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Friday Jul 27, 2007 #
Walking 1:30:00 [1] *
More time scouting at the University of Saskatchewan. Found more tapes and visited most of the ones Mike had found.
Mike and I decided that it was unlikely our knowledge would affect the results. It wasn't really obvious how the courses were laid out---the model clue sheets were mostly in numerical order, and the actual sprint turned out to jump around a lot, possibly as a defense against people finding the tapes. We agreed to not show anyone our marked-up campus maps, although I did end up blabbing about it to 3 people.
Mike and I decided that it was unlikely our knowledge would affect the results. It wasn't really obvious how the courses were laid out---the model clue sheets were mostly in numerical order, and the actual sprint turned out to jump around a lot, possibly as a defense against people finding the tapes. We agreed to not show anyone our marked-up campus maps, although I did end up blabbing about it to 3 people.
Orienteering race 29:26 [5] *** 2.8 km (10:31 / km) +15m 10:14 / km
shoes: Brooks
Canadian Orienteering Championships Sprint at Univ. of Sasketchewan.
A really nice, top-quality sprint. I think of 16 controls, I knew about 9 tapes beforehand. It didn't really diminish the experience (or help my time---I had expected controls in about 3 other spots where I didn't see the tape, and just walking around helped much more).
If I had one complaint, it would be that the course needed a few more controls. It didn't have any control picking areas with 3 or 4 short legs in a row. That's where I get the "sprint feeling" in most sprints. This course never really gave me that frantic feeling, except on 10-11 (62-67).
I did love that almost every leg required either a route choice or non-trivial map reading. (Even on 10-11, I left 10 90-deg off, so that was pretty frantic.)
Another thing that surprised me was that the organizers had people with signs to stop traffic for us. Wow. At 4-7pm on a Friday afternoon in the summer---on a university campus---I would have expected them to just let us deal with traffic. It was a nice touch, and I'm sure it made it a lot safer for us, and fairer for the people in contention for the championships.
A really nice, top-quality sprint. I think of 16 controls, I knew about 9 tapes beforehand. It didn't really diminish the experience (or help my time---I had expected controls in about 3 other spots where I didn't see the tape, and just walking around helped much more).
If I had one complaint, it would be that the course needed a few more controls. It didn't have any control picking areas with 3 or 4 short legs in a row. That's where I get the "sprint feeling" in most sprints. This course never really gave me that frantic feeling, except on 10-11 (62-67).
I did love that almost every leg required either a route choice or non-trivial map reading. (Even on 10-11, I left 10 90-deg off, so that was pretty frantic.)
Another thing that surprised me was that the organizers had people with signs to stop traffic for us. Wow. At 4-7pm on a Friday afternoon in the summer---on a university campus---I would have expected them to just let us deal with traffic. It was a nice touch, and I'm sure it made it a lot safer for us, and fairer for the people in contention for the championships.
Thursday Jul 26, 2007 #
Walking 2:00:00 [1] *
Walking around the University of Sasketchewan scouting for the Sprint. We had just finished a 28-hour drive (over two days), and Mike and I really needed to stretch our legs.
I had a nice campus map (with numerous errors and no sidewalks or vegetation), and my plan was to spend a lot of time near the complicated central part of campus since I figured the most obvious courses would pass through that area several times, and knowing that area would pay the biggest dividends. I walked all the way around as many buildings as I could.
After about 45 minutes or an hour, Mike and I met up, and he asked if I had heard the voice mail he left for me. I had not.
He told me about 5 minutes after we split up at the car, he had found a short orange surveying tape that looked *an awful lot like a vetting tape*. He had gone on to find more. We split back up, and found a few more.
Our plan was to spend Friday morning doing the 2-hour round trip to the model area, but because of the tapes (and because spending 2 more hours in a car seemed unpleasant), we decided to spend Friday morning looking for tapes around campus.
I had a nice campus map (with numerous errors and no sidewalks or vegetation), and my plan was to spend a lot of time near the complicated central part of campus since I figured the most obvious courses would pass through that area several times, and knowing that area would pay the biggest dividends. I walked all the way around as many buildings as I could.
After about 45 minutes or an hour, Mike and I met up, and he asked if I had heard the voice mail he left for me. I had not.
He told me about 5 minutes after we split up at the car, he had found a short orange surveying tape that looked *an awful lot like a vetting tape*. He had gone on to find more. We split back up, and found a few more.
Our plan was to spend Friday morning doing the 2-hour round trip to the model area, but because of the tapes (and because spending 2 more hours in a car seemed unpleasant), we decided to spend Friday morning looking for tapes around campus.
Sunday Jul 22, 2007 #
Orienteering race 37:22 [4] *** 2.6 km (14:22 / km) +85m 12:21 / km
16c shoes: Adidas Tri-Star Cleats ($35)
A high-gnarliness factor sprint set by hkleaf. I really can't complain about the times---the courses look good on paper. This was a week after I got rear-ended, and I was still feeling it.
Orienteering race 43:59 [4] *** 2.8 km (15:43 / km) +105m 13:14 / km
17c shoes: Adidas Tri-Star Cleats ($35)
I think I entered these backwards. This one was first.
The second one took a lot out of me. That plus running the SportIdent and being outside all day (even on a day as perfect as this one), meant I was beat when I got home.
The second one took a lot out of me. That plus running the SportIdent and being outside all day (even on a day as perfect as this one), meant I was beat when I got home.