2016 Wednesday Evening Training (WET)

The WET series has come to a close for 2016. Thanks to all who came out and make it a great year. Be sure to check out regular VICO events on the official site : http://vico.whyjustrun.ca -

See you out there!

Event # and Date Location Organizer  
Wednesday, June 8th 7pm Layritz Park Scott results
Wednesday, June 15th 7pm Uvic Leigh results
Wednesday, June 22nd 7pm Beaver Lake John Downey results
Wednesday, June 29th 7pm Royal Roads Richard Lay results
Wednesday, July 6th 7pm Layritz/Camosun Interurban Scott results
Wednesday, July 13th 7pm Mt Doug Brett/Magdalena results
Wednesday, July 20th 7pm Beaver Lake Jade Carter results
Wednesday, July 27th 7pm Lansdowne Camosun Larry results
Wednesday, Aug 3rd 7pm Royal Roads Tobi results
Wednesday, Aug 10th 7pm Juan de Fuca Dawn/Andrew results
Wednesday, Aug 17th 7pm Uvic Linda and Marie results
Wednesday, Aug 24th 6:30pm High Rock Park Theresa results
Wednesday, Aug 31st 6:30pm Uplands Park Chris Ling results
Wednesday, Sep 7th 6:30pm Uvic - BIKE-O Scott results
Wednesday, Sep 14th 6pm Beacon Hill Park Jessica results
Wednesday, Sep 21st 6pm Layritz Park Roger results
Wednesday, Sep 28th 7pm Royal Roads DUSK-O Linda/Marie results


WET #17 - Royal Roads (Final Event)

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Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 F
1. Brett 24:26 1:41 1:07 1:10 4:17 1:50 2:28 3:29 2:14 1:37 2:42 1:31 0:20
2. Roger 25:47 1:25 1:12 1:06 2:16 2:06 4:01 4:18 1:45 1:46 3:28 1:54 0:30
3. Andrew 26:47 1:36 2:29 1:12 2:51 2:22 2:52 4:11 1:56 1:47 3:25 1:35 0:31
4. John D 27:33 1:28 1:07 1:05 3:03 2:09 3:25 4:51 2:05 1:48 4:11 1:48 0:33
5. Scott 30:15 1:51 2:00 1:00 2:19 2:32 4:00 6:47 1:53 1:38 3:56 1:57 0:22
6. Heather 30:37 1:48 1:42 1:48 5:12 2:13 2:56 4:42 2:21 2:17 3:08 2:04 0:28
7. Magdaléna 30:15 1:51 1:33 1:16 3:03 2:25 5:01 6:43 2:16 1:51 3:18 1:41 0:34
8. Jade (MP) 27:09 1:27   2:16 5:15 2:08 3:45 3:21 2:40 1:29 2:51 1:31 0:26
9. Jessica (MP) 55:08 4:08 2:07 1:57 4:23 4:56   18:58 2:59 3:41 8:15 2:54 0:50
The final WET event of 2016 was a very special dusk-O expertly organized by Linda and Marie. Racers began as the sun had just set and darkness was falling collecting. The 11 controls collected in the dark were a good mix of on and off trail - a good difficulty and a great way to both wind up the WET series and prep for this weekend's BCOC's in Whistler!

A huge thanks goes out to all who participated in this year's WET events - whether by organizing an event, picking up controls or simply coming out and having fun. We will most definitely bring it back again for 2017 - same time, just after Determinator finishes end of May - so stay tuned

-Scott



WET #16 Results - Layritz Park / Camosun Interurban

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Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6+C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 F
1. Scott 27:35 2:07 1:38 3:45 2:38 1:37 3:34 2:39 1:50 1:11 1:46 2:31 1:35 0:18 0:26
2. Tobi 30:16 2:53 1:33 2:43 2:52 1:46 4:16 3:20 2:33 1:26 1:43 2:17 2:04 0:20 0:30
3. Brett 31:56 2:30 1:23 1:34 2:28 1:49 4:06 2:32 1:52 5:18 1:52 4:13 1:35 0:17 0:27
4. John 35:21 2:46 2:08 7:09 2:55 1:59 4:56 3:03 1:27 1:23 1:52 2:57 1:45 0:24 0:37
5. Andrew 36:25 3:05 1:42 2:39 3:57 2:00 4:59 2:55 1:57 3:32 2:41 3:44 2:19 0:27 0:28
6. Jade 38:10 3:00 1:28 2:25 3:55 1:32 4:12 3:18 7:59 3:07 1:45 2:06 2:39 0:16 0:28
7. Magdaléna 42:06 3:12 2:10 2:42 3:57 2:06 6:18 7:59 2:41 1:40 1:58 2:43 3:36 0:31 0:33
8. Linda 42:56 4:52 2:18 3:12 4:32 2:27 5:27 4:45 2:11 1:48 2:37 4:26 2:22 0:41 0:59
9. Angus + Tio 68:13 5:46 3:11 9:07 6:44 3:03 7:34 5:35 10:05 1:54 3:40 7:08 2:49 0:36 0:59
DNF: Kathleen 71:28 6:01 3:29 8:20 9:28 7:55 7:17 11:03 4:52 8:01         5:02

Roger put on an awesome technical course at Layritz/Camosun - I managed a clean victory which was a nice redemption from last week. Fastest splits were all over the board with myself, Tobi, Brett, John and Jade all taking a handful. Nice to see Angus at the event while he's back in town for a while!

