okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Sunday, September 19, 2004
Looking at the map
Watching the video coverage of today's WOC relay I was struck by how often the top orienteers look at their maps.
Heli Jukkola looked at her map every few steps. Jukkola seemed to be the extreme. But most runners didn't go any more than about 10 seconds between looks at the map.
I have no idea how often I look at my map. I don't think I look at my map as often as the top runners were looking at theirs.
I think I'll try something on a training course this fall. I'll wear a watch programmed to beep every 20 seconds or so and make a point of looking at the map at least two times between beeps. That'll give me a sense of how often I usually look at the map.
posted by Michael |
8:20 PM
