okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Today's race at Weston Bend
1.5 km into today's course I caught up to Gene, who'd started before me. He asked me if I had any Gu. I didn't. It tells you something about how brutal the course is when someone needs Gu after 1.5 km.
You can see the toughest bit of the course below (click for higher resolution).
It doesn't look so difficult. But, the forest is rough and the contours feel more like 10 meters than 5 meters. The map is a bit rough in this area, too.
My route to 3 looks like a mistake. But it isn't. I took a wandering route because I was trying to stick to the nicer forest and avoid some of the steeper climbs.
We had one longer leg. 8 to 9 was about 1.5 km. The leg gave you two major decisions -- left of the line on the road or right of the line on trails. You also faced some shorter decisions, like how to leave 8 and how much effort to spend avoiding green in the last 1/3rd of the leg.
