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Sunday May 13, 2012 #
Mapping 2:00:00 [0]
Prefer to be out orienteering on a sunny Sunday like today but when needs must...back on the BOC map for another long day (8.15 hours). Lots of (lost) DoE groups out today, also lots of clearings and lots of rhodos.
Saturday May 12, 2012 #
11 AM
Mapping 1:30:00 [0] 5.11 km (17:37 / km) +230m 14:22 / km
Lots of hills, mountain bike tracks and (unfortunately) brambles today, another sunny one though so not a chore to be out (6.5 hours). Wore my GPS for half the day to give me some idea of how much I move about, answer is not a lot, seemed to be doing about 35mpk!
Friday May 11, 2012 #
9 AM
Mapping 2:00:00 [0]
8 hours in the (slightly cold) sunshine, a lot nice than yesterday and progress to match. Most changes are either mountain bike tracks (loads) or forest opening up. Saw a lizard, two jays and heard two cookoo's, so not a bad day to be out in the woods, though the other human users aren't very interactive.
Thursday May 10, 2012 #
10 AM
Mapping 47:00 [0]
First bit of work on next years BOC maps (3.5 hours), had rained all night so forest was soggy, but not as soggy as it got when it started phissing down after lunch. Not surveyed at 1:7500 for ages so took a while to get into it, as did not having to re-survey everything (basically checking paths and vegetation), quite a bit quicker than a full survey (but I guess that's because the old map was pretty good).
Wednesday May 9, 2012 #
12 PM
Run - Trail 59:55 11.57 km (5:11 / km) +262m 4:39 / km
shoes: Adidas Kanadia TR3
Lovely run in a country park in the wee hills near Quorn. Headed out with Toni through the woods so she could show me the way to get back. Lots of chat. Nice loop of the hills and upon my return to the woods I discovered that I'd been chatting too much to pay attention to the route. Took a short-cut and ended up being out longer...
Legs still a little tired, so quite glad that I'm not doing Dumyat this evening, good luck to those who are though.
Note: Maps for the IOC now Quickrouted.
Legs still a little tired, so quite glad that I'm not doing Dumyat this evening, good luck to those who are though.
Note: Maps for the IOC now Quickrouted.
Tuesday May 8, 2012 #
7 PM
Run - Trail 1:06:06 13.01 km (5:05 / km) +68m 4:57 / km
shoes: Asics Gel Enduro 3
Run with Andy in Quorn, both feeling the effects of a long weekend so it was nice and steady. Bumped into Toni after 40 minutes and she persuaded me to join her for the end of her run. Longer than planned but was a nice run.
Monday May 7, 2012 #
11 AM
Run - Trail warm up/down 9:21 [1] 0.67 km (13:56 / km)
shoes: VJ Falcons 11
Not a very energetic warm up, was feeling a little tired from the past two days and knew that CNOC had a 5 minute plus lead and there was no one behind us. What could possibly happen...
Run - Orienteering race 29:00 6.13 km (4:44 / km)
shoes: VJ Falcons 11
IOC Relays, Castlegregory, 5.8km, Mens Open. Third leg with Dooby and Brian C.
A last minute entry from the boys from the Kildare badlands created some interest in the race as a competition, though the young pretenders had quite an energy advantage (none of them had run yesterday and only one on Saturday).
Dooby started very well coming back just behind Shea, but young Kevin was far to fast for old Brian and pulled out over 5 minutes (impressive running from him).
6 minutes is too much to catch over 6km of 5mpk running, however, orienteering isn't all about running, so I set out with the only plan I could; run clean and as fast as I could and see what happens.
Quite possibly a world first for a relay was the timed-out road crossing (twice) which allowed you a minute to do a 20 seconds jog, so over the three legs that meant a 'quick' team could be up to four minutes faster than a 'slow' one...
One had to play this game, and though I knew that Dooby had raced with Shea on the first leg, I was quite sure that Brian had taken it easy and I didn't think that Colm would allow himself to be seen on the last leg by hanging around too long either at the crossings. So I took my road crossings slowly knowing that in the unlikely event of a sprint finish (which I can't do), that I would probably be okay (yes, a mad option to have for a relay, but that's what happens when you don't have a controller...) .
Half way round and who turns up? A wee man in a CNOC suit... Let him get ahead at the crossing but then have a far longer gaffle so am quite a bit down by the spectator, however Colm misses his next control and I don't see him after that (he has a far longer gaffle for his penultimate control), giving me an easy run to the finish. Thankfully (for the sake of the competition), the road crossings aren't the deciding factor.
I certainly didn't win this race, it was CNOC's to take, but that's orienteering and having two days in the dunes meant hat I was confident of not making any mistakes (in fact, I was very happy with my orienteering all weekend; one 10 seconds wobble in middle was the only notable mistake).
Despite the apprehension surrounding the weekend it turned out to be very enjoyable, the weather was excellent, the courses fair and the controls in the right place. It's just a shame that the exorbitant entry fees (80 Euro for the three races) - understandably - put so many off attending.
Map
A last minute entry from the boys from the Kildare badlands created some interest in the race as a competition, though the young pretenders had quite an energy advantage (none of them had run yesterday and only one on Saturday).
Dooby started very well coming back just behind Shea, but young Kevin was far to fast for old Brian and pulled out over 5 minutes (impressive running from him).
6 minutes is too much to catch over 6km of 5mpk running, however, orienteering isn't all about running, so I set out with the only plan I could; run clean and as fast as I could and see what happens.
Quite possibly a world first for a relay was the timed-out road crossing (twice) which allowed you a minute to do a 20 seconds jog, so over the three legs that meant a 'quick' team could be up to four minutes faster than a 'slow' one...
One had to play this game, and though I knew that Dooby had raced with Shea on the first leg, I was quite sure that Brian had taken it easy and I didn't think that Colm would allow himself to be seen on the last leg by hanging around too long either at the crossings. So I took my road crossings slowly knowing that in the unlikely event of a sprint finish (which I can't do), that I would probably be okay (yes, a mad option to have for a relay, but that's what happens when you don't have a controller...) .
Half way round and who turns up? A wee man in a CNOC suit... Let him get ahead at the crossing but then have a far longer gaffle so am quite a bit down by the spectator, however Colm misses his next control and I don't see him after that (he has a far longer gaffle for his penultimate control), giving me an easy run to the finish. Thankfully (for the sake of the competition), the road crossings aren't the deciding factor.
I certainly didn't win this race, it was CNOC's to take, but that's orienteering and having two days in the dunes meant hat I was confident of not making any mistakes (in fact, I was very happy with my orienteering all weekend; one 10 seconds wobble in middle was the only notable mistake).
Despite the apprehension surrounding the weekend it turned out to be very enjoyable, the weather was excellent, the courses fair and the controls in the right place. It's just a shame that the exorbitant entry fees (80 Euro for the three races) - understandably - put so many off attending.
Map