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Sunday Nov 20, 2016 #
Event: TVOC Regional Event & SCOL3
10 AM
Orienteering race (TVOC Shotover brown) 1:31:13 [3] *** 12.42 km (7:21 / km) +352m 6:26 / km
ahr:152 max:167 spiked:12/22c
Brown 8.8km/405m
Tired sore legs after yesterday’s effort so looking for a steady run today without too many blunders. Cold and damp out, not exactly inviting but assembly was only 800m from home, what’s not to like? Slightly bamboozled by the tiny 1:10000 scale A4 map (two-sided for the brown course).
Found #1 with minimum faffage, always a good start. Overran the clearing for #2 even though I’ve been there a thousand times, d’oh. Slightly disorientated in the open area for #7 and ran a slow loop in the bracken to find #8 (described as a boulder/knoll, but surely a re-entrant?). Took a path R and then dropped down to the wrong thicket for #10, had to loop round, when going L and then following the valley up to it would’ve been a better choice. Slightly confused by the open area at #12 which was in a dip and obscured by a wood pile (needless to say I ran on the other side of the pile the first time around). A small loop for #13, from the R, when it would've been obvious from the L.
Picked a good line for the long run to #15 and ran up the correct re-entrant to find it but didn’t go far enough up to spot it and doubled back round to the next door one before confirming that yes, I’d been right the first time, ugh. Ran a high line for the longer runs to both #16 and #19 which was longer but surely faster than crossing the numerous valleys. Found #20 after going too far N in the open woodland near the bypass, corrected OK after a short dither. Had to slightly double back to find #22, as I’d run to a control on another course nearby towards the finish. A bit scrappy but I never got too far lost (unsurprisingly in my ‘home’ woodland).
Ended up with 352m ascent, a bit less than advertised (not that I’m complaining).
Tired sore legs after yesterday’s effort so looking for a steady run today without too many blunders. Cold and damp out, not exactly inviting but assembly was only 800m from home, what’s not to like? Slightly bamboozled by the tiny 1:10000 scale A4 map (two-sided for the brown course).
Found #1 with minimum faffage, always a good start. Overran the clearing for #2 even though I’ve been there a thousand times, d’oh. Slightly disorientated in the open area for #7 and ran a slow loop in the bracken to find #8 (described as a boulder/knoll, but surely a re-entrant?). Took a path R and then dropped down to the wrong thicket for #10, had to loop round, when going L and then following the valley up to it would’ve been a better choice. Slightly confused by the open area at #12 which was in a dip and obscured by a wood pile (needless to say I ran on the other side of the pile the first time around). A small loop for #13, from the R, when it would've been obvious from the L.
Picked a good line for the long run to #15 and ran up the correct re-entrant to find it but didn’t go far enough up to spot it and doubled back round to the next door one before confirming that yes, I’d been right the first time, ugh. Ran a high line for the longer runs to both #16 and #19 which was longer but surely faster than crossing the numerous valleys. Found #20 after going too far N in the open woodland near the bypass, corrected OK after a short dither. Had to slightly double back to find #22, as I’d run to a control on another course nearby towards the finish. A bit scrappy but I never got too far lost (unsurprisingly in my ‘home’ woodland).
Ended up with 352m ascent, a bit less than advertised (not that I’m complaining).
Saturday Nov 19, 2016 #
Event: Oxford City Race
11 AM
Orienteering race (Oxford City Race (SEOUL)) 49:01 [4] ** 10.3 km (4:46 / km) +39m 4:40 / km
ahr:159 max:168 spiked:21/25c
Course 2, provisional 6.9km.
Probably a last chance to improve my SEOUL score, and I’d worked out I needed a top-10 to improve, which seemed unlikely given my recent injury-hampered prep and a very strong field (going for UKUL points). I had Paul Gebbett (current MV league leader) off 5 minutes behind me, so my main aim was that he wouldn’t catch me too badly!
Effing cold, I’d barely warmed up after cycling into town and jogging about for 10 minutes, and then slightly distracted in start staging by a newby in the lane next to me who wanted to know what the control symbols meant.
Overran the correct bush/thicket for #1 (+20s), then a poor route choice for #5 (+30s, up and down stairs in the science area, when around would’ve been better). Managed to overrun the entrance to the college for #14 having already picked a poor route out of #13 (+60s). So much fast running and hamstring starting to tighten up, I was feeling it by this stage. Avoided the trap at #19 as we had a control near there in last year’s OUOC race. Brainfart at the penultimate control, thumb over #24 so ran straight to #25. Did wonder why Terry Hosking was running to #25 out of a thicket to my left (when I knew he’d likely be on my course, although much slower). D’oh.
At least Paul G didn’t catch me, looks like he gained about a minute, so not too bad I guess. And I was less than a minute slower than Nigel Bunn in the preliminary results. Gonna be a different story at Shotover tomorrow.
Probably a last chance to improve my SEOUL score, and I’d worked out I needed a top-10 to improve, which seemed unlikely given my recent injury-hampered prep and a very strong field (going for UKUL points). I had Paul Gebbett (current MV league leader) off 5 minutes behind me, so my main aim was that he wouldn’t catch me too badly!
Effing cold, I’d barely warmed up after cycling into town and jogging about for 10 minutes, and then slightly distracted in start staging by a newby in the lane next to me who wanted to know what the control symbols meant.
Overran the correct bush/thicket for #1 (+20s), then a poor route choice for #5 (+30s, up and down stairs in the science area, when around would’ve been better). Managed to overrun the entrance to the college for #14 having already picked a poor route out of #13 (+60s). So much fast running and hamstring starting to tighten up, I was feeling it by this stage. Avoided the trap at #19 as we had a control near there in last year’s OUOC race. Brainfart at the penultimate control, thumb over #24 so ran straight to #25. Did wonder why Terry Hosking was running to #25 out of a thicket to my left (when I knew he’d likely be on my course, although much slower). D’oh.
At least Paul G didn’t catch me, looks like he gained about a minute, so not too bad I guess. And I was less than a minute slower than Nigel Bunn in the preliminary results. Gonna be a different story at Shotover tomorrow.