Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Monday, May 05, 2003 Saturday's first raceThe short champs this weekend began with a 1.72 km "prelim." Here are my routes:
This was my first "sprint" course. It was a lot of fun. I hope this form of orienteering becomes popular in the U.S. My strategy was to be careful to avoid running too fast and to stay away from any big booms. I'm reasonably satisfied with how I ran. I had a couple of hesitations that cost maybe 10 seconds each. I ran a bit too hard from three to four. When I punched at four, my legs felt heavy so I took the trail to give them a bit of a rest. Taking the trail probably cost me a few seconds (looking at the split times I'd guess I lost about ten seconds). Did anyone else run the trail to five? I didn't talk to anyone who did. I don't remember seeing footprints on the trail (but I'm not sure I was looking). Mike Waddington ran the course in 8:08 (4:44/km if the course measurement is correct). That is fast. The next best time, Brian May, was 45 seconds slower. I was way back, finishing in 10:51. From the split times it looks like three was the control that cost the most people the most time. The fastest time was 1:25. I shuffled through in 1:58 (with a hesitation when I didn't see the flag..costing a few seconds). Mihai, who'd boldly picked himself to finish 5th overall in the short champs, took 9:58. Several others had booms. Why was three so tough? posted by Michael | 8:52 PM 
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