VICO - Wednesday Evening Training (WET) - aka Vigilante-O

The WET Series for 2012 is now finished - thanks to everyone who helped make it an unparalleled success! We'll be sure to bring it back in 2013, so train hard until then!



WET #11 Results - Thetis/Prior Lake Sep 5th 2012

Name/Ranking Time
1. Todd Nowack 26:52
2. Hayden 29:46
3. John Downey 32:23
4. Larry 33:17
5. Kerstin 42:42
6. Scott Sheldrake 46:00
7. Paul Ledet 51:16
8. Leigh Bailey 52:50
9. Linda 53:18
10. Jade 56:47
11. Gil 64:56 (modified course)
12. Martin & Diana 75:00 (modified course)
Adrian Low DNF
Brock DNF
Sabrina DNF
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The WET series wrapped up on the East side of Thetis Lake Park, in a great area for vigilante-O. The open terrain and tricky features made a fast but challenging course, with careful map reading the order of the day. Todd finished with a blistering 26:52, with Hayden and Larry close on his heels. Control 4 was the nemesis of the night, with a parallel feature and some unmapped trails defeating more than a few hardy orienteers. Thanks to all for a great night and a great series.
-Marie


WET #10 Results - Mount Doug Sep 5th 2012

Name/Ranking Time
1. John Downey 40:19
2. Jeremy 42:36
3. Scott Sheldrake 43:21
4. Adrian Low 43:24
5. Jade 47:45
6. Hayden Earle 48:10
7. Paul 53:10
8. Gillian Bailey 57:00
9. Leigh Bailey 58:20
10. Brock 61:50
11. Martin & Diana 84:40
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Thanks for the great turn out for WET #10! The event at Mount Doug proved to be a tight race, with top finishers completing the course within a couple of minutes, even seconds of each other. John came out on top with the best time, but kept wishing he had done number #3 a little differently for an even faster run. Apparently, that inviting trail to the left pulled in quite a few orienteers on their way to number 3, except Diana and Martin, who knew the tricks Mount Doug could pull on you and looked for those all important root stocks to verify their direction. Only one more Wednesday left! Don't miss out on Thetis Lake Park - East next week!
-Linda 


WET #9 Results - Beaver Lake Aug 29th 2012

Name/Ranking Time
1. John Downey 26:58
2. Hayden Earle 31:27
3. Adrian 39:34
4. Jade Carter 45:14
5. Scott Sheldrake 47:48
6. Marcy 53:40
7. Linda Hildebrant 58:30
8. Marie Burgess 58:50
9. Brock Simmonds 62:30
Sabrina + Savonah DNF
Leigh Bailey DNF
Gillian Bailey DNF
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A great turnout for our event this week, with people coming from as far as Williams Lake! They must have heard we run great events here (or something). A fantastic run by Hayden (first in) was looking really good until John came crashing out of the forest (wearing a bit of the forest on his head), cutting 4:29 off his time. Marie and Linda started last and had the extra handicap of poor light in those last controls. A warning for next week, it's not getting any lighter out there. Start early for better light!

Thanks to all that came out today. I had a great time setting it up and learned a lot in the process. Special thanks to Carl for creating the course for a Determinator back in 2007 and for Leigh for his help with tweaking and printing the maps.
-Paul


WET #8 Results - Lansdowne Camosun Aug 22nd 2012

Name/Ranking Time
1. John Downey 20:44
2. Shane R 22:15
3. Scott Sheldrake 22:27
4. Paul Ledet 31:26
5. Jade Carter 31:57
6. Brock 37:32
7. Sabrina + Savonah DNF
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With the big guns out of the equation for this race (Hayden not showing up due to a baby or something, and Todd slacking off by organizing some event), the question was who would come out first in this fast running sprint event. Some tricky control locations made everyone double check their control descriptions and having only pin flags to get, you had to be extra aware when getting in the control circle. John Downey had a fairly clean run and came out first. Shane showed up and with his strong speed was narrowly able to take 2nd over Scott who came in a strong 3rd place. Thanks to everyone who showed up and to those who helped me pick up some pin flags.
-Todd


