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Saturday Jul 8, 2023 #
11 AM
Orienteering 40:47 [3] 4.96 km (8:13 / km) +155m 7:07 / km
(sick) shoes: Adidas Terrex Speed SG (22)
NGOC relay at Chestnuts Hill. Made sure I was on leg one to enjoy some head to head racing but I was the only one on my gaffle, it was 700m (25%) further than the other gaffle, and was the only one that left the start to the right - so I was on my own right from the start kite.
The first control was really shitty, having to do a lot of skirting around and through dense tall bracken. The second control was not in the right place, and not visible from the correct location - so then binned 2 mins looking around. It was in the third gully (of two) from the fence, within the circle but bottom left corner. The map wasn’t good here - green or brown.
A bit peeved with the whole thing by now so stuck to roads for the next bit. Control 4 was a big gully next to the road, but on the ground was a small gully, separated from the road by another similar sized gully. Stopped short in the first 4 before seeing flag much further along. Then planned to road again to 5 and started then noticed faint xs in washable purple over that section - had to bracken bash.
Bit tired for the return to Chestnuts. Generally went through all the brackeny bits. Bingo control 6 that lots of people had trouble with (I didn’t, just was a bit concerned when I couldn’t see gully or flag when expecting it). 8, then contouring to 9 not a lot of fun on very steep, loose and rough ground. Needed to scramble up some banks I was glad not to be descending.
Finished well down on pretty much everyone. Not enough teams for it to be “busy”, but with such a large variation of gaffle length and being the only team starting on long - meant we had lost the team race element as effectively 1/2 lap behind at first changeover.
https://www.strava.com/activities/9411364543
The first control was really shitty, having to do a lot of skirting around and through dense tall bracken. The second control was not in the right place, and not visible from the correct location - so then binned 2 mins looking around. It was in the third gully (of two) from the fence, within the circle but bottom left corner. The map wasn’t good here - green or brown.
A bit peeved with the whole thing by now so stuck to roads for the next bit. Control 4 was a big gully next to the road, but on the ground was a small gully, separated from the road by another similar sized gully. Stopped short in the first 4 before seeing flag much further along. Then planned to road again to 5 and started then noticed faint xs in washable purple over that section - had to bracken bash.
Bit tired for the return to Chestnuts. Generally went through all the brackeny bits. Bingo control 6 that lots of people had trouble with (I didn’t, just was a bit concerned when I couldn’t see gully or flag when expecting it). 8, then contouring to 9 not a lot of fun on very steep, loose and rough ground. Needed to scramble up some banks I was glad not to be descending.
Finished well down on pretty much everyone. Not enough teams for it to be “busy”, but with such a large variation of gaffle length and being the only team starting on long - meant we had lost the team race element as effectively 1/2 lap behind at first changeover.
https://www.strava.com/activities/9411364543
12 PM
Orienteering 29:50 [3] 3.53 km (8:27 / km) +113m 7:17 / km
(sick) shoes: Adidas Terrex Speed SG (22)
Short gaffle, as leg 3. Tom had taken nearly 50 minutes which had surprised me as expected it to be much quickly.
Terrain wise, far far nicer with nothing in the bracken, no steep contouring legs, less climb - just a bit of low stuff at the south east corner. I would have expected the longer leg to use the clean bits instead to make the times closer to equal.
Generally moving a bit better as a result, though still pretty slow climbing and on steep.
Some trouble with 4. I have no idea whether the map was wrong or the control was in the wrong place but I crossed a “re-entrant” with a big marshy pool and water course coming out - but there was no control, and not one mapped on my route in. Went back, found nothing, went forward at higher level then eventually found it behind me. Gps plot makes me think it may have been in the wrong re-entrant. 60-90s lost.
On roughly the right line for 5 and 6 and hit what looked to be a platform with a raised edge and a flag and worried I might have hit 6 first. Fortunately not but a bit sneaky them having such similar numbers (171/181). 6-7 up the steep and through the fallen trees not so much fun.
Rest of the way - nothing too steep, no undergrowth, no issues with map or control. Might have been in a better frame of mind if I had this first!
Only about 10 minutes faster than first leg. Had hoped to be a bit closer to Michael’s time but this terrain wasn’t ever going to suit me.
Team finished something like third last on total time - but we did run the furthest combined course by around 2km.
https://www.strava.com/activities/9411364607
Terrain wise, far far nicer with nothing in the bracken, no steep contouring legs, less climb - just a bit of low stuff at the south east corner. I would have expected the longer leg to use the clean bits instead to make the times closer to equal.
Generally moving a bit better as a result, though still pretty slow climbing and on steep.
Some trouble with 4. I have no idea whether the map was wrong or the control was in the wrong place but I crossed a “re-entrant” with a big marshy pool and water course coming out - but there was no control, and not one mapped on my route in. Went back, found nothing, went forward at higher level then eventually found it behind me. Gps plot makes me think it may have been in the wrong re-entrant. 60-90s lost.
On roughly the right line for 5 and 6 and hit what looked to be a platform with a raised edge and a flag and worried I might have hit 6 first. Fortunately not but a bit sneaky them having such similar numbers (171/181). 6-7 up the steep and through the fallen trees not so much fun.
Rest of the way - nothing too steep, no undergrowth, no issues with map or control. Might have been in a better frame of mind if I had this first!
Only about 10 minutes faster than first leg. Had hoped to be a bit closer to Michael’s time but this terrain wasn’t ever going to suit me.
Team finished something like third last on total time - but we did run the furthest combined course by around 2km.
https://www.strava.com/activities/9411364607