Training Log Archive: pi

Despite not feeling so good, went out on the Sage Stomp C-meet at McQueen Lake. A pretty easy course, but the old-school map created some challenge. It was all about keeping the direction with the compass and only read the really big things. Nailed everything except the last control where the map was wrong. Was supposed to come into a re-entrant with some forest behind it, but in reality it was the other way around, the re-entrant was behind the forest and I could not see the flag. This caused me to do a little hook before I was able to draw the conclusion that the map was wrong. Very nice day in the sun. Walked all the uphills and never pushed hard in the running. Sore throat tonight, time to rest a few days.

Test run of Sage Stomp sprint at Stake Lake ski trails. Started feeling sick on Friday and did not feel great on Saturday, so took it really easy. Also made stops to double check mapping quality along the way. It was snowing on and off during the day and it was pretty annoying while going around making map updates and hanging ribbons in the afternoon.

Running around here and there during the junior session and to place and pick up controls.

Easy bike down to Stanley Park. Only hill was over the Lions Gate Bridge.

WET at Stanley Park. Tried to run hard. Some longer legs made the orienteering pretty easy. Great, crisp and sunny, spring evening.

Warm-up/cool-down.

Bike back from the WET. Took it easy with a stop at Tim Horton's in the middle. The last hill up Mountain Hwy is brutal though...

Jog/hike up to the 500 m elevation point of Lynn Peak, with Andrea and Luna, on a chilly May evening.

Jog around the area south of the water filtration plant, which is now open again after years of construction. It's a pretty narrow strip of land, but it would be worth it to add it to the Rice Lake map.