Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Saturday, November 01, 2003 O-Sport magazineTwo copies of O-Sport magazine were waiting for me in my mail box when I got home from work last night.Perfect. I'd spend the evening reading the magazines and handing out candy to trick-or-treaters. I'd write a review of the magazine for okansas. I began by flipping through the two issues and counting. How many pages are in each issue? How many pages with color maps? How many pages with color photos? How many pages of advertising? Issue 4/2003: 52 pages, 24 pages with color maps, 16 pages with color photos and 4 pages with advertising. Issue 5-6/2003: 60 pages, 28 pages with color maps, 41 pages with color photos and 4 pages with advertising. O-Sport is colorful and dense with maps and editorial content. Only 4 pages with advertising means each issue is more like a book than a magazine. That's good and bad. The good is that each issue is full of content, full of stuff to read. The bad is that you'd like to see a bit more advertising support to help the magazine's financial condition. After flipping through the issues and doing some counting, I planned to read a few articles and pick out the type of articles that you see in O-sport. My plans didn't quite work out. I spent the evening at the hospital. Mary had emergency surgery to remove her appendix. Instead of reading O-sport, I spent my evening pacing around the waiting room and worrying about Mary. She's fine and should be able to leave the hospital in another day or two. I'm hoping to have a bit more time to read a few articles today and tomorrow. Even without carefully studying the articles in O-sport, I feel comfortable recommending the magazine. You get a mix of maps, reports and analysis of big races, interviews with top orienteers and discussion of how top orienteers train. The people writing and editing the magazine are serious about orienteering. As I flip through the magazine I feel the editors are interested in exactly the same stuff I'm interested in. I've never had that impression with another magazine regardless of the subject. You can get an idea of the magazine by checking out the O-Sport web page. The magazine is edited and published in the Czech Republic and doesn't yet have a North American subscription agent. No problem, you can subscribe through the U.K. agent and pay online with a credit card. I suspect it won't be too much longer before one of the North American O' gear dealers will start selling O-Sport. My conclusion -- Get out your credit card, point your browser to Compass Point in the U.K. and subscribe. I don't think you'll be disappointed. posted by Michael | 11:57 AM 
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