WET #7 Results - Francis King Aug 15th 2012

Name/Ranking Time
1. Jeremey 29:32
2. Adrian 38:23
3. Marie 39:39
4. Linda 53:27
5. John 56:52
6. Jade DNF

With lots of folks away we had six brave participants come out on a very hot 28 degree evening. Jeremy was the big winner with both the best time and most blood drawn. The course was not long, 2.2 km, but seemed to provide challenges for participants. I enjoyed setting up the event very much and would be happy to create one from scratch now that I have successfully recycled an old Determinator. Yes Marie, you and John were definitely right, I had control #6 correctly placed the first time I ran through it but not for the event. Thanks for coming out everyone.
-Brock


WET #6 Results - Royal Roads Aug 8th 2012

Name/Ranking Time
1. Todd Nowack 24:58
2. Hayden Earle 28:47
3. Adrian Low 35:53
4. Scott Sheldrake 36:39
5. Larry Gagnon 38:53
6. Jeremy Lawrence 39:22
7. Linda Hildebrandt 47:20
8. Leigh Bailey 49:15
9. Paul Ledet 52:15
10. Brock and Cole Simmonds 63:55
11. Gill Bailey walking
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Another good WET series turnout with 12 competitors taking on the day's 3.4 km course in Royal Road's upper forest.   Competitors enjoyed sunny August evening running conditions, generously hung control flags and open forest running on a number of the legs. Some gratuitous elevation change towards the end of the course and a map cropped too close to a control or two, seemed no bother to participants.  Todd and Hayden produced fast near flawless runs to come in 1st and 2nd respectively, followed by Adrian and Scott who fought it out on the course for 3rd and 4th.   Thanks for coming out tonight.  