Next week will be the final WET of the season at Royal Roads- as a special treat Linda and Marie will be organizing a DUSK-O which will start as night is falling at 7pm. Bring your headlamp! After the event we'll grab food & beer at The Six Mile pub on Sooke Rd. See you there!

-Scott



WET #15 Results - Beacon Hill Park


Name/Ranking Time
1. Brett 20:10
2. Scott 23:30
3. Andrew 26:40
4. Heather 30:86
5. Linda/Marie 33:50
6. Kathleen 42:37
7. Diana 43:02

Jessica organized a fun sprint through Beacon Hill Park using a clever variation on pin-flags. Each pin flag had a secret letter written on it which runners had to jot down on their control guide to prove they had visited the pin flag. A great solution to the problem of not being able to use SI controls on this map (they get stolen in about 4.2 seconds).

Beacon Hill is a runners course, and speedy Brett managed first place by making no navigational errors and ripping through the park at top speed. I was a distant second place by a good couple of minutes. A great time was had by all! Darkness is falling earlier and earlier - only a couple of WETs left - make sure to take advantage of the next two weeks for the final 2 events!

-Scott


WET #14 Results - Uvic Bike-O

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Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 F
1. Ben 15:14 0:59 0:49 1:00 1:07 1:44 1:12 1:39 0:32 1:38 1:35 1:03 1:56
2. Andrew 16:58 1:00 0:53 1:29 1:22 1:51 1:47 2:09 0:35 1:38 1:39 0:57 1:38
3. John D 17:52 1:07 0:50 1:04 1:18 1:55 1:59 1:56 0:34 2:02 2:18 0:59 1:50
4. Natalie 18:01 1:00 0:53 1:38 1:31 2:00 1:18 2:09 0:44 1:54 1:55 1:14 1:45
5. Brett 20:45 1:16 0:49 1:15 1:45 3:40 1:10 2:31 0:39 2:15 1:43 1:23 2:19
6. Linda 20:15 1:07 1:07 1:54 1:37 2:02 1:33 2:33 0:40 2:12 1:57 1:23 2:10
7. Magdaléna 21:20 1:08 1:04 2:03 1:53 2:16 2:09 2:08 1:05 2:03 2:09 1:17 2:05
8. Heather 21:49 1:43 0:58 3:21 1:23 2:05 1:21 2:00 1:07 2:51 1:45 1:16 1:59
9. Marie 23:28 1:18 1:18 2:07 1:44 2:38 2:10 2:54 1:03 2:24 2:17 1:23 2:12
10. Diana 39:41 2:57 2:10 2:36 3:00 3:46 3:13 4:38 1:41 4:22 4:14 2:32 4:32


Tonight was a special Bike-O event - same as regular orienteering, but super fast paced and on a bike! The course was meticulously planned to facilitate fast, fluid checkpoints while allowing for route choice and minimizing the need to get off your bike to punch controls. Truly a masterpiece in course design - and a tragic mistake for those who skipped this event. Alright, enough bragging - here are the highlights:

Despite torrential downpour all day, the rain subsided for a few hours for our event. Ben had the fastest time by a huge margin - we all know when Ben shows up, he does not mess around. Ben claimed fastest split on all but two controls and the finish leg. Wow. Fast rides by JD, Andrew and Nat, but not quite fast enough. Diana opted to run the course instead of using a bike and had a pretty decent time considering.

I hope you all had fun at this event! We will definitely do a repeat next summer.

-Scott


WET #13 Results - Uplands Park

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Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 F
1. Andrew 17:57 0:53 1:08 0:49 1:02 1:12 1:00 1:08 0:56 1:15 0:59 0:34 1:22 1:29 1:40 0:51 1:06 0:33
2. Brett 19:41 0:47 0:58 1:55 1:09 1:17 1:04 1:01 2:07 1:03 0:48 0:25 1:15 1:47 1:42 0:53 1:03 0:27
3. Tobi 20:25 1:04 1:11 0:58 0:51 2:01 1:02 0:50 1:06 1:14 0:53 0:45 2:17 1:37 1:55 0:50 1:21 0:30
4. Larry 22:30 0:57 1:23 1:01 1:12 1:22 1:07 1:11 1:29 1:45 1:05 0:40 1:26 1:45 2:18 1:15 1:50 0:44
5. Theresa 24:38 1:20 1:12 1:11 1:02 1:47 3:43 1:06 0:57 1:26 1:21 0:49 1:36 1:26 2:39 1:10 1:16 0:37
6. Magdaléna 24:46 1:46 1:21 1:34 1:04 3:06 1:39 1:06 0:59 1:21 1:01 0:47 1:31 2:28 2:15 1:01 1:13 0:34
7. Val 31:37 1:07 1:53 1:27 1:39 2:27 1:42 1:13 1:47 2:08 2:12 0:58 2:15 2:36 3:26 1:31 2:30 0:46
8. Leigh 32:33 1:57 2:14 1:42 1:42 1:52 1:44 1:27 1:30 1:59 2:36 0:58 1:56 2:18 4:44 1:29 1:41 0:44
9. Diana 34:15 2:06 2:09 1:53 1:26 2:36 1:44 1:46 1:58 2:17 1:47 1:09 2:36 3:01 3:23 1:26 2:00 0:58
10. John 34:48 2:46 2:08 1:36 1:54 2:40 1:49 1:34 1:28 1:40 2:00 1:00 2:19 2:24 4:17 1:38 2:22 1:13
11. Gill 50:38 2:21 3:38 2:16 2:17 3:43 2:18 2:07 2:30 4:17 2:11 2:02 3:22 4:10 6:46 2:25 2:51 1:24
12. Joye 73:37 1:30 2:51 2:33 2:10 11:07 5:13 5:29 4:20 3:20 9:03 1:58 3:29 8:40 6:44 x0:05 3:33 1:32
13. Kathleen 74:53 3:03 2:32 2:05 1:36 5:03 21:07 2:54 1:05 4:33 3:09 1:28 2:40 7:52 7:59 1:42 5:24 0:41
MP : Scott 19:47 0:36 1:11 1:03 0:46 MP 1:43 0:45 1:05 1:05 1:42 0:45 1:53 1:39 1:54 0:48 1:03 0:34
Great turnout tonight for a speedy sprint through Uplands Park. Although extremely threatening, the rain held off for the event. Andrew decided this was his week to win and kicked us all directly in the ass, leaving everyone in the dust, big time. Andrew even had almost 2 full minutes on normally hard-to-beat Brett making this an absolute blowout - nice work Andrew. Great runs by lots of regulars, noteably Theresa, who edged out Magdalena by 8 seconds. Close times between Brett and myself too, except I mispunched #5 and was sadly disqualified. Thanks to Chris for organizing a fun course with lots of controls.

