Training Log Archive: Magic

Somewhat surprised to get to the car park and being able to see two assembly area and two finishes...

Although we had heard that there was a disagreement within Montenegrin orienteering and had seen controls out for a Sprint around the town on Day 1, we hadn't realised the scale of it. The 'other' event was a similar size, also being 4 days and about the same number of competitors. Most runners at the other race were from the Balkans whereas we were more mixed.

Anyway, today was were things clashed a bit. The others had to walk through out finish and past out start to get to theirs. Not only that, but they had their own controls, sometimes on the same features, in the same forest...

Durmirtor Challenge Day 3, M21E.
The long day, although not that long. Although it did feel like it after yesterday evening's run. Also the most scared I've been orienteering as were taken though an active area of tree felling... Got there to hear a massive 40m tree falling, but there were too many teams with chainsaws to know what was going to come down next! Turned and took as wide a birth as possible to get around it.

otherwise quite uneventful, very much plodding by the end, and although I saw loads of competitors from the other event, i didn't come across any of their controls. End of the event for Rob and i as we're not willing to risk missing our flight if we get stuck at the border for too long tomorrow.

Enjoyable event, but made special by the location and the amazing weather. I have a feeling I will be back here sometime.