Orienteering 1:00:00 [4] **** 8.0 km (7:30 / km)
spiked:5/5c
A great night-o with Richi and the lechones in La Berzosa. Set up was a round map with no north lines and a "star of death" as Richi called it.
5 controls, 5 separate mass starts. We were rolling quite fast each time. Really good to work on competitive orienteering speed.
Error time: 3:00
Errors:
-Taking slow routes when there were clearly faster ones.
-Losing map contact.
Causes:
-I was worried about going in a group. So I took the slow route when there were clearly faster ones.
-When in a group I was too focused on maintaining speed with the group than maintaining map contact.
Solutions:
-Stay with groups if it's the fastest route. It may even be faster simply because there are people.
-Map contact is key. You may not be able to maintain it with as much detail, but you cannot lose it and expect to attack control in the correct way consistently.