The Blaze is over! We arrived in Queenston today at 1230pm.
Yesterday, after the fast 22km leg in the morning, I had another 25km evening run into Hamilton. It was a wonderful way to end up the day on old, familiar trails. I had pretty much run every trail there before in various races and training with a lot of my team mates , so it was a nice memory trip to keep my mind off my tired legs!
A Hamilton Spectator journalist was waiting at the top of Sydenham Rd in Hamilton and caught us in transition. Paul is blazing off with me sporting the stylish (and effective) compression socks in the background!
Today's run was a tired 20km, followed by a ceremonial group run of the last 10km. Now I'm tired, sleep deprived, and wiped. More updates, photos and a recap of the event over the next few days!
Oh yea, we officially broke the old record of 8 days, coming in an hour shy of 4 days for the 894km!
About me
- Patrick
- I am an orienteering and trail running athlete from Winnipeg. My dream is to medal at the World Orienteering Championships within 5 years. I hope you enjoy following me on my many adventures!
Some Highlights!
Canadian Orienteering Champs - Triple Gold!
World Champs - 38th
AdventureScience Record - 3d23h10min for Canada's longest trail!
5Peaks Sundre - course recordAdventureScience Record - 3d23h10min for Canada's longest trail!
Gunner Shaw XC Van 2008 - 1st
World Orienteering Championships 2008 - 8th Qualifying race
Former North American Sprint Orienteering Champion
Ganaraska 25km Trail Race 2006 - course record
Supporters
Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness is, first and foremost, a function of conscious choice and discipline.
-Jim Collins (author Good to Great)
Dare, Dream, Do.
-Jeff MacInnis (Adventurer, Northwest Passage Explorer)
Great mentors can see in you what you can't see in yourself.
Never give up.
Never, never give up.
Never, never, never give up.
-KaosPilots
The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
-Michelangelo (the painter, not the turtle)
The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.
-The Ladder of Saint Augustine, Longfellow
20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that
you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bow lines
and sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your
sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
-Mark Twain
I can live with disappointment, but I cannot live with regret
-Andre Agassiz
Until you start believing you're gonna beat these guys, it's not going to happen...It's not courses that make breakaways, it's athletes who take them...If you don't think we can win, then what are you here for?
-Macca on the Brownlees, to his teammates
It's about the process. It doesn't matter what you do tomorrow and it doesn't matter what you did yesterday. It's about today, and making today count. That's especially true in training, but it's the same mentality that I carry into racing. Focus on the task at hand, not on the finish line, or the next part of the race, but what it is that is right there in front of you in the moment.
-Jordan Rapp
3 comments:
Crunchy frog!
Thanks for the updates. Must have been a pretty cool experience and experiment. When are you going to go for the solo record??? :)
Any idea what is the solo record is?
haha, solo record? Not for a few years ;)
Not sure what it is. I've heard rumours of some friends taking a run at it this fall.
Glad you enjoyed watching Todd, looks like some awesome adventures in Norway!
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