2025 Wednesday Evening Training (WET)

Thanks everyone for your interest in attending the WET series! We are looking forward to a good summer of orienteering. Our goal is to maintain weekly activities for everyone to enjoy along with giving new organizers a chance to try out planning an orienteering session. Mostly, this is a chance to expand your knowledge about orienteering and practice new skills in a fun atmosphere, so here are a few resources to help you:

1. Learn Orienteering - a comprehensive learning website that explains basic and advanced orienteering skills using helpful videos.

2. RouteGadget - Orienteering Canada - this database contains lots of past orienteering events along with GPS routes - great tool to analyze performance and practice route choice. Look here for an explanation on how to use this resource: Learn Orienteering Route Gadget

3. Maprunner CD Quiz - wanting to become more expert at control description (CD) symbols? This online quiz lets you practice identifying IOF symbols and map symbols in a fun format to challenge you

4. Orienteering Event Organizer Handbook - this handbook contains valuable info on how to organize and plan an orienteering event. Highly recommended read for those who have volunteered to run a session.

Event Schedule

WET #17 - Royal Roads (Final Event)

Name/Ranking

Time

C10

C11

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

Name/Ranking

Time

C6+C7

C10

C11

C12

C13

C14

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 - Uvic Sprint

Name/Ranking	Time
1. TIE - Scott S	22 minutes
1. TIE - John D	22 minutes
2. Theresa	28 minutes
3. TIE - Jane	29 minutes
3. TIE - Doug	29 minutes
4. Jason	30 minutes
5. TIE - Linda	34 minutes
5. TIE - Lani	34 minutes
6. Kathleen	63 minutes
7. Augustin	DNF

Hayden blew off work for a few hours to put together a delightful fast sprint through Uvic. Sadly all of our SI stations were being used for the BCOC's this weekend so it was a pin flag course, but an epic sprint nonetheless.

John and I ended the WET Season with a dead-even tie. We'll never know what would have happened if we were counting seconds, but I am happy to tie with the speedy JD. Great runs by everyone, it's hard not to have a fun run around Uvic. It was also nice to hang out afterward at the pub with you all .

Huge thanks to Hayden for organizing the last WET event of the year - and to everyone else who organized and participated - we'll be back next season for sure. In the meantime there are lots of official VICO events on our real webpage - http://vico.whyjustrun.ca - and don't forget the BCOC's this weekend. Time to use those WET skills. See you all soon!

