Training Log Archive: Bash

Until early afternoon, it looked like I might have to drive back to Brantford to help Mom but the situation improved with more effective pain control. Word of advice: never tear your bicep!

Hamilton Theatre Inc. in Hamilton, Ontario (home of Raid The Hammer) received dozens of angry tweets over the weekend.
http://www.metronews.ca/news/canada/2016/11/20/tru...

Stars O Cup Kick-Off - Shades Mills, Cambridge

After weeks of near-summer weather, we got lots of rain today. Because I'd packed in a hurry yesterday when I went to Mom's place, I hadn't brought all the right gear. I ran in a good rain jacket that I would hate to tear, which influenced my route choices, i.e. more trail running than bushwhacking. The O Cup box used dog bone controls, which allowed a longer course in a smaller park - great strategy and quite a challenge. There was a good crowd of participants and a wide range of finish times.

Afterward, Funderstorm suggested that a group of us go to The Old Marina for a hearty mid-afternoon lunch and beer. It was delicious! It was great to catch up with various people and enjoy the view and cozy atmosphere. I knew what it was going to feel like to run on a full stomach in the evening race (and I was right!) but I decided it was worth it. This is one of the cool things about the Stars offering two races in a day; it gives orienteers a chance to hang out in clean clothes indoors. Nice!

Update: In the excitement of the race, I interpreted double control 1/4 as the start of the box and ran almost right past 2/3 without paying any attention to it. So I kickstarted my season with a mispunch! Boo, I will try not to make it a habit.

(I don't know either of my race times and I didn't start/stop my Ambit at the exact times. Will fix later.)

Starry Nights O Cup - Riverside Park

I love night O! It was a chilly evening with some rain and a few snowflakes before we started. As always, the weather wasn't an issue once we got going. It was an interesting course design with two O Cup boxes and different types of terrain and navigation. The ground was wet from all the rain today, which added to the adventure. I'm going to need to re-think my system of lights and glasses; it wasn't always easy to see the map because my vision is getting worse. I think I was 2nd woman behind Val, maybe in the top 4 or 5. She is tough to beat!

Thank you to the Stars for another terrific O Cup double header to kick off the season. It's a lot of extra work but we sure appreciate it.

Spectacular shorts weather yet again, although it really is time to get some snow to ski on. My plans for the day changed abruptly when Mom tore her right bicep and I had to go to Brantford. Doing everything one-handed is tough and unfortunately, she is right-handed.

Hard Core Live with Caron

C3 Yoga class. Nice to see new class member Nick de St. Croix.

At 10 weeks post-surgery, we're allowing BazingaDog to start using stairs again. That means we get to move from the main floor guest room back upstairs to our bedroom - yay. (B-Dog would cry all night if he had to stay downstairs while we were upstairs.) Wrestling a king mattress up a too-narrow staircase with 'Bent took 20 minutes and turned out to be just as tough as boot camp with a much greater chance of injury. So I'm not counting it as a rest day!

Here's a document listing "False, Misleading, Clickbait-y and/or Satirical News Sources". It's not comprehensive but it's pretty good - like Snopes for news sources.
http://d279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net/wp/2016/11/Re...

I've also been looking at different media bias rating sites, trying to decide on a favourite place to help me put news articles in context. If you haven't seen them, these sites rate different news sources on left vs. right wing bias and sometimes also on their tendency to publish false information. If anyone has a favourite media bias rating site, please share. I'll post here when I've reviewed them more.

It used to be that critical reading was the key skill we needed but with the proliferation of fake, biased and/or non-fact-checked "news", we need to beef up the toolkit.

New C3 Injury Prevention class - Similar to last year's boot camp with some foam rolling at the end. I was still feeling Raid The Hammer in my legs but it was good.