Next week will be a special Bike-Orienteering at Uvic - Bring your Bike and Helmet - The course will be flat and non-mountainous, so the bike can be any kind you want - mountain bike, road bike, commuter, or even one of those Old Style big-wheel bikes from the 1920's. If you don't have a bike, borrow one! We'll have a special Bike-optimized course prepared for you which will require your navigation skills, biking prowess and all of your determination. To make things even more epic, we will be doing this on the first day of school, so navigating thousands of wandering students will come into play.

Map to meeting location will be posted soon. See you next Wedesday!

-Scott



WET #12 Results - High Rock Park

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Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 F
1. Brett/Scott 34:07 3:22 1:38 3:08 3:19 1:23 1:05 2:11 1:31 1:39 1:40 1:26 1:06 4:32 0:52 0:53 2:06 0:38
2. Linda/Marie 40:49 1:32 3:07 3:31 2:11 1:34 2:03 2:57 1:51 2:23 3:31 2:31 1:58 2:43 1:23 1:24 2:31 0:47
3. Val/Val 54:20 1:17 3:46 4:38 3:11 1:21 2:25 4:17 2:43 3:00 4:48 3:51 2:49 3:11 1:57 1:49 4:27 1:08
4. Diana/Diana 68:11 1:45 4:26 4:40 5:02 2:02 3:43 4:53 3:07 5:10 5:42 4:37 3:15 3:33 2:30 2:25 4:58 1:44
5. Leigh/Leigh 71:04 3:21 3:21 4:56 3:19 1:14 2:29 4:50 13:13 3:29 5:24 4:17 7:01 3:30 2:00 2:42   2:13
DNF: Gill 46:41                                  
DNF: Team Kate 55:10 2:57 7:37 8:13 6:51 3:50 3:43 7:36 7:21                  
Theresa organized a special relay event where partners shared SI sticks and took turns racing with 4 maps, 4 controls per turn. High Rock is a small park good for lightning fast orienteering and little room for error, perfect for a relay event. With many regulars away on summer vacation, Team Brett/Scott dominated the course, claiming all but a handful of fastest splits. Nice work to Linda, Marie, Val and Leigh who each nabbed one as well. Thanks Theresa for doing a great job wrangling the 4 maps needed for this event. See you all next at Uplands Park!

-Scott



WET #11 Results - Uvic Dog Bones

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Name/Ranking Time 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12 13-14 15-16 17-18 19-20 F
1. John D 22:03 1:06 1:15 1:02 2:30 0:42 1:15 1:55 2:12 2:24 1:00 0:25
2. Erica 22:17 1:06 1:24 1:21 2:32 1:06 1:06 1:41 2:28 2:38 0:55 0:21
3. Andrew 22:50 1:06 1:19 1:18 2:38 1:05 1:16 1:47 2:21 2:56 1:06 0:20
4. Brett 23:27 0:51 0:59 1:08 1:58 0:48 0:55 3:32 1:43 1:53 0:45 0:17
5. Scott 24:42 1:01 1:29 1:08 2:59 1:07 1:21 1:37 2:11 2:47 0:54 0:20
6. Magdaléna 26:59 1:04 2:34 1:16 2:42 1:03 1:07 2:03 3:25 2:31 0:53 0:25
7. Larry 28:30 1:21 1:30 1:25 3:00 1:07 1:30 2:32 3:27 3:06 1:00 0:34
8. Heather 28:53 1:02 1:10 1:08 3:12 1:40 1:23 2:00 2:19 2:07 0:58 0:25
9. Nat + Kim 30:23 1:58 1:54 1:30 3:16 1:39 1:33 2:26 3:02 3:25 1:08 0:23
10. Theresa 30:57 1:09 1:22 1:05 3:00 1:05 1:39 2:15 2:51 3:09 1:46 0:27
11. Richard 31:26 1:27 1:56 1:36 3:33 1:26 1:32 2:28 3:27 4:08 1:07 0:38
12. Diana 39:38 2:01 2:05 2:43 4:01 1:47 1:45 3:49 4:22 3:52 1:35 0:34
13. Sammy 39:50 1:35 1:34 1:08 4:32 1:35 2:14 2:37 4:03 4:04 1:30 0:27
14. Val 41:33 2:16 3:01 2:00 5:02 2:00 1:38 3:42 5:01 4:31 1:44 0:33
15. Chris/Ronan 46:43 2:38 2:58 2:25 5:29 2:07 2:14 3:34 4:21 5:54 1:16 0:37
16. Claire 50:01 2:28 2:06 2:35 4:23 1:52 2:07 3:01 8:26 5:21 1:57 0:35
17. Jord/Moira 72:50 6:30 2:05   6:39 24:20 2:16 5:36 4:59 5:32 1:25 1:09
MP: Ryan/Matt 41:26 1:59   3:53 3:32 1:17 3:13 1:50 3:02 4:52 0:59 0:21
DNF : Gil 38:38 3:06         3:52         1:07
DNF : Jord/Devan 45:23     3:56   1:37 34:19         1:22



