Orienteering race (sprint) 15:56 [5] *** 1.8 km (8:51 / km) +10m 8:37 / km
spiked:13/13c shoes: Trail NB 706 9D # 2
[8/24 -- added FR track. FR distance reported was 2.25km]
Sprint 2 at NRC North on the east side of Ottawa. Cloudy, some light sprinkles but otherwise just overcast, temps in the 60s.
Found all the controls right where I looked for them but I'm not the swiftest runner; finished 8th W55-64 (out of 16? that's how many there were last I looked). I was happy with my run. Now we'll see how the long goes tomorrow.
MJC had a much better day today and finished 1st. :-) (Marion O ran W35+.) Glen, too, had a nice run today and was 2nd in M55.
We spent the afternoon with my brother/sister-in-law walking around Ottawa between Parliament and the Market. Lunch at an Irish pub on the Parliament side of the canal. Too late to get tickets for a Parliament tour (in English), so we just walked around the buildings. We were getting a bit cold, so a stop at Chapters (and Starbucks) was in order. When we were done there the rain had pretty much stopped. Some of the market stalls were closing up, but I got some wild blueberries to take home. We walked some more, seeing the outside of the Art Gallery and the "Maman" (very large spider) statue out front, and the statue of Champlain with the view of the start of the Rideau Canal flight of locks going up from the Ottawa River. Also went inside the Notre Dame basilica across the street from the Gallery (which had closed). Supper at Ahora, a little Mexican restaurant we found while contemplating a Vietnamese restaurant upstairs from it. Very nice. :-)
Long course tomorrow, then find a way back home.