Training Log Archive: GlenTIn the 7 days ending Aug 4, 2017:
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Wednesday Aug 2, 2017 #
9 AM
Orienteering 1:35:28 *** 7.9 km (12:05 / km) +160m 10:58 / km
ahr:137 max:154 spiked:12/12c shoes: Falcons 7
Retr-O. Re-run of the first COC courses, held in 1968. Camp Fortune map in Gatineau Park. Black and white map, 1:20,000, 6m contours. Ran the Red course, which is the course run by the elite women. 6.1km straightline distance. Navigation mostly by trails, marshes and contours. Many features you'd expect to find on a "modern" orienteering map were not shown. Woods were summer green but not too thick with OK visibility. Somewhat rocky underfoot. Navigated pretty well, depending heavily on the compass. Found all the controls just about where I expected them. Biggest error was navigating to the Finish where I took a bit of a circuitous route. Warm with the temperature about 80F. Thanks to Gord Hunter, who was the primary organizer for the event.
Tuesday Aug 1, 2017 #
11 AM
Orienteering 1:55:17 ***** 8.05 km (14:20 / km) +22m 14:08 / km
ahr:110 max:132 16c shoes: Falcons 7
Playing in the Carp Barrens. Training event with about 30 points marked with mini-bags, so make your own course. Focused on reading features mostly at a walk/occasional jog and navigated to about 10 controls in the eastern part of the map (the "barrens"). Then visited another 5 or 6 in the western part as I headed back to the car (after running about a km along the road). Water level was high in the area, so extra bonus marshes were available for sloshing through.
Monday Jul 31, 2017 #
8 PM
Orienteering race 30:01 *** 4.83 km (6:13 / km) +41m 5:58 / km
ahr:148 max:160 spiked:15/16c shoes: NB 1210 "Leadville"
Night-O on a golf course, organized by Gord Hunter. At Rivermead Club de Golf in Aylmer, QE. 1:5000, 1m contours. Course 2 (4.4k), which included Men 55+ and Women 35+ (and maybe <17). Mass start with course variations (two different first controls, two loops done either cw or ccw I think and them common controls 12-16, 8 variations in total (?) with slightly different distances). Really fast (it's a golf course so even the white woods are mowed grass). A few rough open and light green areas, which along with water features and OOB areas made for some route choices. Tie for fourth overall with Marketa Graham (was at the finish first but fumbled the punch - if the timing resolution were finer she probably would've beaten me since I heard the box she punched beep first). 3rd M55 (actually all three of us are 60+). Lost about a minute on control #4 when I followed a crowd headed to a different control.
Sunday Jul 30, 2017 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 33:57 *** 3.85 km (8:50 / km) +5m 8:46 / km
ahr:147 max:170 spiked:10/12c shoes: Falcons 7
Saturday Jul 29, 2017 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 1:14:44 **** 7.32 km (10:12 / km) +18m 10:05 / km
ahr:138 max:167 spiked:9/11c shoes: Falcons 7
Eastern Canadian Champs Long - Course 7 (5.7k, 25m) on Notre-Dame-de-I'lle-Perrot map (1:10000, 2.5m contours). Very flat area (with lots of micro-undulations), moderate to heavy trail network and many marshes. I found the navigation to be pretty challenging since contour detail was minimal, wetter than usual weather meant a lot more marshy areas than mapped and the trails weren't always as easy to follow as one might expect. No really big errors, but probably some time loss on almost every control - felt like I was constantly working to reestablish map contact. One significant fall resulting in a sizeable egg on my left shin a few inches below the knee (caught a toe as I was jumping over a ditch). Ended up 7th (of 25) in M55+.