Linda and Marie organized an awesome training event that paired controls together into "Dog Bones". Dog Bones can be collected in any order, like a Score-O, but you have you get both controls in a bone before going to another bone. This adds a strategic element and places much importance on map reading and planning. This was the best turnout for a WET event so far - there was even a waiting list for maps for a bit!

It was a tight race - JD crushed the course and took 1st place, despite some serious competition being present. Nice work John. Long time VICO member Erica who happened to be in town took second place, only 14 seconds behind. Also great run by Andrew who was less than 30 second behind Erica.

I managed to figure out times for each Dog Bone leg regardless of which direction you travelled in - so be sure to check out the painstakingly manually entered results above. See you next week at High Rock Park in Esquimalt for another special event! Details to come soon.

-Scott



WET #10 Results - Juan de Fuca Park

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Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 F
1. Linda 46:59 2:18 1:09 2:10 1:44 2:59 2:16 2:31 1:06 2:59 1:43 3:24 3:51 2:09 3:35 4:48 2:43 3:00 1:52 0:42
2. Magdaléna 47:29 2:08 0:52 2:00 1:50 6:19 6:11 2:00 0:48 1:51 3:56 1:29 3:24 2:24 2:46 2:50 1:16 3:36 1:19 0:30
3. Marie 51:21 2:44 1:05 2:26 1:25 3:31 2:39 2:28 4:40 2:20 1:49 3:04 3:43 2:00 6:25 3:41 1:42 2:57 1:53 0:49
4. Heather 52:58 2:45 1:02 2:33 1:37 8:51 2:17 1:56 4:34 1:39 1:24 1:34 4:00 1:47 6:29 3:07 2:24 3:13 1:18 0:28
5. Nat + Kim 55:03 3:01 1:12 2:47 2:31 6:15 3:26 3:37 2:29 3:14 2:33 2:30 6:22 2:17 2:23 3:55 2:02 2:05 1:46 0:38
6. Sammy 67:49 3:33 1:13 4:09 1:23 12:34 4:39 2:39 6:42 2:54 2:27 3:27 4:16 2:02 3:12 3:29 1:42 5:00 1:52 0:36
7. Dawn 71:20 6:36 1:12 2:46 1:44 5:30 4:41 3:46 1:45 2:59 2:37 2:38 5:31 3:55 6:15 3:55 4:02 8:52 1:59 0:37
8. Chris/Ronin 81:19 5:14 2:08 5:08 2:56 6:27 4:26 3:43 2:36 3:53 4:25 3:30 7:23 3:58 5:57 4:03 3:27 7:16 3:36 1:13
9. Jord/Ryan 103:12 43:31 0:54 2:16 2:30 6:24 14:15 2:56 1:02 3:29 1:44 2:03 4:06 2:50 6:51 2:43 1:12 2:55 1:02 0:29
DNF: Leigh 50:37 2:34 1:10 3:00 1:35 4:48 3:06 3:09 2:40 2:35 3:13 2:37 4:16 2:27 3:26 4:46 1:59     3:16
DNF: Gill 70:45 8:05 5:31 4:36 5:31 10:38 11:06           5:54     5:24 3:52 5:38 3:13 1:17
DNF: Kath   5:53 10:53 5:18 2:08                              
MP : Scott x:29:17 1:10 0:42 1:31 0:50 2:42 2:16 1:34 0:50 2:06   1:45 2:47 1:16 2:34 2:42 1:07 1:51 1:11 0:23
DQ: Brett x:34:53 3:00 0:39 2:04 3:09 3:26 1:44 1:44 2:49 1:26 0:53 2:28 2:17 1:04 2:18 1:58 1:06 x:1:30 0:56 0:22
Great turnout tonight for a sprint through Juan de Fuca park - Andrew + crew put together a fun 18-control course, with a little something for everybody. Runners with the two fastest times (Brett and I) were both disqualified- I neglected to visit C10 at all, and Brett decided to go thick-black-line-hopping into restricted areas.

Congrats to Linda for a clean fast run, getting all the controls and not jumping fences! :) Magdalena was on Linda's heels missing victory by about 30 seconds. Also of note, newcomers Jordan + Ryan had a great run, except for a deadly 40+ minute error on C1. Ouch -It happens.

