The last 14 hours have seen a bit of controversy and panic. Our team missed the 830 dark zone cutoff last night by 5 minutes, so we were forced to send out extra runners on the first night leg. But, what was supposed to be our 4th night leg ended up being a morning leg, so Mike rolled off a great leg to keep the gap to 48minutes.
Gary and I headed out for our early 20km leg into Port Credit hills. The fast leg took 1:25 and we cut the gap another 12 minutes to 36. After about 10km into the leg, I realized I'd be really early for the transition, so I called back to base to let Paul know he had to hurry up! There was no way they could get there in time, so I ket on going for a bit and sent Paul off looking strong.
The teams are scrambling to make last minute alterations to the line-up for a strong last day as we lead into the last decisive evening. For our team, Martin, Al, Tarno, David and I lead into the night!
There is a bit of play-by-play on Attackpoint about the morning!
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
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Of course they've brought forth juniper berries! They're juniper bushes!
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