Saturday Feb 9 |
 | Orienteering 35:00 [3] **** 3 km (11:40 / km) | |
| spiked:10/10c shoes: VJ Integrater |
| FVO training at Lossie Forest. Still recovering from virus/cold so took it easy. First exercise was an attack point course and I hit all the controls first time but felt slow on the terrain - Lossie wasn't as runnable as I had remembered it - lots of brashings but still good orienteering. |
| Orienteering 54:00 [3] ***** 3 km (18:00 / km) | |
| spiked:15/20c shoes: VJ Integrater |
| Control picking exercise. It doesn't get more technically challenging than this and it was even harder without flags on the SI units. I was going well up to #12 and arrived within 5m of the control and couldn't see it! Ross put me off (he was off course too) and I went away from the control into knoll and depression La La Land. Gary arrived at the scene and we went round in circles doing a sweep before finally finding a decent attack point to get to where I had been ten minutes earlier... Also made a mess of #15 in the green, Claire and Gary were doing a sweep when I arrived and I joined in... again I had been right past the control without seeing it. Cut off from #16 to #23. Was hesitant at #25 and Claire sneaked past me to get it before me. |
| Orienteering 35:00 [2] 3 km (11:40 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Integrater |
| Control collecting. Set off after the last starter on the handicap race and arrived at the second control to find everyone waiting at it chatting! It turned out that the second control was missing due to a control collection miscommunication and the race had to be restarted after the one that had been left out was put in its place. I set off again and had two attempts to find #4! I wasn't convinced that #5 was in the right place but found it - good job - and jogged back to the car thoroughly pooped for the day. |
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| C • are you suggesting I put nu... 4 |
Thursday Feb 7 |
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Wednesday Feb 6 |
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Tuesday Feb 5 |
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| Going to read Feet In The Clouds, it has to be better that day time tv... |
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| C • good choice 4 |
Monday Feb 4 |
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| (sick) |
| Sore throat and swollen glands, feel awful today. |
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| C • unlucky 9 |
Sunday Feb 3 |
| Orienteering race (Badge Event) 1:09:20 [4] **** 5.4 km (12:50 / km) +215m 10:42 / km | |
| spiked:16/20c shoes: VJ Integrater |
| LOC Badge Event at Bouth. Fab area with lots of intricate detail on the 1:7500 map. Great course with lots of route choice - planned by Carol McNeil (my very first orienteering teacher at school back in 1982)! It was pretty rocky underfoot and I managed to go over several times on my (now) very dodgy ankle (definitely will have to tape it from now on). Usual gaff at #1 and a then hesitant at #2 to make sure I got it. Was tired towards the end and had a wee donder off in the wrong direction for a bit, but otherwise I was satisfied with my first L course for as long as I can remember... |
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| C • good 2 |