Training Log Archive: slow-twitch

Hydrabad (the Waitarere one, not the Indian one or the Pakistani one), including a fair bit of low vis light green action. First run in sand-dunes for a while and first in Waitarere for an even longer while. It showed. Actually the strike rate isn't too bad (although if I really wanted to be critical I could mark myself down for hesitation-type time wastage within or near the circles for a few more controls) but the mistakes were big ones, probably easily 10-15 minutes lost overall. 2-3 drifted wide right - should have been referring to compass more often especially as I knew my internal sense of direction was 'out' a little; 6 after a good route on the leg, fell off the map in the final forest block and took a long time to relocate - not helped by having 2 completely contradictory theories as to how it had gone wrong in the first place; 8 drifted again, poor compass use again! and should have been aware the forest edge should have been closer; 11-12, wrong time to take a direct route choice, didn't register until too late a minor track leading almost to the control from the nearest forestry road. Some good spikes on other controls and I surprised myself a little just how fast I was moving in some of the cleaner parts of the forest.