Training Log Archive: Craney

Enjoyed this a lot. Lots of granite, contours, scrub and hardly any paths - nothing like this in the UK, maybe a few Spanish areas come close. It had overgrown a bit since the map was made, and the first few controls were like a real adventure crashing through thick scrub hoping to find a massive rock or two. I did badly here, dropping 5mins by #6 (3mins behind Gracie on a very similar course!). #1 was weird - I went in from my AP but nothing fitted, so I went back out to check I was right, and I was, so I went back in in the same place and it all fitted this time. 2mins dropped. #3 I lost contact and tried to wing it - fail. Another 2mins dropped. #5 and #6 were hesitant (and a bit lucky). Anyway, not in a boo as it wasn't a big race and I was just loving the adventurey feel of it. It actually got a lot more open from this point too, it turned out, so I was able to get into a bit more of a rhythm and hardly dropped any more time over the course. There was a really long leg with 4 totally different but equally valid route choices. Mine was ok, but Olle was a bit quicker on his. Pleased how I felt physically in general and my orienteering felt like it was starting to come back to me as the course went on - defo been suffering from the lack of practice. Great day out though, can see myself continuing to enjoy orienteering for a while longer yet.

C • O' in another country 2

Quite a long uphill jog to the start.