Training Log Archive: Joshosh

Iltarastit Finaali
RaVa
Tietävälä-Hiitokeskus
A-rata : 5.3km : 17c

SR = 1.132
RI = 0.088 (example of where this doesn't work. Maybe a multiplication value based on the course, A=1.1, B=1.2 etc would give a better representation)

Riina was working so Markku picked me up after a doctors appointment for a guys evening orienteering! Event was pretty close to their house so we parked and changed and headed down then.

First 10 controls of the course were on the Tietävälä map and at 1:5000.Was mostly clean. Too high to 3 though and maybe the righthand route choice would have been better to 9. Was hesitant around 4 and 8 as visibility was very low in what was scattered trees, very different to the open white forest near 6 and 7. 10 was the map flip control.

Across the road and into the hiitokeskus section at 1:10000, didnt really have much issue with the scale change. Should have probably gone a bit straighter to 4 and taken the earlier path. Was too far east of 5 aswell but not much time lost. 7 was buried in some dense trees despite being marked white on the map so was a bit confused here.

Fun event and got chatting to Tuukka Tuomala, who is a big cheese in RaVa, the mind behind Yökuppi. Apparently is going to bring a Yökuppi t-shirt to 25manna for me. The Yökuppi guys go on an annual trip, this year is Iceland, so I put in a plug for Ireland in the future. Also turns out he knows ndobbs.........does everyone in Finland know him?!

Tulokset
Välijat

C • Nope. 1

Hirvirastit-Sunnuntairastit
HU-46
Umpankulma
B-rata : 4.8km : 15c

SR = 1.206
RI = 0.064

Reasonable start and then rolled ankle leaving 2 and headed away in the wrong direction before correcting it. Apparently a nice view from control 5 but I forgot to look up and out. 7 (and 15) was a drinks control, didnt take any but it was apple juice or homemade beer by someone who lives near by, as if running in a straight line wasnt tough enough. Was standing on top of 8 and didnt see it, knew I was nearby but wasnt certain where. Ok to 9 and good to 10. Lost confidence on route to 11 so baile to the east to hit the open and go back in again. Passed a famous Finn on the way to control 12. 13 was fine and took road to 14 as the green looked bad, turns out it was reasonably get-through-able. Back to the drink station and back the road.

Tulokset
Välijat



Had a chat and got a photo with the famous Finn after the race. Sure she has 9 WOC gold medals but she wanted some tips from someone who has competed at prestigious, and I dont think thats too grand a term, events such as the Brass Monkey League.

Day spent "Keeping up with the Komi's".



Went back to Surmajärvi and walked around some of the cliffs and checking out the grain grinding stones (that's the technial term) while munching on lingerberries and blueberries.



Then to this cool little cliff spot where we did a BBQ of sausages and kebab thingys.





Maybe the best part of the day though was half price pick-n-mix in the S-Market on the way home!

Good day on the sports front too. Spurs won 1-2 away to Boro, Munster won with a BP and Pelicans won 4-2 against SaiPa.

Down past the Matkakeskus to the start for training today. Back on another Sprint map, on the opposite side of the road to the previous training.

Sprinttisuunnistusharjoitus
Lahti-Anttilanmäki
3.1km : 18c

SR = 1.255

Used some of the same controls from a race held here a while back and then added in my own. Not much to note, pretty clean. Maybe not the best routes to 12, 14 and 17 but not certain. The open rock from 15-16 was quite tricky to get down so maybe the road would have been faster here. Couldnt get to control 18 because of building work.

Back to the apartment.

Now to watch some of the Euromeeting tracking and live results for some of the afternoon. Shame that there are no Irish out there.

Then tonight is SM-yö Quali and NAOC middle so might see some of that if there is tracking/live results

Torstairastit
Lahden Taimi
Salalammi
B-rata : 4.6km : 9c

SR = 1.234
RI = 0.024

As with last night I messed up the first control in the green. Flipping it into a positive, it's clearly something I need to work on as an isolated skill. Fluffed around near the control but not at it. In the region of 3mins dropped. Clean for the rest of the course though once I got my head in gear. Went straight to 2 but the forest was quite heavy going with lots of deadfall about. Found a nice route through the crags to 4 and across to 6 was nice being able to pick out features ~100m in the distance. The control I think was slightly wrong, hanging on the crags but not the boulder

Happy with how straight I went on route to 2, 5 and 6. Just need to give more attention to the needle more often

Tulokset
Välijat



Two people asked me today was I the Irish guy, one attempted my full name!!

Now to settle in for Finland v Russia in the Ice-hockey World Cup.

Can't beat a bit of techninelentology in sport:

Yökuppi
LS-37 Night-o Club Championships 2016
LS-37
Vierumäki
B-rata : 4.1km : 8c

SR = 1.402
RI = 0.381

Just myself and Markku tonight. Poor night in the forest, messy. Quite cold too, just 3°C and dropped below 0°C later in the night. To number 1 i found another control in the circle XX7 when i was looking for 217, both in depressions. Couldnt see the emit punch but thats a normal issue since they hang them separately and sometimes on another tree. Used the manual punch, old school. Headed away from the control and then running on the road i thought maybe it was the wrong control so went back, it was, eventually found the other one. Could see the kite from maybe 10m or so. First time round I missed it by < 20m and then lost >4mins

3 I got nervous on the route as with 4, felt I had run too far. Then track to 6 since I thought the marsh would be similar as the one near 3, which was rough looking, turns out it wasnt. To 7 got confused by the track and some extra motorbike tracks too, another 50sec or so.

Maybe a night-o league around Cork through the winter could be a good idea?! Even in areas like Curragh Woods, Currabinny, Ballyannon, Farran and Marlogue etc, and have a short and long course. Simply one race per month for October, November, December, January and February. Tiny little reflectors on the kites and away you go.



Apart from the brain mishap to 1 I'm just not confident enough in the night. Something to work on, that and improving the relationship I have with my compass. Without the huge time loss at 1 i'd have been maybe 6th, instead 16th. Only 628 points out of a possible 1000.

Tulokset
Välijat



Home in time to see Spurs beat Gills 5-0 and have 29 attempts (12 on target) to Gills 6 attempts (0 on target)

P-H Iltarastiti - Muistorastit
LS-37
Tapanila etelä
B-rata : 5.7km : 10c

SR = 1.147
RI = 0.041

Down the roads to 1 and the cross country to 2, the downhill in the scattered trees was rough going. Caught Markku on the route to 2. Bit to the north on route to 7 but knew I was near the contour line so headed south, dropped maybe 45sec. Tried not to drift to the right on route to 9 and in doing so ended up drifting to the left. 60sec dropped here.

Tulokset
Välijat

P-H Iltarastit - Yösuunnistusharjoitus
Tapanila etelä
Yö-rata (Päivä C-rata) : 3.5km : 10c

SR = 1.224
RI = 0.125

One of the first forest night-o races I've done, excluding Jukola. Brain stopped working on the route to 6. Hit the path but wasnt sure where, headed north and realized it was the wrong way then wasnt sure near the circle and ran around a bit, found the marsh and back to the control. +120-150sec. Not overly confident in the night, doing the Yökuppi tomorrow with Markku, some bonding time, so will get more practice at least.

Pelicans beat Turku tonight in the Isku Areena 6-1 and were 6-0 up after the second period.

Tulokset
Välijat



Trying a Results Index (RI) while here to see if it works as an idea, very simple principle. A value closer to 0 indicates a better result.

RI = ^{(Finishing Position)} / _{(Total Competitors)}

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