Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Saturday, October 04, 2003 Second day at the U.S. ChampsHere are a few notes about a few legs Tom was interested in...Take a look at the 6th leg. 
I remember looking at the leg and thinking, "that doesn't look like much fun." The climb wasn't steep. But, at altitude, I knew I couldn't run it. So, I walked. I don't really see any major route options. The green was generally pretty trashy. If you didn't follow the reentrant with the white forest in the first half of the leg I don't know what you'd do. I also don't see any very good ways to take the control. I don't see any good attack points near the control. I don't see any good way to simplify or extend the control. I contoured from a distinct part of the top of the ridge about 250 meters before the control. I looked below, hoping to see the reentrant and the shape of the hillside. As it turned out, the control wasn't hard to see once you got near it (it was a water stop and you could also look for the cups and people standing there drinking). Check out the 8th leg. 
The trail to the right of the line jumped out at me. But, I don't see a good way to get there. I decided to use the white forest and reentrant to get me near the control. The control doesn't look especially difficult. Using the trail that goes northwest from the control made finding the circle very easy. I ended up losing a few seconds within the circle because I got hung up in some thick vegetation and didn't spot the flag as quickly as I should have. These two legs (6 and 8) have a very different character from the rest of the course. The two legs together add up to maybe 2.2 km, nearly 30 percent of the total course length. If you're interested, here is the map of the entire course. Finally, take a look at the 11th leg. 
Here is what Tom wrote about this leg: I went to the road and was moving along. But some had some pretty quick times. I figure they must have run really hard or maybe went straight using the campground as an intermediate point. I haven't looked carefully at the split times for this leg, but I can't imagine straight is any faster than the road. James Baker went straight (and he's been running a little bit faster than me) in 7:42. I took the road in 7:14. On the other hand, Tom, who is a relatively fast runner, took 7:50 on the road route. Maybe Tom just loafed on the road. Or maybe he loafed in the forest on the way to the road. I don't know. posted by Michael | 9:48 AM 
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