Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Event: Australian Orienteering Championships 2016
 

The traditional sprint controller's run around all the controls to (a) wake up such SI units as had not already been woken up and (b) check they were all in the right place and correctly numbered. This was slightly later than originally planned, (a) because I wanted to check that the new construction had been added to all the maps and (b) because there was a bit of a logistical mix-up with the arrival flags, but all worked OK in the end. A brief interruption to call back to base and advise that the boundaries of the new construction weren't quite as extensive as the map said they were and we needed some extra tape.

I think the event went well - it's a very challenging area and Anna made good use of it. As often seems to be the case on a technical sprint, there were some bits of the mapping which were at the borderline of legibility (most notably the small track around the pillar at #6 on the men's course, which I think with hindsight we probably should have stayed away from), but I don't think that took much away from the event.

Must have had a better run in July than I thought I had, because based on that run I was expecting a winning time of 14.30-15.00, and it ended up being just under 16.