering to check my compass and got way off to the east. Recovery was by luck.). Total fail on execution of the second long leg (somehow did a 180 partway through). Did the third long leg well until the very end where I missed from my attackpoint. Went a bit brain dead for the next few controls and bungled around actually finding the bags at the end of the legs (not helped by the hidden bag at #9). Managed to refocus for the last part of the course and spiked the last four controls, although I would've taken the road route choice to 13 if I was fresher. Temperature about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday and not raining (sunny to start but then clouded up). Straightline distance 7.1k.

A long time out in the woods, but all good training. Thanks to the Ottawa club for putting this event on. Orienteering at the NAOCs should be awsome.

Jog/walk to start (mostly along road).

Sunday Long Advance - Splits