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Sunday Sep 16, 2018 #
O race 49:23 [3] 5.48 km (9:01 / km) +175m 7:46 / km
ahr:144 max:169
ACT Long Champs on the northern (and vague) part of the Sandhills. Map said that we were celebrating 35 years of orienteering on the Sandhills. At last a win!
A number of the more fancied M65A titans blew up on the course - whereas I did not make any errors other than falling over a broken fence toward the end. Start was in a open paddock and I saw that there were drinks at the first control. In the end it was not a long first leg but a control on another course with drinks. However, to 1 required a 60 degree turn to the left out of the start box and a 200 metre run in a paddock past the remote finish before entering the forest. Different.
Found the map to be much easier than orienteering in the Yukon - plus no bears but others saw lots of deers. Most dams and ponds on the map were bone dry. Course advertised as 4.7kms so I did a bit extra to make sure I nailed the termite mounds (including the one listed as 0.3 metres high) in the areas with low vegetation/bracken.
A number of the more fancied M65A titans blew up on the course - whereas I did not make any errors other than falling over a broken fence toward the end. Start was in a open paddock and I saw that there were drinks at the first control. In the end it was not a long first leg but a control on another course with drinks. However, to 1 required a 60 degree turn to the left out of the start box and a 200 metre run in a paddock past the remote finish before entering the forest. Different.
Found the map to be much easier than orienteering in the Yukon - plus no bears but others saw lots of deers. Most dams and ponds on the map were bone dry. Course advertised as 4.7kms so I did a bit extra to make sure I nailed the termite mounds (including the one listed as 0.3 metres high) in the areas with low vegetation/bracken.