-John


WET #5 Results (SI) - Uvic South Aug 1st 2012

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Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 F
1. Todd N 23:30 2:19
 2:42
 4:37
 6:17 7:17 8:37
 9:18 10:15 11:11 12:02 12:53 14:34 16:47 18:58 20:36 21:44 23:01 23:30
1. Todd N 23:30 2:19 0:23 1:55 1:40 1:00 1:20 0:41 0:57 0:56 0:51 0:51 1:41 2:13 2:11 1:38 1:08 1:17 0:29
2. Adrian L 25:58 2:10 2:24 4:23 6:00 7:06 8:07 8:47 10:01 11:17 12:00 12:53 14:57 17:55 20:45 22:43 23:58 25:20 25:58
2. Adrian L 25:58 2:10 0:14 1:59 1:37 1:06 1:01 :040 1:14 1:16 0:43 0:53 2:04 2:58 2:50 1:58 1:15 1:22 0:38
3. John D 29:01 2:37 2:59 5:15 7:45 8:56 9:54 10:40 11:47 12:39 13:36 14:45 16:38 19:21 21:45 25:08 26:51 28:21 29:01
3. John D 29:01 2:37 0:22 2:16 2:30 1:11 0:58 0:46 1:07 0:52 0:57 1:09 1:53 2:43 2:24 3:23 1:43 1:30 0:40
4. Morgan L 29:20 2:45 3:07 5:29 8:58 10:12 11:53 12:34 13:27 14:23 15:13 16:17 18:16 20:54 23:38 25:39 27:04 28:40 29:20
4. Morgan L 29:20 2:45 0:22 2:22 3:29 1:14 1:41 0:41 0:53 0:56 0:50 1:04 1:59 2:38 2:44 2:01 1:25 1:36 0:40
5. Shane R 30:05 3:25 3:51 6:01 8:05 9:13 10:27 11:05 12:27 14:26 15:12 16:11 18:00 21:05 23:47 26:51 28:10 29:30 30:05
5. Shane R 30:05 3:25 0:26 2:10 2:04 1:08 1:14 0:38 1:22 1:59 0:46 0:59 1:49 3:05 2:42 3:04 1:19 1:20 0:35
6. Scott S 30:59 2:32 2:45 5:08 7:25 9:24 10:22 11:28 12:40 14:27 15:26 16:44 18:54 21:45 24:56 26:58 28:33 30:12 30:59
6. Scott S 30:59 2:32 0:13 2:23 2:17 1:59 0:58 1:06 1:12 1:47 0:59 1:18 2:10 2:51 3:11 2:02 1:35 1:39 0:47
7. Neil B 31:01 2:40 3:03 5:22 7:21 8:46 9:52 10:48 11:44 12:58 13:54 15:05 17:13 20:08 23:11 25:59 27:51 30:20 31:01
7. Neil B 31:01 2:40 0:23 2:19 1:59 1:25 1:06 0:56 0:56 1:14 0:56 1:11 2:08 2:55 3:03 2:48 1:52 2:29 0:41
8. Larry G 31:53 2:59 3:22 5:57 7:57 9:08 10:25 11:13 12:24 14:23 15:20 16:24 18:28 22:24 25:04 27:50 29:21 31:06 31:53
8. Larry G 31:53 2:59 0:23 2:35 2:00 1:11 1:17 0:48 1:11 1:59 0:57 1:04 2:04 3:56 2:40 2:46 1:31 1:45 0:47
9. Leigh B 42:07 2:57 3:39 10:25 13:15 14:46 16:04 17:23 19:35 21:02 22:24 24:08 26:49 30:18 33:52 36:59 39:00 41:17 42:07
9. Leigh B 42:07 2:57 0:42 6:46 2:50 1:31 1:18 1:19 2:12 1:27 1:22 1:44 2:41 3:29 3:34 3:07 2:01 2:17 0:50
10. Linda H 42:58 4:34 5:06 8:15 10:54 12:31 13:39 14:36 16:10 17:31 18:45 20:36 24:11 27:59 32:03 37:08 39:15 41:55 42:58
10. Linda H 42:58 4:34 0:32 3:09 2:39 1:37 1:08 0:57 1:34 1:21 1:14 1:51 3:35 3:48 4:04 5:05 2:07 2:40 1:03
11. Marie B 44:24 4:09 4:53 8:24 12:29 13:52 15:02 16:01 18:46 20:09 21:21 22:47 25:15 29:17 34:24 39:18 41:16 43:28 44:24
11. Marie B 44:24 4:09 0:44 3:31 4:05 1:23 1:10 0:59 2:45 1:23 1:12 1:26 2:28 4:02 5:07 4:54 1:58 2:12 0:56
12. Veronica F 52:34 4:45 5:23 9:57 13:20 16:17 17:59 19:07 22:01 23:32 24:52 26:33 31:09 34:58 39:25 47:26 49:27 51:41 52:34
12. Veronica F 52:34 4:45 0:38 4:34 3:23 2:57 1:42 1:08 2:54 1:31 1:20 1:41 4:36 3:49 4:27 8:01 2:01 2:14 0:53
13. Diana H 1:03:29 3:47 4:24 7:54 11:08 13:08 15:04 16:07 18:24 20:12 21:34 23:27 26:22 30:21 39:54 57:13 59:47 1:02:31 1:03:29
13. Diana H 1:03:29 3:47 0:37 3:30 3:14 2:00 1:56 1:03 2:17 1:48 1:22 1:53 2:55 3:59 9:33 17:19 2:34 2:44 0:58
14. Claire R 1:06:44 3:37 4:12 8:19 13:08 14:43 16:55 19:24 22:55 26:54 28:51 30:47 36:49 43:01 50:37 57:04 1:02:39 1:05:36 1:06:44
14. Claire R 1:06:44 3:37 0:35 4:07 4:49 1:35 2:12 2:29 3:31 3:59 1:57 1:56 6:02 6:12 7:36 6:27 5:35 2:57 1:08
15. Martin H 1:08:23 5:57 7:09 12:24 15:59 18:07 29:18 30:18 34:02 35:40 37:37 40:30 45:02 50:17 55:48 1:00:36 1:04:27 1:07:18 1:08:23
15. Martin H 1:08:23 5:57 1:12 5:15 3:35 2:08 11:11 1:00 3:44 1:38 1:57 2:53 4:32 5:15 5:31 4:48 3:51 2:51 1:05
16. Sonja Y 1:18:34 3:10 3:35 6:35 29:26 31:16 34:28 35:19 36:35 37:52 39:18 42:58 1:00:13 1:03:53 1:09:40 1:12:59 1:15:36 1:17:42 1:18:34
16. Sonja Y 1:18:34 3:10 0:25 3:00 22:51 1:50 3:12 0:51 1:16 1:17 1:26 3:40 17:15 3:40 5:47 3:19 2:37 2:06 0:52
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A big crowd showed up to run Uvic South starting at the dog park. Nice to see Shane and Sonja. 17 Controls, some in the forest the rest in urban areas of the campus. Todd had a blistering run with Adrian very close behind. Thanks to Leigh and Gill for helping with SI. Full results are posted below.
I hope no one else took a piece of the dog park home with them on their shoe :(  maybe re-think start location for next year though the free parking was quite alluring. Thanks to Adrian and John for helping to pick up controls.