See you next week at Uvic!




WET #9 Results - Royal Roads

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Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 F
1. Scott S 32:46 1:54 1:53 0:47 3:48 0:33 3:23 1:42 1:19 3:30 2:21 2:36 4:44 2:26 0:48 1:02
2. John D 33:38 7:18 1:23 0:48 1:03 0:41 1:23 1:07 1:19 1:59 1:56 5:47 2:57 4:02 0:43 1:12
3. Roger 35:06 1:40 1:45 1:02 0:59 6:55 1:45 0:55 1:12 3:43 6:42 1:19 2:51 2:06 0:54 1:18
4. Linda 38:32 2:55 2:41 1:20 4:21 1:05 2:08 1:32 1:55 3:33 4:38 3:17 3:34 2:54 1:09 1:30
5. Marie 40:43 7:01 2:36 1:31 2:12 0:51 2:10 1:46 2:10 3:09 3:09 4:51 3:37 2:56 1:10 1:34
6. Theresa 47:27 2:48 3:00 1:24 2:16 1:17 4:28 2:05 1:24 6:07 9:02 3:54 3:46 3:40 0:57 1:19
7. Brett 47:44 1:56 2:01 1:35 8:46 0:33 1:26 1:13 6:23 1:58 4:25 9:36 3:00 2:53 1:03 0:56
8. Valerie 62:51 6:01 3:22 1:37 2:15 1:34 5:01 2:48 2:39 4:03 9:39 5:12 6:32 5:42 4:56 1:30
9. Diana 70:56 5:22 3:42 2:22 3:15 1:42 3:08 2:44 6:54 9:04 5:55 9:28 6:49 2:56 4:29 3:06
Sammy (MP) 62:07 3:08 4:44 7:38 4:07 1:41 4:06 2:47 2:22 3:29 7:51   13:45 3:46 1:03 1:40
Tobi organized an excellent woodsy run, full of route choice and lots of ways to get lost! It was anyone's race with many difficult navigation decisions to be made. In the end, I managed to sneak into 1st place beating out my long time rival JD by less than a minute. Roger was close behind and Linda + Marie close behind him! Theresa and Brett were seconds apart from each other as well. Speedy-but-third-place Roger claimed the most splits with 7 out of 15. 4 went to John, 3 to Brett and only 2 to the winning runner. (1 really, since C5 was a tie for fastest split).

This was definitely a map with less features, forcing you to rely more on compass work and reading contours - super fun, thanks to Tobi for putting it on!

Don't forget there is an "official" VICO event this Sunday at Beaver Lake - see you there and of course, next Wednesday!

-Scott



WET #8 Results - Lansdowne Camosun


Name/Ranking Time
1. Ben 15:34
2. Brett 16:25
3. Roger 18:40
4. Scott 20:40
5. Tobi 21:33
6. Annabelle 23:59
7. Theresa and Corina 26:00
8. Kathleen 38:47
Thanks to the few who showed up on a calm, warm evening. A short sprint O was on offer: 2.3 km on the flat detailed Camosun Lansdowne Campus 1:3000 map, with 23 pin flag controls, providing accurate orienteering on a small map area.

-Larry



WET #7 Results - Beaver Lake Partner Exercise

Team Results (time for last teammate to finish)

Team Name/Ranking Total Time Time Spent Drawing Time Spent Running
1. Scott + John D 23:58 9:44 14:14
2. Heather + Lara 24:00 8:46 15:14
3. Roger + Andrew 28:12 10:24 17:48
4. Magdaléna + Brett 35:59 9:06 26:53
5. Sammy (solo) 39:54 11:18 28:36
5. Theresa + Val 45:16 11:16 34:00
DNF : Richard + AB/Happy/M   9:46  

Individual Results (Course 1 runners)

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Team Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 F
1. Scott 14:14 0:53 2:46 1:04 1:09 1:37 1:16 1:11 2:22 1:13 0:43
2. Heather 15:14 1:34 1:36 2:26 1:16 1:41 1:30 0:50 2:17 1:16 0:48
3. Roger 17:48 0:47 1:27 3:40 1:07 1:46 1:15 0:45 2:37 3:31 0:53
4. Richard 21:30 1:29 2:01 3:58 1:41 2:22 2:02 1:01 3:40 2:06 1:10
5. Magdaléna 26:53 1:01 6:51 7:52 1:36 1:54 1:33 0:56 2:47 1:19 1:04
6. Sammy (solo) 28:36 2:14 7:36 2:58 2:24 2:16 1:52 1:44 3:35 2:51 1:06
6. Valerie 34:00 1:24 11:54 11:54 2:16 3:34 2:51 1:14 5:08 4:27 1:12


Individual Results (Course 2 runners)

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Team Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 F
1. Brett 11:25 0:58 1:03 0:36 1:24 3:04 1:13 1:48 1:19
2. John D 11:37 1:16 0:50 0:42 1:34 2:03 1:27 2:09 1:36
3. Andrew 12:12 1:07 0:52 0:37 1:38 1:52 1:33 2:53 1:40
4. Lara 14:32 1:52 1:00 0:47 2:10 2:16 1:53 2:42 1:52
5. Theresa 28:26 1:52 1:36 0:52 1:48 11:05 1:59 7:29 1:45
6. Anna-belle 22:08 (DNF) 4:01 1:44 1:04 3:40 17:47     22:08




Jade and Sandra put on an awesome partner exercise in the same format as WET #5 two weeks ago. We had an great turnout, enough for 6 and a half teams with some good competition. John and I sqeaked in a 1st place victory by a mere 2 seconds over speedy Heather and Lara. The girls saved about a minute by drawing fast but gave back all that time in the run. In the end it came down to an exhilarating sprint to the finish!

