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Saturday May 30, 2015 #
2 PM
Orienteering race 1:02:41 7.51 km (8:21 / km) +327m 6:51 / km
ahr:161 max:173
Shamrock O-Ringen Day 1, M45. 6th.
Tricky orienteering on a good day, and this wasn't a good day. Cloud down low and occasional rain. #1 was easy but my plan for a challenging #2 was nowhere near good enough. In fact I'm not even sure I had a plan, apart from trying to aim off slightly to the right to ensure I hit the big gulley if I missed the small niche that contained the control.
I have no idea why it took me a further 18 minutes of faffing around before I finally found it. I was fairly sure I was off the map to the north, or at least off any part of the map that was mapped to look like the ground. I ended up running down a spur to try to get underneath the cloud cover and see roughly which bit of the mountain I was on, based on the fields almost visible below. That didn't really work. Finally found the big gully again, and used it to find the niche.
The rest of the course was OK, but I'd lost enthusiasm really, so just tried to not make any more big mistakes. Ended up 18 minutes down on Neil who won the Class, and 26 mins down on Charlie who won the course.
http://www.orienteering.ie/gadget/cgi-bin/reitti.c...
Tricky orienteering on a good day, and this wasn't a good day. Cloud down low and occasional rain. #1 was easy but my plan for a challenging #2 was nowhere near good enough. In fact I'm not even sure I had a plan, apart from trying to aim off slightly to the right to ensure I hit the big gulley if I missed the small niche that contained the control.
I have no idea why it took me a further 18 minutes of faffing around before I finally found it. I was fairly sure I was off the map to the north, or at least off any part of the map that was mapped to look like the ground. I ended up running down a spur to try to get underneath the cloud cover and see roughly which bit of the mountain I was on, based on the fields almost visible below. That didn't really work. Finally found the big gully again, and used it to find the niche.
The rest of the course was OK, but I'd lost enthusiasm really, so just tried to not make any more big mistakes. Ended up 18 minutes down on Neil who won the Class, and 26 mins down on Charlie who won the course.
http://www.orienteering.ie/gadget/cgi-bin/reitti.c...
Running 16:48 0.97 km (17:20 / km) +212m 8:17 / km
ahr:130 max:144
To the start.
Thursday May 28, 2015 #
4 PM
Running 29:57 [0] 4.18 km (7:10 / km) +85m 6:30 / km
A gentle loosener in Eccy Woods after three 20-hour working days in London finishing the TPE franchise bid. Knackered.