-Scott

WET #14 Results - High Rock Park

Name

Time

C10

C11

C12

C13

C14

C15

C16

C17

C18

C19

C20

C21

C22

1. John

24:00

1:06

0:43

1:06

1:56

1:10

0:32

0:37

0:42

1:24

1:43

0:49

0:42

0:48

0:58

0:42

0:56

0:54

0:40

3:11

1:07

0:39

0:49

0:46

2. Avery

28:28

1:03

1:46

0:59

1:20

1:02

0:38

1:44

1:06

2:14

2:11

1:03

1:33

0:38

1:06

0:48

1:05

0:56

0:48

2:27

1:22

0:46

1:00

0:53

3. Chris

29:17

0:59

0:49

0:58

1:27

1:32

0:37

1:15

1:03

1:44

1:33

0:59

0:52

0:57

1:45

1:13

1:19

1:01

0:58

2:28

1:37

1:31

1:43

0:57

4. Tobi

36:41

1:17

0:52

1:57

1:25

0:34

2:55

1:10

5:17

1:22

0:56

0:46

0:41

1:22

1:08

1:07

0:48

0:40

3:11

2:37

2:48

2:12

0:44

5. Linda

50:28

1:47

1:35

1:33

2:28

2:00

0:53

1:54

1:38

4:37

3:14

2:26

1:05

1:35

3:33

2:00

4:02

1:20

1:10

3:03

2:57

1:48

2:12

1:38

6. Lani

55:59

1:58

1:40

1:24

3:58

2:31

1:18

1:26

2:17

3:28

4:01

3:21

1:20

2:50

3:36

2:01

1:56

1:17

1:02

3:44

4:35

3:22

1:17

1:37

Scott

|23:25

0:57

0:54

0:36

2:37

1:10

0:33

0:40

0:45

1:19

1:05

1:15

0:52

0:37

0:44

0:55

0:49

0:55

1:57

0:50

1:36

1:28

0:51

Doug

43:11

2:03

1:13

1:23

3:22

1:38

0:37

1:58

3:02

3:48

2:10

1:23

0:59

1:16

3:52

1:36

1:23

2:18

2:17

0:48

4:58

1:07

Kathleen

9:01

5:10

2:54

5:09

5:27

2:42

2:45

3:18

4:09

3:12

2:48

1:40

1:49

5:30

Tonight Larry origanized an exciting course at High Rock Park - all trails were removed from the map and there were a zillion controls! This turned the tiny High Rock map into a beast. John had a fast clean run as per usual and was momentarily heartbroken when I came in hot 35 seconds faster -The heartbreak quickly transferred to me when I realized I skipped C15 making John the winner again. Thanks to Larry for putting on a fun original event for our second to last WET of the year!

-Scott

WET #13 Results - Beaver Lake Park

Name/Ranking

Time

C10

C11

C12

C13

C14

1. John D

24:15

0:31

0:54

1:30

0:41

2:42

2:06

4:25

2:41

1:18

1:10

2:27

1:14

1:10

0:08

2. Scott

31:19

0:31

1:29

1:14

0:33

5:50

1:33

5:56

5:41

1:22

1:20

0:59

2:07

1:18

1:22

0:04

3. Doug

32:28

0:44

1:33

1:22

0:58

5:23

2:40

3:24

4:32

2:01

3:02

1:16

2:26

1:44

1:12

0:11

4. Chris

35:54

0:32

1:37

1:50

0:50

4:47

2:23

5:00

5:28

1:47

2:23

1:09

3:05

1:41

3:13

0:09

5. Avery

38:51

1:39

2:22

1:13

0:29

11:59

2:09

3:40

3:12

1:24

1:17

4:15

2:22

1:17

1:29

0:04

6. Diana

60:57

1:37

3:20

3:01

1:12

6:10

3:07

12:43

11:31

3:03

2:47

2:02

5:02

2:18

2:47

0:17

7. Kathleen

82:37

2:02

1:58

2:14

0:59

17:08

4:25

8:26

11:37

5:26

1:52

11:50

3:40

4:46

5:59

0:15

8. Lani

56:21

1:11

1:55

2:06

1:17

6:07

3:18

15:25

6:43

5:59

2:29

2:43

4:29

1:39

1:00

9. Larry G

31:43

0:58

1:30

1:45

0:50

4:27

1:57

6:33

1:59

2:19

1:08

3:21

1:49

2:53

0:14

10. Larry S

40:49

1:03

2:09

2:32

1:14

6:04

4:07

6:23

2:42

2:19

2:03

4:22

3:05

2:20

0:26

11. Hayden

35:38

0:53

2:23

2:30

1:13

7:58

7:20

7:30

5:51

Heather put together a speedy little rip through Beaver Lake - her first time both designing a course and organizing an event. You can tell Heather is a runner by the relentless back and forth incorporated into the course!

John and his faithful companion snagged first prize without any question. The rest of us stumbled in slowly after, bleeding and exhausted, but satisfied. Control 7 was a bit of a challenge for many, but apparently there was a clean way to get in. I'll never know.

Nice work Heather - thanks for diving into Purple Pen on your own and contributing to WET, all during the busiest time of the school year. Bonus points to Heather for bringing in more controls flags than she put out.

See you all next week for the second to last WET of the year!