Brett had the fastest overall run of Course 2 runners, with John only 12 seconds behind him. Sadly Magdaléna had a minor bobble at C2+C3 keeping the Brett/Mag team out of the winner's circle. Could have been that 11km ride from Uvic to Beaver Lake that did her in. Roger also had an amazing run with 5 / 10 fastest splits on Course 1, but trouble on C3 + C9 sealed his fate. There is just zero room for error on short sprint maps!

We could not have asked for nicer weather. Huge thanks to Jade + Sandra for organizing this event, which is easily 3x the work of a regular course. See you next week at Lansdowne Camosun!

-Scott



WET #6 Results - Mt. Doug Park

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Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 F
1. John D 54:22 4:37 2:07 8:58 4:01 4:44 4:57 2:52 2:53 3:59 10:38 1:36 3:00
2. Scott S 61:06 3:13 1:48 15:55 5:44 4:47 6:38 3:01 3:01 4:34 8:48 1:22 2:15
3. Tobi 64:02 3:59 3:26 12:26 4:59 4:36 4:54 4:36 5:54 4:41 10:10 1:53 2:28
4. Linda 75:30 3:52 6:39 9:13 7:08 6:26 6:22 7:10 4:29 5:19 10:37 3:34 4:41
5. Marie 81:56 8:31 3:30 13:36 7:47 6:13 6:09 7:06 5:00 5:17 10:18 3:48 4:41
6. Richard 78:48 4:27 2:58   29:44   3:18 7:07 8:25 5:03 12:20   5:26
7. Diana 82:16 7:51 5:42 17:21 11:30 10:55 10:11 13:30   3:17      
8. Claire 85:51 6:15 4:40 22:45 8:39 7:11 16:45   10:29       9:07
9. Sara + Kathleen 93:03 5:32 9:01 29:44 8:16 7:17 12:01           21:12
10. Theresa   3:52 5:53 15:50 5:13                
11. Happy 61:08 6:25 4:06 23:09     15:12           12:16
12. Gill 72:19 17:03     7:57       4:51 42:28      
13. Leigh   4:13 4:07                    
14. Sammy 87:04 8:50 7:52                   70:22

Tonight's WET took place at the overgrown and undermapped Mt. Doug Park where much bushwhacking is always available to you. Despite the slightly controversial Control #3 which threw a few people off, it was a super fun and challenging course! John D sqeaked in a 1st place run by being the fastest on 4 splits (and winning the lottery on #3). Other difficult but accurate controls such as #10 ensured that you were really on point for each checkpoint.

Thanks to Brett and Magdalena for putting on a great event! We also had an excellent turnout, however the course claimed many casualties with only 5 of 14 managing to finish. VICO is in the process of having Mt. Doug re-mapped this year, so stay tuned for a map upgrade.

See you next week at Beaver Lake where Jade and Sandra plan to re-create the partner map-drawing exercise from 2 weeks ago!

-Scott



WET #5 Results - Partner Exercise Interurban Camosun

Team Results (time for last teammate to finish)

Team Name/Ranking Total Time Time Spent Drawing Time Spent Running
1. Brett + Magdalena 35:46 18 min 17 min
2. Linda + Marie 36:52 14 min 22 min
3. Jade + Sandra 55:04 19 min 36 min
4. John + Diana 57:12 22 min 35 min
5. Richard + Claire 1:11:37 20 min 51 min
6. Heather + Kathleen 1:15:08 32 min 43 min
       
Lara (no partner weighing her down ) 33:41 12 min 21 min

Individual Results (Course 1 runners)

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Team Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 F
1. Brett 14:38   1:28 1:38 1:38 1:32 0:31 1:16 1:28 1:01 1:44 0:38
2. John D 15:52   2:09 1:29 2:13 1:46 0:26 1:33 2:21 1:23 1:34 0:58
3. Marie 21:33   2:43 1:55 5:00 2:19 1:26 2:38 1:45 1:41 1:01 1:05
4. Sandra 34:49   2:04 1:17 3:58 1:36 1:18 1:46 8:00 5:46 7:47 1:17
5. Claire 47:33   14:52 2:14 4:38 0:36 3:49 1:35 2:49 3:39 2:23 10:58
6. Kathleen 41:04     8:12   6:09   3:27     7:07 1:21
                         
Lara (solo) 21:27   3:31 2:32 4:21 3:11 1:50 1:08 1:21 1:32 1:19 0:42


Individual Results (Course 2 runners)

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Team Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 F
1. Magdaléna 16:06   3:47 0:48 2:18 3:20 1:10 0:55 1:01 1:12 1:35
2. Jade 17:18   2:48 0:32 2:18 5:44 1:20 1:10 1:01 0:53 1:32
3. Linda 18:32   2:37 1:00 4:43 2:40 1:14 1:18 1:22 1:22 2:16
4. Richard 26:09   4:39 0:53 6:10 4:25 1:49 1:35 2:02 2:20 2:16
5. Diana 30:52   4:55 2:34 4:50 4:48 2:03 2:00 2:43 3:01 3:58
6. Heather 32:39   4:09 0:47 12:58 2:38   3:20 1:57 4:52 1:58



Tonight's WET was a special 2-person partner exercise focusing on the obscure skills of map drawing and teamwork. Each team member started with a different empty "Controls only" map (no underlying base map) and had to sketch in the map features for their teammate. Teams had as much time as needed to draw, but the clock started upon pen touching paper! When both members were ready, they swapped maps and ran individual courses using their partners' horrific and rushed map drawings.

