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Friday Apr 29, 2016 #
7 PM
Running warm up/down 9:13 [1] 1.72 km (5:21 / km)
Orienteering 14:47 [5] 3.6 km (4:06 / km)
27c
IOC Sprint - DSQ
Better course and area than I anticipated - very good actually, but it was offset by poor mapping, which maybe should have been anticipated more having seen the sample map.
Started alright, not the most fluid through the first section, but largely error-free. Made a questionable decision on 7 (see below).
Caught the fence control at 8 early, read the description and got it fine. Very unsure about my route to 9 resulted in some hesitancy, but ended up going back the way I had come to 8 (North). 9 was my second questionable decision (see below).
Missed the gap in the hedge to 10, so went down the steps.
Fine through the next section, but struggling to get up gears at all so far.
Coming into the spectator control, flipped the map, and felt like I figured out 17 quickly enough, but not the most fluid again, just hesitant.
18 was fine, wasn't expecting it above me, but saw it up there.
19 I spotted the hedge gap I'd missed to 10, so went for it and straight down the earth-bank into 19 (through the olive green). Starting to move a little better here.
Flew back up the earth-bank to 20, and read the crossable fence on 20 fine, so made the most of hopping it.
Just tried to keep working for the remainder of the course, it wasn't very hard. Took the right-hand route to the last control.
A race filled with a good bit of hesitance, and held-back a bit, certainly lacked flow, but generally error-free which is a positive but should be a given in this sort of sprint.
Mostly surprised my time was the quickest, lacked a bit of speed today I felt, and it wasn't the most clean.
I can't figure out whether to put that down to an improvement in my speed or a decline in the form of our sprint orienteers this year, most of whom have been injury-stricken.
Told Andrew that I had crossed the olive green when I realised after talking to Shea, should be DSQ. Didn't mind at the time, I was never very focused on sprint, but was initially told the olive green was dodgy so it wouldn't be DSQ. The whole process was made a bit of a mess of, when a protest went in I was always going to be disqualified which was fair because I had crossed the olive green, but naturally it was still a little disappointing.
Of course there may have been some grounds for some appeal against the decision as the olive green area was vague, I suppose proven by the sheer number that crossed it, and since they had said they would tape questionable uncrossables - but I do believe if you cross forbidden area you deserve to be DSQ, and if you can see it while stopped you should be able to see it while running.
The final results are the fair result, although probably a little annoying that not everybody who crossed the olive was DSQ, even if they were only for minor positions.
Questionable decisions
Made a number of questionable decisions during the race, not including the olive green. Going to note these as maybe I should think more about this in future.
Coming to 7 I made my first questionable decision. The control was on a path, in between two flower beds which wasn't marked on the map. On the map the two flowerbeds connected. I punched it coming in from one side, and went out the otherside. This was a risky decision, but it was (and is) hard to imagine anyone doing otherwise.
Second questionable decision: Into 9, didn't see any gap in the hedge on the map but didn't check properly enough. There was a gap coming from the north, so I took it without properly checking the map. On the way out of the control I checked properly and saw there was a very small gap on the map, so went back out that way.
12: reached in and punched it form the outside because the other side was taped, and they had said they'd tape dodgy uncrossable. Maybe a questionable decision, because (just on memory) I think this may have had uncrossable green too.
Better course and area than I anticipated - very good actually, but it was offset by poor mapping, which maybe should have been anticipated more having seen the sample map.
Started alright, not the most fluid through the first section, but largely error-free. Made a questionable decision on 7 (see below).
Caught the fence control at 8 early, read the description and got it fine. Very unsure about my route to 9 resulted in some hesitancy, but ended up going back the way I had come to 8 (North). 9 was my second questionable decision (see below).
Missed the gap in the hedge to 10, so went down the steps.
Fine through the next section, but struggling to get up gears at all so far.
Coming into the spectator control, flipped the map, and felt like I figured out 17 quickly enough, but not the most fluid again, just hesitant.
18 was fine, wasn't expecting it above me, but saw it up there.
19 I spotted the hedge gap I'd missed to 10, so went for it and straight down the earth-bank into 19 (through the olive green). Starting to move a little better here.
Flew back up the earth-bank to 20, and read the crossable fence on 20 fine, so made the most of hopping it.
Just tried to keep working for the remainder of the course, it wasn't very hard. Took the right-hand route to the last control.
A race filled with a good bit of hesitance, and held-back a bit, certainly lacked flow, but generally error-free which is a positive but should be a given in this sort of sprint.
Mostly surprised my time was the quickest, lacked a bit of speed today I felt, and it wasn't the most clean.
I can't figure out whether to put that down to an improvement in my speed or a decline in the form of our sprint orienteers this year, most of whom have been injury-stricken.
Told Andrew that I had crossed the olive green when I realised after talking to Shea, should be DSQ. Didn't mind at the time, I was never very focused on sprint, but was initially told the olive green was dodgy so it wouldn't be DSQ. The whole process was made a bit of a mess of, when a protest went in I was always going to be disqualified which was fair because I had crossed the olive green, but naturally it was still a little disappointing.
Of course there may have been some grounds for some appeal against the decision as the olive green area was vague, I suppose proven by the sheer number that crossed it, and since they had said they would tape questionable uncrossables - but I do believe if you cross forbidden area you deserve to be DSQ, and if you can see it while stopped you should be able to see it while running.
The final results are the fair result, although probably a little annoying that not everybody who crossed the olive was DSQ, even if they were only for minor positions.
Questionable decisions
Made a number of questionable decisions during the race, not including the olive green. Going to note these as maybe I should think more about this in future.
Coming to 7 I made my first questionable decision. The control was on a path, in between two flower beds which wasn't marked on the map. On the map the two flowerbeds connected. I punched it coming in from one side, and went out the otherside. This was a risky decision, but it was (and is) hard to imagine anyone doing otherwise.
Second questionable decision: Into 9, didn't see any gap in the hedge on the map but didn't check properly enough. There was a gap coming from the north, so I took it without properly checking the map. On the way out of the control I checked properly and saw there was a very small gap on the map, so went back out that way.
12: reached in and punched it form the outside because the other side was taped, and they had said they'd tape dodgy uncrossable. Maybe a questionable decision, because (just on memory) I think this may have had uncrossable green too.
C • 12 5
Running 5:21 [1] 0.79 km (6:49 / km)