-Scott

WET #12 Results - Beacon Hill Park

Ranking by Points

Name/Ranking	Time	Points
1. Brett	32:10	19
2. Stephen	57:09	19
3. Scott	26:09	18
4. John	35:04	18
5. Rick	35:39	18
6. Linda	47:38	18
7. Diana	65:19	18
8. Andrey	28:35	17
9. Magd + Sophinka	35:55	9
10. Augustin y Familia	61:01	9
11. Jill / Leigh

Ranking by Time

Name/Ranking	Time	Points
1. Scott	26:09	18
2. Andrey	28:35	17
3. Brett	32:10	19
4. John	35:04	18
5. Rick	35:39	18
6. Linda	47:38	18
7. Stephen	57:09	19
8. Diana	65:19	18

The final WET event of 2018 gave us perfect weather - no rain and a brisk autumn ocean breeze. Jessica put on a very creative Trivia-O using landmarks and trivia in place of SI controls at the theft-prone Beacon Hill Park map. Instead of controls, each site required a question to be answered, which could only be answered correctly by being there. The Score-O format meant getting to 19 locations in any order. Only Brett and Stephen successfully answered all 19 questions, bumping speedier Scott & Andrey down the ranks. Huge thanks to Jessica for organizing a very fun special event!

Thanks also to everyone who came out and was a part of the WET events this year! Don't forget to check our official club site for upcoming events - (http://vico.whyjustrun.ca) we have an Oct 14th event and then the classic VICO Spook-O Halloween returns Saturday Oct 27th at night!

See you there!

-Scott

WET #11 Results - Beacon Hill Park

Name/Ranking	Time
1. Ben I	19:00 ish
2. Scott	21:40 ish
3. Avery G	22:55
4. Kerstin B	23:05
5. Arthur Taylor	23:05
6. Jordan Reynolds	25:39
7. Larry Squire	31:07
8. Elise Hoefer	31:10
9. Diana Hocking	49:58

People who did not keep time..	and just had fun!
Paul Birney
Kathleen Birney
John Downey
Brett
Magdalena

Ross organized a very fun training excercise for the final WET event of the season : a self-timed (honor system) race focused on honing your attack skills. The idea was to focus less on the actual control feature itself (ie Pit, building, cliff etc) and more on the surrounding features leading up to that control (ie - long row of trees, series of cliffs, etc). Using so called "catching features" is a valuable skill in orienteering and can help you stay on track, hit controls with more accuracy and avoid over/under running a control. Thanks to Ross for creating a fun training event at Beacon Hill Park. Because this was a self-timed event, the times are not fully accurate and many people decided to lose the watch and just enjoy the excercise. So congrats to Ben who "probably" won.. :)

Thanks to all who participated in WET this year - we'll be back again next summer for more amazing orienteering training. Be sure to check the regular club website for upcoming public events (http://whyjustrun.ca) or follow us on Facebook - (Victoria Orienteering).

Thanks and see you out there!

-Scott

WET #10 Results - Beaver Lake Park

Name/Ranking	Time
Long Course
1. Brett	19:00
2. Scott + India	21:37
3. Andrey	21:42
4. Augustine	22:00
5. Sasha	23:55
6. Lena	29:23
7. Larry S	29:28
8. Marie	31:13
9. Virgina	32:23
10. Linda	34:17
11. Pamela and Carson	35:00
12. Marcus	37:01
13. Miro	40:06

Easy Course
1. Maggie	18:40
2. Ellie	43:00
3. Big Jim + Fam	55:00

Huge thanks to Holly and fam for setting up the final WET event - this was a fast pinflag sprint at Beaver Lake that required speed and expert navigation - a final exam if you will. Thanks to everyone who made it out for the final WET event of the summer. We hope to see you all at upcoming VICO events, which will be posted on the VICO website at http://whyjustrun.ca

-Scott

WET #9 Results - Uvic Scatter-O

Name/Ranking	Overall Time
Bike Long (20 controls)
1. India + Scott	29:05
2. John Downey	32:46
3. Carsten	39:46
4. Pamela	39:49
5.Marcus/Jeremy	40:18
6. Sasha	53:11