Magdaléna and Brett came in first place with a time of 35:46 (time it took for both team members to return)
strategically spending a bit more time drawing (14 min) than second-place team Linda and Marie (18 min). Unlikely teammates John and Diana were only minutes behind Jade and Sandra, who looked like they were having a great time! Richard's and Heather's drawing skills left much to be desired for their respective unfortunate partners Claire and Kathleen who roamed the campus for well over an hour.

As a side benefit to this event, we now have several hilarious 2-D representations of the Layritz Park / Camosun Interurban campus which are alI posted here for your enjoyment. Thanks to everyone who came out for tonight, and also to everyone who helped pick up controls. See you next week at Mt. Doug!

-Scott


WET #4 Results - Royal Roads

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Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 F
1. John Downey 31:32 1:04 1:32 2:28 3:45 2:32 2:43 2:38 2:11 3:13 4:00 2:32 2:54
2. Scott S 32:24 0:57 1:40 3:55 2:56 3:00 2:42 3:51 2:28 3:19 3:57 1:53 1:46
3. Andrew 35:35 1:01 1:27 2:20 3:46 2:34 3:25 2:15 6:01 4:05 4:05 2:34 2:02
4. Marie 40:27 1:09 2:01 2:25 5:36 3:32 4:42 3:04 3:27 3:22 5:20 2:58 2:51
5. Larry 44:43 3:33 2:07 2:57 7:52 3:14 3:30 3:04 3:06 3:38 5:00 3:32 3:10
6. Linda 49:54 1:10 2:31 3:34 5:26 4:39 5:44 3:34 6:06 5:03 4:55 4:00 3:12
7. Leigh 52:23 1:27 4:06 4:48 7:55 4:10 4:19 3:22 3:55 4:12 6:11 4:10 3:48
8. Brett 54:13 0:48 1:42 4:34 11:21 16:30 3:21 1:53 1:57 3:50 4:01 2:42 1:34
9. Magderlina 57:49 1:39 1:46 3:07 21:22 4:38 3:51 3:09 4:38 3:08 4:37 3:38 2:16
10. Kim + Nat 64:24 1:28 3:22 4:06 6:48 10:52 7:31 3:57 4:32 5:12 7:54 5:31 3:11
11. Diana 73:57 1:48 3:12 8:52 11:45 10:39 7:16 13:34 4:57       11:54
12. Joye 80:43 7:33 3:54 7:28 12:51 10:06   27:43         11:08

Could not have asked for nicer weather for WET #4 at Royal Roads. Thanks to Richard and Claire for putting on an awesome and challenging course. The control layout pretty much forced you to use compass bearings and pace counting, meaning you really earned each control you discovered. John D is clearly back from his foot injury sneaking in a victory and beating me out by 52 seconds! Nice work JD. We should take a moment to notice that John only had 1 fastest split, and his secret to winning was being careful and steady and not making mistakes on any single control. This shows you can win from navigation, and speed is not always the #1 factor.

Other noteworthy points - Linda had a good run despite losing her dog for 20-25 minutes. Andrew also had a great run, and would have been within seconds of 1st place except for a minor error on C8. Likewise for Magdelinda who was destined to become a contender until meeting her match on C4.

4 weeks into the WET series and we are getting some really great courses so far! See you next week for a special event.

