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Sunday Jan 31, 2010 #
10 AM
Orienteering long 2:08:05 [3] ***** 13.0 km (9:51 / km) +380m 8:36 / km
spiked:11/23c slept:6.5 shoes: Inov8 Mudclaw 330 Yellow 2
Bit flustered at the start due to a rookie team and then seeing the complexity of the early terrain. Quite wobbly with any fine nav, and not too happy with my tactics or running ability on the longer legs (spent too long checking map when it was just head-down running) Was pretty tired to be honest.
1 - getting into what constituted a boulder. Checked out several before realising I was way too high. 1min
4 - too low, but caught it early and spotted the control quickly. 20 secs.
struggled up the banking, and not quick enough on the long legs. Slightly too far left on 7.
11 - there wasn't even a depression there, right? Bearing was way off - should have pathed it. Very easy to spot though.
14 - neaded for the standing stone right of where I wanted to be. Should have followed the bearing, not the obvious (and wrong) feature.
15 - my 1st BIIG error in a while. 'Parallel error' involving 2 lumps which in no way should have resembled each other and poor compass. Eventually relocated off some fields miles away before making the same mistake again (but not as big this time) Managed to make everything fit the map as well - a skill I've not utilised in a while. 8mins
16 - bit rattled, cocked up marshes, went too right and too far. 3mins
17,19 - too hesitant and low on both. 1min/30secs.
22. Too far right lead to too far down the hill. 1min.
So could have easily got under 2 hours if I was just letting the O flow a bit more like yesterday instead of worrying about what I was up to. Was pretty tired and had no speed or stamina, which was disappointing. If this had been a follow-the-leader fell run it would have felt so much easier - on trough stuff like this I find it quite hard to keep going.
After control 3 I didn't see anyone until nearly 80mins in - at 14.
1 - getting into what constituted a boulder. Checked out several before realising I was way too high. 1min
4 - too low, but caught it early and spotted the control quickly. 20 secs.
struggled up the banking, and not quick enough on the long legs. Slightly too far left on 7.
11 - there wasn't even a depression there, right? Bearing was way off - should have pathed it. Very easy to spot though.
14 - neaded for the standing stone right of where I wanted to be. Should have followed the bearing, not the obvious (and wrong) feature.
15 - my 1st BIIG error in a while. 'Parallel error' involving 2 lumps which in no way should have resembled each other and poor compass. Eventually relocated off some fields miles away before making the same mistake again (but not as big this time) Managed to make everything fit the map as well - a skill I've not utilised in a while. 8mins
16 - bit rattled, cocked up marshes, went too right and too far. 3mins
17,19 - too hesitant and low on both. 1min/30secs.
22. Too far right lead to too far down the hill. 1min.
So could have easily got under 2 hours if I was just letting the O flow a bit more like yesterday instead of worrying about what I was up to. Was pretty tired and had no speed or stamina, which was disappointing. If this had been a follow-the-leader fell run it would have felt so much easier - on trough stuff like this I find it quite hard to keep going.
After control 3 I didn't see anyone until nearly 80mins in - at 14.