Foot Long (20 controls)
1. Andrey P	23:33
2. Brett C	26:45
3. Lena	34:06
4. Larry Squire	35:13
5. Miro	54:13
6. Virginia	54:20

Foot Short (10 controls)
1. Holly F + Family	42:49
2. Diana H	46:49
3. Leigh B	57:08
4. Sheik, Sophie + Magd	65:46

Tonight Linda + Marie organized an awesome Scatter-O event at Uvic. For this event, you must collect ALL 20 controls, but in any order you choose. Racers could choose to do the course on foot or bike, with a long and short course options. India and Scott came out on top for the Bike category, with an ultra speedy ride. Andrey's foot is clearly feeling a lot better as he smoked the competition by a huge margin for fastest time on foot. Thanks to all who helped stay and clean up. We are losing light fast, and only have one remaining WET event of the season - hope to see you next week!

-Scott

WET #8 Results - Royal Roads

Name/Ranking

Time

C10

C11

1. Andrey P

45:48

3:36

3:14

9:12

2:07

7:23

4:19

6:12

3:32

2:11

2:21

0:56

0:45

2. Larry S

48:54

3:55

3:16

7:59

2:15

7:46

3:40

5:19

5:50

2:51

3:46

1:09

1:08

3. Toby

52:01

5:29

3:22

10:36

3:25

8:11

4:24

4:19

4:25

2:44

3:09

1:05

0:52

4. Lena

54:13

4:23

6:54

3:47

5:04

8:58

6:29

5:35

4:42

3:22

2:46

1:25

0:48

5. Marie

57:57

5:16

4:51

6:58

3:20

8:01

5:27

6:13

6:25

3:43

4:47

1:57

0:59

6. Virginia

60:58

5:56

4:04

5:32

5:53

8:39

6:27

6:15

6:13

4:38

4:16

1:59

1:06

7. Linda Hildebrandt

61:06

5:42

7:32

3:33

4:06

9:22

5:29

7:01

6:22

4:26

4:25

2:01

1:07

8. Miro

83:45

6:57

7:00

10:43

4:30

11:10

8:23

15:11

7:39

5:28

3:44

1:52

1:08

DNF : Jeremy/Marcus

50:21

10:37

7:49

12:00

9:54

6:16

2:15

1:30

DNF : Ellice

WET #6 Results - Elk Lake

Name/Ranking	Points	Time
Long
1. Larry		51:02
2. Miro		1:08:55
3. Linda		1:07:13

Score-O
1. Virginia / Marcus	6	21:18
2. Diana	9	37:33
3. Vihiar and Ramya	11	1:29:20

It was a beautiful evening for a walk/run at Elk Lake! Thank you to Miro, Linda and Marie for helping with control collecting and to the owl who kept watch as we packed the last control.

-Holly

WET #5 Results - Uvic Photo-O

Name/Ranking	Time
Short
1. Eileen	31:00
2. Virginia	32:10
3. Elise & Cohen:	35:00
4. Holly, Calvin, & Dylan	56:00

Name/Ranking	Time
Long
1. Marcus (Bike)	40:16
2. Marie	42:42
3. Sasha	43:30
4. Linda	45:54
5. Anne & Oliver (8/14)	73:00
6. Diana	Nice Walk

The photo-O went really well, aside from one ambiguous motorcycle parking photo, which most folks pieced together by process of elimination. Also, I learned that Photo-Os are normally supposed to be Score-Os.... definitely did not know that... I just didn't want to do set-up and take-down! It was a lovely evening to be on campus with like-minded folks. Pretty close timing for many of the participants.

