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Sunday Apr 2, 2017 #
Orienteering race 1:15:00 [3] 7.0 km (10:43 / km) +160m 9:37 / km
shoes: Icebug olx 2nd
QOC Gunston Hall Red. Second time on the Gunston map, and it seemed a lot like the first time. Start in flat terrain with few features, then finish in steep ravines with few features.
I ran well but lost time on two controls. #7 in the middle of the flat, I was on route but I got confused when I hit the trail at a junction with a big signpost and couldn't figure out where it was on the map. Should have just carried on, but wasted minutes going back and forth. Then #15 in the steep area, looks easy but the terrain is more subtle than it appears at first glance, and I spent time looking for the spur in the wrong place.
It's a really fun area, but it's small, and too bad there isn't more of it.
I ran well but lost time on two controls. #7 in the middle of the flat, I was on route but I got confused when I hit the trail at a junction with a big signpost and couldn't figure out where it was on the map. Should have just carried on, but wasted minutes going back and forth. Then #15 in the steep area, looks easy but the terrain is more subtle than it appears at first glance, and I spent time looking for the spur in the wrong place.
It's a really fun area, but it's small, and too bad there isn't more of it.