Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Saturday, December 10, 2005 An edge?I read Michael Lewis' article from last week's NY Times Magazine. One of the themes of the story is that Texas Tech's coach has figured out a way to take advantage of the conventional wisdom that guides other football teams. Lewis wrote Moneyball, a book that includes a similar theme, but about baseball.To make a gross simplification, the concept is that by finding a new idea -- by flaunting conventional wisdom -- an athlete or team can gain an edge. That got me thinking about conventional wisdom and orienteering. What sort of conventional wisdom could an orienteer take advantage of? What sort of new ideas could give an orienteer an edge? How do you find fresh, new ideas to test? I don't know the answers to those questions, but I'll throw out a few thoughts: Conventional orienteering wisdom is that you should take it extra careful on the way to the first control. Maybe you could gain an edge by taking chances -- running faster and/or picking riskier routes -- to the first control? In the U.S., I think almost any orienteer could gain an edge by doing a lot of training in the forest. That isn't really a new idea. But, as I look at training logs on Attackpoint, it seems like it would be a new practice. I suspect there is room to gain an edge through some new training ideas. Spending hours playing CatchingFeatures, for example. Maybe the eye training exercises I've written about before would work. I'll give this some more thought and maybe I can come up with some good ideas (and maybe I'll even share them). Orienteering Online is back After disappearing for a while, Orienteering Online is back. It is worth a regular look. Late Night With Mook Just one week left until the annual Late Night With Mook trail run. posted by Michael | 7:18 PM 
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