Training Log Archive: BigWillyStyle

WCOC Long.

Event: 2014 US Classic Championships
 

WCOC Middle.

Fourth place behind Will, Brian May, and Eric. I'm a little grumpy about this race because I had a really strong run other than a bad mistake at 5 (~2:30) - which was one of those times where you're totally confident you're about to hit the control, only you don't hit the control, and your heart sinks - and a dumb double mistake at 17 (~0:45-1:00) due to lack of focus. I could/should have been about 37 minutes, a respectable ~3:00 behind Will.

C • Totally confident... 1

Event: Western Canadian Championships
 

Western Canadian Championships Sprint.

Winner/First loser! No one had a good day and everyone made lots of mistakes. We started, and hilarity ensued. Very cool terrain - wide open with intricate networks of bike trails, jumps, and earthworks.

COC Club Relay, Leg 3

COC Long

Long M21E - Splits

COC Sprint

Best controls:
1, 6, F (T-1st); 9, 18 (T-2nd); 8, 17, 20

Time loss:
4 - 45s - Trapped. Was wary and saw the trap in advance but misinterpreted the control descriptions anyway.
5 - 5s - For some reason, looked for the control on the wrong side of the trail.
10 - 5s - Decision hesitation.
11 - 10s - Suboptimal route choice.
12 - 15s - Went to the second level first, control was on the first level. Looking at the map and control descriptions, not sure how to tell the difference here.

I was hoping that a clean race would put me in the top five along with the speedy Canucks. As it turned out,without the major mistake at 4 I would have been fifth behind Will, Graeme, Thomas Nipen, and Patrick. When I sprint cleanly, I get solid results, but in the next 7-8 months I need to figure out how to increase the frequency of sprinting cleanly, while also pushing the ceiling upward.

COC HPP fundraiser

Sprint M21E - Splits

Event: 2014 Canadian Champs
 

Canadian Orienteering Championships Middle

Middle M21E - Splits