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Sunday May 22, 2022 #
10 AM
Orienteering - Urban 55:26 [4] 9.82 km (5:39 / km) +115m 5:20 / km
slept:7.0 (sick) shoes: Nike Pegasus 38
Bit of a funny one this. Local knowledge helped somewhat but found the map unclear, misleading, arguably incorrect at times, and a few times thought the best route was to go off the map. Not that any of this really mattered as achievement in itself was running the whole course and finishing in time to be at the first track race in Hereford by 12.30…
1-2. Sorely tempted to go off the map here as think it’s marginally shorter if cutting the corner, and all downhill with as goes through bridge rather than over embankment.
6-7 spotted from map no access from east as very thin olive green (recall it’s a 4ft high wooden fence…) so stayed south of the school and came in at the end.
7-8 off the map would have been more interesting, if slightly longer, suspect no slower.
11-12 west past Lidl/Aldi looked shorter but map suggested having to do the full zigzag ramp so stuck to roads. Looking more closely there are steps but doubt either the steps or path are at minimum dimensions!
13-14 went down a dead end that was mapped as a continuous path but blocked by badly printed wall alongside road at far end (never noticed this until looking now). It was blocked off by locked gate half way, with wall of brambles beyond - mapping as path for whole distance, and without “wall” on other side fully and clearly closing it, was a little misleading and cost me what felt like a lot of time when I was starting to tire significantly.
16-17 looked like an interesting leg and spent a while working out all the options before concluding nothing was better than the obvious along the canal.
17-18 turned into unmapped underpass approx 10m before mapped one.
18-19 turned into unmapped underpass approx 10m before mapped one.
So, could do better all round :-)
Enjoyed it all the same, so noting the above took them in the spirit that I’m only out to have fun and it’s all part of the game!
https://www.strava.com/activities/7183721651
Physical afternoon at the track lugging hurdles and steeple chase jumps around single handed with two bad shoulders. Did have to fish someone out of the water after a spectacular somersault (to much ridicule from his club who filmed it) - made him to go the first aider post race and be disinfected as back and arm all grazed and lots of greenery in the water.
1-2. Sorely tempted to go off the map here as think it’s marginally shorter if cutting the corner, and all downhill with as goes through bridge rather than over embankment.
6-7 spotted from map no access from east as very thin olive green (recall it’s a 4ft high wooden fence…) so stayed south of the school and came in at the end.
7-8 off the map would have been more interesting, if slightly longer, suspect no slower.
11-12 west past Lidl/Aldi looked shorter but map suggested having to do the full zigzag ramp so stuck to roads. Looking more closely there are steps but doubt either the steps or path are at minimum dimensions!
13-14 went down a dead end that was mapped as a continuous path but blocked by badly printed wall alongside road at far end (never noticed this until looking now). It was blocked off by locked gate half way, with wall of brambles beyond - mapping as path for whole distance, and without “wall” on other side fully and clearly closing it, was a little misleading and cost me what felt like a lot of time when I was starting to tire significantly.
16-17 looked like an interesting leg and spent a while working out all the options before concluding nothing was better than the obvious along the canal.
17-18 turned into unmapped underpass approx 10m before mapped one.
18-19 turned into unmapped underpass approx 10m before mapped one.
So, could do better all round :-)
Enjoyed it all the same, so noting the above took them in the spirit that I’m only out to have fun and it’s all part of the game!
https://www.strava.com/activities/7183721651
Physical afternoon at the track lugging hurdles and steeple chase jumps around single handed with two bad shoulders. Did have to fish someone out of the water after a spectacular somersault (to much ridicule from his club who filmed it) - made him to go the first aider post race and be disinfected as back and arm all grazed and lots of greenery in the water.