-Scott


WET #3 Results - Beaver Lake

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Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 F
1. Ben Isitt 21:09 1:40 1:24 0:55 1:24 1:29 0:51 1:26 0:52 0:48 2:57 2:02 1:15 1:37 2:00 0:29
2. Tobi 21:28 1:46 2:04 1:23 1:52 1:36 1:50 1:18 0:50 0:42 1:39 1:57 1:13 1:45 1:02 0:31
3. Scott 21:34 1:35 1:06 1:03 2:14 1:17 0:44 1:31 0:56 0:48 3:31 1:28 2:14 1:23 1:18 0:26
4. Andrew 22:00 1:58 1:29 1:06 1:44 1:54 1:25 1:27 0:57 1:24 1:44 1:51 1:15 1:20 1:53 0:33
5. Roger 22:06 1:27 3:49 1:00 1:25 1:23 0:54 1:38 0:52 0:43 2:45 1:25 1:09 1:24 1:40 0:32
6. Jade 22:51 1:56 5:28 0:54 1:25 1:17 1:17 1:23 0:56 0:37 2:00 1:44 1:11 1:23 0:55 0:25
7. Richard 33:22 2:53 4:31 1:33 3:19 2:00 1:38 2:10 1:22 1:03 2:24 3:07 2:17 1:56 2:20 0:49
8. Brett 35:27 1:53 1:22 1:46 2:59 2:16 1:54 1:00 1:03 0:35 2:38 1:35 1:08 12:40 2:15 0:23
9. Diana 37:49 3:34 2:32 1:46 3:11 2:26 2:10 2:38 1:25 1:10 4:37 3:25 3:06 3:25 1:44 0:40
10. Magdalena 40:15 2:30 10:17 6:27 2:56 1:38 1:12 2:23 2:39 0:48 2:01 2:16 1:59 1:28 1:11 0:30
11. Theresa 44:08 6:49 1:53 4:19 2:57 1:53 3:06 2:40 1:05 1:22 3:47 2:55 4:26 2:34 3:37 0:42
12. Virginia 45:16 3:31 2:56 2:00 3:29 3:17 3:56 2:30 3:30 1:25 4:42 3:13 3:02 2:38 4:23 0:44
13. Annabelle + Happy 46:36 6:13 5:52   5:49 2:46 1:57 2:43 2:28 1:19 3:38 5:10 2:52 2:33 2:05 1:11
14. Claire 56:21 3:30 3:35 2:27 11:47 2:53   11:53 2:24 1:15 3:43 3:28 4:01 3:34 1:51  
John put on an awesome course at Beaver Lake, and we had a good turnout despite the rain. Ben pulled off a victory by the skin of his damn teeth. Congrats Ben on a clean run. It truly was anyone's race today though with the top 5 finishers all within 60 seconds of each other. Fastest splits were obtained by a full 50% of competitors (7 different people), setting a new record for a WET event. Theresa made some poor route choices and learned some important life lessons this week. Nice try Theresa, just keep at it girl. See you all next for Richard's course location TBA.

-Scott


WET #2 Results - Uvic

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Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 F
1. Brett 24:46 1:45 3:48 1:27 1:40 1:05 2:20 1:04 0:55 2:23 1:48 0:49 3:56 1:46
2. Andrew 27:38 1:40 4:17 1:44 1:54 1:16 2:02 1:10 1:13 2:36   3:34 3:29 2:43
3. Chris 27:54 1:35 4:48 1:52 2:01 1:19 2:32 1:18 1:18 2:34   2:53 2:43 2:56
4. Theresa 32:30 1:45 5:16 1:53 2:41 1:23   2:51 1:42 3:48 2:52 1:22 4:21 2:36
5. Larry 32:55 2:08 5:03 2:04 2:12 1:34 2:24   1:30 2:21 3:24 1:12 5:59 3:04
6. Magadlina 33:21 6:15 4:44 1:52 2:11 1:14 2:24 1:21 1:19 2:33 2:54 1:15 2:45 2:34
7. Heather 35:11 3:54 6:13 2:20 1:55 1:21 4:02 1:16 1:13 2:59 4:17 0:53 2:21 2:27
8. Happy 48:43 4:39 10:12 4:08 4:10 2:32 4:40 3:02 2:51 5:51   4:42 3:19 3:16
9. Tyler (injured) 49:06 2:58 7:50 3:32 3:52 2:36 4:14   2:14 5:48 4:06 1:53 5:10 4:53

Leigh organized what looks to be a super fun GOAT-O race at Uvic this week! I missed this one unfortunately, but Brett certainly did not, taking 1st place without skipping a control. Long-lost Happy showed up and had some fun with his family, and Tyler suffered through with a hip injury. Nice work to Heather who beat out all the hot shots and claimed the fastest time on #12! Next week John has volunteered to run the event at Beaver Lake with his injured foot - see you there!

-Scott



WET #1 Results - Layritz Park

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Name/Ranking Time C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 F
1. John Downey 21:28 1:21 2:02 2:17 1:22 2:04 1:34 1:40 3:27 1:32 2:36 1:33
2. Tobi 23:05 2:02 1:55 2:44 1:42 2:21 1:27 1:43 3:49 1:39 2:20 1:23
3. Ben Isitt 23:47 1:33 1:51 3:29 1:58 1:58 1:44 1:49 3:48 1:43 2:34 1:20
3. Jade C 23:47 1:28 2:09 2:59 1:28 2:18 1:50 2:01 3:51 1:39 2:39 1:25
5. Andrew 25:47 1:11 2:07 3:29 1:52 2:16 1:58 2:25 4:38 1:43 2:43 1:25
6. Larry 28:47 2:35 2:29 4:17 1:46 2:38 2:10 2:09 3:27 2:06 3:21 1:49
7. Marie 30:51 1:51 2:48 3:09 2:09 2:46 2:09 2:44 4:20 2:55 3:53 2:07
8. Natalie 32:19 2:05 2:43 4:21 1:46 2:55 2:18 3:04 4:28 2:38 4:08 1:53
9. Linda 39:39 2:15 2:44 5:09 2:24 3:27 2:50 3:06 8:58 2:32 4:02 2:12
10. Leigh 36:34 2:05 2:51 5:11 2:00 2:56 2:21 2:35 4:18 2:53   9:24
11. Gill 51:44 4:25 4:32 16:39 8:28   8:16 4:09       5:15

The first WET event of the summer turned out to be very sweet, with all rain stopping well before the event! JD sprinted his way to victory with Tobi close behind. Jade and Ben were exacty TIED for 3rd place, something that doesn't happen very often! We ranked Ben above in the leader boards because he had three "fastest splits" and Jade got shut out in the cold. Thanks to everyone who came out for a run, and also to Leigh for helping out. My sincere apologies about bush-whacky control #5, ugh that one was ugly. See you next week at Uvic!

-Scott


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