-Hayden




WET #4 Results - Uvic North July 25th 2012

Name/Ranking Time
1. Hayden 32:26
2. Todd 34:09
3. Larry 37:28
4. Morgan 37:56
5. Neil 42:30
6. John 42:57
7. Veronica 46:38
8. Linda 52:54
9. Leigh 67:47
10. Brock 69:50
11. Adrian 37:47 (jet lagged, skipped #13)
12. Denise 69:05 (ditto from Ramblers Montreal)
13. Gill walking
Marie jet lagged, just here to chat
Martin general helper

Wow - A great turn-out!  And it's good to see there's still lots of potential for route choices in a  frequently used area.

Welcome back, Adrian, Linda and Marie, from your European O adventures. We need to hear more - maybe at an armchair session when the dark and rainy season returns....
We missed you, Scott, Paul, and Cole.

-Diana




WET #3 Results - West Thetis July 18th 2012

Name/Ranking Time
1. Hayden 35 mins
2. John D 36 mins
3. Scott DNF
4. Diana DNF
5. Martin DNF
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Without question the most difficult Wednesday Night Training course so far! Neil and Veronica recreated an old course from 2008 with ten controls planted around the confusing nightmare of trails that is West Thetis. The course swallowed up more than half of the runners tonight with only Hayden and John able to actually finish. Many O regulars decided to skip this one, most likely out of pure fear. I personally made a game-ending parallel error at #5 and had to sheepishly return with Neil picking up controls at the end to find it. Another perfect weather day, thanks to Neil and Veronica for an excellent event!
-Scott




WET #2 Results - Mt. Doug July 11th 2012

Name/Ranking Time
1.Hayden 35:44
2. Todd 38:54
3. Larry 52:07
4. Scott 52:09
5. John 52:11
6. Diana 78:00
7. Brock & Cole 120:00 (approx)
8. Martin 87:00 (9 controls)
9. Jeremy DNF + most blood award (again)
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Leigh put on an excellent pin-flag course salvaged from an old determinator. Hayden annihilated the course leaving Todd in his wake. The rest of us had fairly close times, except Jeremy who seems more concerned with cutting himself than collecting controls. Great weather for the second week in a row!
-Scott




WET #1 Results - Layritz/Camosun Interurban July 4th 2012

Name/Ranking Time Control Skipped
1. Hayden 32 min 9
2. Jeremy 34 min 4
3. Neil 39 min 12
4. Marcy 42 min 13
5. John D 43 min 11
6. Leigh 46 min 1
7. Paul 57 min 4
8. Diana 1 hour 2 min none
9. Brock + Cole 1 hour 4 min 13
10. Veronica 1 hour 14 min 11
(DNF) Martin 1 hour 23 min 4 and 13
Camosun Map Camosun Map Hayden GPS Hayden GPS Sat Camosun Map Camosun Map

Our unofficial Wed. Evening Training series got off to a great start tonight with eleven people showing up! Hayden took first place with a time of 32 minutes with Jeremy nipping at his heels with a time of 34 mins. Neil came in at 39 mins, and Marcy at 42 mins. Poor John D had to run back and find his control sheet bumping his time to 43 mins for Fifth Place. I didn't bother recording seconds but I probably should have as it was very close.

Because of our great turnout (12 people including me) we should be able to get each person to organize one week, and we'll be set until mid-Sept! So thanks to everyone who came out, and in doing so unwittingly signed a contract with the devil to commit to organzing an event! But seriously, it's not that hard, and Leigh can give you a pre-made map anyways. Also thanks for everyone who picked up controls. See you next week at Mt. Doug!

-Scott