Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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| okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering |
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Friday, March 05, 2004 Just a couple of quick notes: 30 minutes a day I haven't quite kept up with my plan of 30 minutes a day of map study. Yesterday I only did ten minutes. I'm only up to ten minutes today, but I've got time to hit my target. Part of my plan is to spend some of that time each day looking at Bjornar Valstad's routes. I've managed to do that each day this week. So far I've got a few initial impressions of Valstad's orienteering. First, I get the impression that he doesn't necessarily pick the best route on each leg. Sometimes he picks a route that will probably cost some time, but will save energy. Also, he takes some really risky looking approaches to controls. I suspect that he's able to manage some approaches to controls that most of us wouldn't. On the other hand, I might just be imagining things. In any case, looking at his routes is interesting. For what it is worth, I've noticed that I'd select different routes. For example, look at Bjornar's route from 11 to 12. I'm quite sure I'd leave 11 going closer to straight south (aiming for the olive green private area). Then, I'd run the small road (solid black line) until about the point where the magnetic north line meets the road (nearly due west of 12). Women training with the men The NY Times today had an article about the men who are practice players for the UCONN's womens' basketball team (I think you need a free registration to see the article). Here is a quote: Coaches at most of the country's major Division I women's basketball programs began using male students [as practice players] at least a decade ago. They did it, the coaches say, in search of a higher level of competition for the starters than their female reserves could provide. A woman looking to improve in the U.S. could probably get tougher competition by running M21. I haven't looked at results carefully, but my impression is that the level of competition is deeper in M21 than F21. I know that the top North American women (I'm thinking of Kristin Hall and Pam James) have had quite good results in M21. A word from Shin The legendary Japanese orienteer Shin Murakoshi apparently wrote a book or an article on "How to Improve Your Orienteering." Here (lifted from Takehiko Oguma's web page is a word from Shin: I was totally in control of myself, dealing with a fear that I might make a terrible race, holding back myself from keeping running without reading the map, pushing myself when I choked or started to play it safe, and re-focusing my concentration when it began to drift away. As an aside, Takehiko Oguma kept a fascinating training diary on his page through the end of 2003. Unfortunately he hasn't updated it recently. posted by Michael | 8:41 PM 
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