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Sunday Sep 19, 2021 #
Orienteering race 1:08:20 [4] 3.9 km (17:31 / km) +45m 16:34 / km
Quebec championship long course.
First major O-event in a long time. I knew that I would have a reasonable result if the navigation was tricky and a minimum of trail running. The first 7 controls provided the opportunity to straight line through the terrain and except for a few hooks, it went OK. Then I looked at the last 3 legs to discover it was all path running to just-off-trail controls. I knew I had lost any advantage that I had gained in the earlier part of the course as I shuffled along the trails to the finish.
I was surprised I won. Gord didn't show (bad ankle) and Bert made a couple of errors. And he didn't beat me by much on the running legs - he is moving almost as slow as me now.
22 minutes per Km. If I walked clean, maybe 20 min/Km. That seems to be my standard pace now in the woods.
First major O-event in a long time. I knew that I would have a reasonable result if the navigation was tricky and a minimum of trail running. The first 7 controls provided the opportunity to straight line through the terrain and except for a few hooks, it went OK. Then I looked at the last 3 legs to discover it was all path running to just-off-trail controls. I knew I had lost any advantage that I had gained in the earlier part of the course as I shuffled along the trails to the finish.
I was surprised I won. Gord didn't show (bad ankle) and Bert made a couple of errors. And he didn't beat me by much on the running legs - he is moving almost as slow as me now.
22 minutes per Km. If I walked clean, maybe 20 min/Km. That seems to be my standard pace now in the woods.