Training Log Archive: MCrone

It's holidays so a lot of time to catch up on orienteering stuff. Scanned in all of the JWOC maps. Here are some of the routes.

JWOC Mid Quali


JWOC Mid Final


JWOC Long

Event: Western Cape Championships - Long
 

Had a really awesome race. Main mistakes were route choice errors and I found the control quite easily most of the time. Was really glad that we went through the "rough" stuff first and then just ran in the awesome forest sections from around half way.

2: Bit of a problem, lost about 1 minute.
3: Lost a minute on route choice (according to Nic), but no problem finding the control.
5: Exiting 5 I went slightly the wrong way (probably 30 seconds) [was due to holding the map the wrong way]
9: Bit of trouble actually locating the control within the circle, many people said that the control was in fact on the wrong feature. There were many problems with the map though.
15-16, 17-18: could have perhaps gone straight on both of these controls but decided to go around.
"Butterfly": Ended up being very easy with the number of features and catch features that would guide you into controls and prevent you from overrunning.
28: Love the route choice! Absolutely straight. Ended up giving me second instead of third (took 1 minute out of Brad)

Course 1 - Splits

Event: SA Sprint Championships
 

Event: Western Cape Championships - Middle
 

Great map and area for a sprint championships. Had been spending a lot of time on google earth trying to work out the intricacies of the area. Seemed to work in the end.

3-4: Slight mistake of about 20 seconds going the wrong way.
7-8: Some people said that the route along the road was faster.
9-10: Still not sure on this one, suppose either side of the building is a 50:50 route choice.

Had a shocker of a race. Was extremely hot early in the afternoon (not sure what I selected my start time as but I am sure that I was trying for late). Rushed to the start and had to start immediately.

6: Went along the road (straight would have been better) and also overran it and ended up in the second open area.
7: Bit of a search for this control, but it was awesome to know where it was for the long :)
10: Extreme search. Very difficult to pick out the clearing in what seemed to be countless clearings in the actual forest. Kept relocating using the road, earth bank and indistinct path but it seemed to be more of a grid search.
13: Again an extreme search. Not sure what I did in the end. Kept relocating off the ride but was still not able to find it. Should have spent about 15-30 seconds to relocate properly and make sure that I found it, instead of floundering around.
16: Tried to use the rocky features in the open area to see how far I needed to go down which would have been great if they had been mapped. Stopped short and lost a bit of time.
17: I think that I made a route choice mistake. Rough open had a lot of undergrowth and was extremely slow going (not marked on the map). Ended up walking most of the way.

Course 1 - Splits

Course 1 - Splits