Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Monday, June 09, 2003 Bjornar's plan at the Norwegian long champsBjornar Vlastad won this weekend's Norwegian long champs ( about 22 kilometers) and wrote a bit about his plan for the race on his web page. Before you look at what he wrote, take a look at a bit of the course -- the fifth leg was nearly three kilometers.Here is a bit of what Bjornar wrote: My tactic was simple. KISS -- Keep it simple and stupid. In other words, run safe and simple. My plan was to take routes that were simple and easy, both physically and technically. The idea was to save energy during the first half of the race, and then use it at the end. It worked out perfectly for me! That is why I took some unorthodox route choices. I decided to go way around to the right on the first long leg (from 4 to 5). My route turns out to be three minutes slower than going more nearly straight when Hans Gunnar (silver) and Øystein (bronze) went. At the 5th control I was four minutes behind the leader, Øystein Kristiansen. But, the split times also show that from the 5th control to the end, I beat the other two medalists by six minutes. That suggests it was easier for me, after running roads and trails in the first part of the course, to hold the pace than it was for the others who'd run through the tough "fell" terrain. From the 5th control and on, I picked up the pace and was able to run relaxed. I think Bjornar's approach -- look for easy/simple routes and run on roads and trails to save energy -- is a pretty good plan for almost any course. Because I'm a comparatively weak runner, I find it especially useful to look for trails and roads. posted by Michael | 7:30 PM 
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