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Sunday Apr 30, 2017 #
9 AM
Orienteering race (Battery Creek) 59:15 [5] *** 7.7 km (7:42 / km) +210m 6:46 / km
ahr:155 spiked:23/25c shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212 Orange
Battery Creek - 1:10'000
This is going to be one of my favourite runs for the year. Overcast and drizzly conditions made for great running. Started at the northern end of the map and first few controls swung through the diggings area. Then 6 controls in the forest and the remainder in open rocky terrain.
No problems apart from a short hesitation at #5 with a lack of definite detail in the area approaching the control. Caught and passed Christie (+3) here. I got sight of Carl (+15) and Paul (+6) exiting #12. Got into a proper pack line from #13, also with Mark V (+9). They led me into #15 and #16 before I took the lead exiting #17. Nerve-wracking stuff as we also caught Andries (+18).
Approaching #21 I had misread the description sheet by 1, so was looking for a boulder instead of a re-entrant. Stopped dead for a few secs until I worked it out and realized I was already in sight of the control. Led out to #22 and used path bend as AP, dropping down the slope to the feature. No control however and the 5 of us started searching before Carl darted out of there. We worked out he must have got it, despite being much higher up the cliffs. I was the lowest down the slope, so punched quite a few seconds after all the others. Then had to slowly claw my way back into the pack on the long road to #23. Caught everyone again 23-24 as they plowed through the densest part of the undergrowth and I ran around. Paul won the sprint finish, I got 2nd.
Great fun being in a group. That hasn't happened for a long long time. Got 2nd overall, about 6 mins down from Tim.
This is going to be one of my favourite runs for the year. Overcast and drizzly conditions made for great running. Started at the northern end of the map and first few controls swung through the diggings area. Then 6 controls in the forest and the remainder in open rocky terrain.
No problems apart from a short hesitation at #5 with a lack of definite detail in the area approaching the control. Caught and passed Christie (+3) here. I got sight of Carl (+15) and Paul (+6) exiting #12. Got into a proper pack line from #13, also with Mark V (+9). They led me into #15 and #16 before I took the lead exiting #17. Nerve-wracking stuff as we also caught Andries (+18).
Approaching #21 I had misread the description sheet by 1, so was looking for a boulder instead of a re-entrant. Stopped dead for a few secs until I worked it out and realized I was already in sight of the control. Led out to #22 and used path bend as AP, dropping down the slope to the feature. No control however and the 5 of us started searching before Carl darted out of there. We worked out he must have got it, despite being much higher up the cliffs. I was the lowest down the slope, so punched quite a few seconds after all the others. Then had to slowly claw my way back into the pack on the long road to #23. Caught everyone again 23-24 as they plowed through the densest part of the undergrowth and I ran around. Paul won the sprint finish, I got 2nd.
Great fun being in a group. That hasn't happened for a long long time. Got 2nd overall, about 6 mins down from Tim.
Saturday Apr 29, 2017 #
Note
Planner for Day 2 at Nooitgedacht East.
Friday Apr 28, 2017 #
7 PM
Orienteering race (Kaapsehoop) 33:39 [4] *** 3.4 km (9:54 / km) +75m 8:55 / km
ahr:155 21c shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212 Orange
Kaapsehoop Rockery 1:5'000
Night Event, Long course.
Had a good start with an easy loop around town before heading into the rockery. Aced the first few, but then forgot the basics and cut the corner to #8 without having a good attack point. Missed about 2.5 - 3 mins. Didn't use my compass enough in some places and ended up doing a few bananas, notably to #12, even though I won the split. Next big mistake was to #17 where I didn't have good map contact and got caught in a parallel error. Lost about 3-4 mins. Had to recatch Salome after that one.
Ended up 3rd behind Tim and Eugene.
Night Event, Long course.
Had a good start with an easy loop around town before heading into the rockery. Aced the first few, but then forgot the basics and cut the corner to #8 without having a good attack point. Missed about 2.5 - 3 mins. Didn't use my compass enough in some places and ended up doing a few bananas, notably to #12, even though I won the split. Next big mistake was to #17 where I didn't have good map contact and got caught in a parallel error. Lost about 3-4 mins. Had to recatch Salome after that one.
Ended up 3rd behind Tim and Eugene.
Thursday Apr 27, 2017 #
5 PM
Trail Running (Kaapsehoop) 38:19 [3] 5.44 km (7:03 / km)
ahr:148 shoes: Salomon Sense Mantra 3 grey/or
In Kaapsehoop for O-ringen. Went for an evening run, up past the hiking hut, lookout tower and along the overnight trail to the 2nd rocky ridge. Then down to the road and back to town.
Wednesday Apr 26, 2017 #
1 PM
Gym (Bio) 1:00:00 [3]