-Theresa

WET #3 Results - Uvic

Name/Ranking	Time	Skipped
1. Brett	20:30	#3
2. Jer/Marcus (on bikes)	25:56	#3
3. Scott	26:07	#3
4. Sasha	31:52	#3
5. Miroslav	38:42	#3
6. Eileen	45:29	#5
7. Jason	48:07	No skips
8. Magd/Sophie	54:26	#3
9. Tanya	56:24	#3
10. Leigh	59:35	#3
11. Diana
12. Calvin	65:42	#9
13. Vihiar	65:46	#9
14. Holly/Dylan	74:47	#6

WET #2 Results - Beaver Lake Dog Bones

Name/Ranking	Course	Time
1. Virginia	Short	24:21
2. Magdelena + Sophie	Short	24:48
3. Elise + Gail	Short	43:53
4. Ronan + Matthew	Short	56:01

1. Leigh	Intermediate	43:18
2. Ellie	Intermediate	69:07
3. Holly/Dylan/Calvin	Intermediate	73:19
4.Diana	Intermediate	DNF

1. Brett C	Long	38:36
2. Scott and India	Long	39:31
3. Sasha	Long	45:50
4. Larry S	Long	47:45
5. Augustin	Long	49:37
6. Marcus + Jeremy	Long	50:36
7. Linda	Long	50:58
8. Marie	Long	52:04

Andrey organized a very fun and challenging dog-bones event. Controls were grouped in pairs or "dog-bones" on the map. You could obtain the controls in any order you wanted, but once you started a dog-bone pair you needed to get it's counterpart. The length of bone varied and navigation strategy came into play big time. Thanks to all who made it out, and huge thanks to Andrey for putting on a fun event!

-Scott

Event # and Date	Location	Organizer	Link
#1 Wed, July 9th 7pm	W. Thetis Park	Linda + Marie
#2 Wed, July 16th 7pm	Juan de Fuca	Anne	Results
#3 Wed, July 23rd 7pm	Uvic - GOAT format	Ellie McLeod	Results
#4 Wed, July 30th 7pm	Camosun Interurban	Jason	Results
#5 Wed, Aug 6th 7pm	Uplands Park	Theresa C	Results
#6 Wed, Aug 13th 6:30pm	TBA	Sasha
#7 Wed, Aug 20th 7pm	available
#8 Wed, Aug 27th 7pm	Royal Roads	Tanya
#9 Wed, Sep 3rd 6:30pm	available
#10 Wed, Sep 10th 6pm	Beaver Lake	Larry

Name/Ranking	Time
1. Brett C	17:51
2. Scott	18:33
3. Marie	32:09
4. Linda	32:52
5. Magdalena/Sophie	39:00
6. Sasha	39:55
7. Miroslav	41:20
8. Eileen	43:54
9. Tanya	68:00
10. Diana/Jeff	74:00
11. Leigh	:)
12. Vihiar	:)

Name/Ranking	Time	Skipped
1. Larry	28:35	none
2. Sasha	34:52	7
3. Miroslav	45:12	1
4. Linda	45:59	none
5. Tanya	53:04	12
6. Eileen	56:11	14
7. Dylan	57:42	8, 12-15
8. Calvin	60:08	7
9. Vihiar	80:00	lots

Name/Ranking	Time
1. Ellie	26:03
2. Sasha	26:45
3. Tanya	29:47
4. Marie	29:57
5. Linda	30:47
6. Miroslav	37:51
7. Theresa	39:40
8. Viniar	75:23
9. Romyn	77:15

2025 Wednesday Evening Training (WET)

WET #17 - Royal Roads (Final Event)

WET #16 Results - Layritz Park / Camosun Interurban

WET #15 Results - Uvic Sprint

WET #14 Results - High Rock Park

WET #13 Results - Beaver Lake Park

WET #12 Results - Beacon Hill Park

WET #11 Results - Beacon Hill Park

WET #10 Results - Beaver Lake Park

WET #9 Results - Uvic Scatter-O

WET #8 Results - Royal Roads

WET #6 Results - Elk Lake

WET #5 Results - Uvic Photo-O

WET #5 Results - Uplands Park

WET #4 Results - Layritz / Camosun Interurban

WET #3 Results - Uvic

WET #2 Results - Beaver Lake Dog Bones

WET #2 Results - JDF Park