okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Last weekend's MicrO
Here is the MicrO section from last weekend's Kansas Champs. Fritz set the course.
I was involved in organizing the race, so I didn't get a chance to test the MircO. I wish I had. The closest I got was running the legs as a last check to make sure the controls were in place (I ran with the above map, which shows the false controls, rather than the competition map).
The impression I got from checking the controls was that I'd run a MircO a bit differently than I'd run a regular leg. Take the leg from AF to B3. In a regular event, I'd leave AF heading in the right direction and keep my head up, looking to see the control from as far away as I could. But, in the MicrO, I'd have gone a little slower, paying more attention to the exact feature I was looking for (the stream bend with the earth bank).
In the MicrO, I'd go a little slower and pay a little more attention to the detail. In most midwest terrain, you don't need to pay attention in that way. It feels a little more like New England/Nordic terrain. Not the same, but more so than typical midwest terrain.
