Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Thursday, December 14, 2006 Was that Pasi?I ran "Pasi-style" at tonight's night O' practice at Shawnee Mission Park. Pasi-style = no compass.The idea behind running without a compass was to force myself to concentrate. Last time I ran night O' I was very sloppy. I figured that if I ran without a compass I wouldn't let my mind wander. It worked (except for the last leg when I wandered off my line and then mis-relocated on a broad spur). It strikes me that night O' without a compass would be a good way to make a familiar area feel a bit new. Back to okansas.blogspot.com. Labels: night orienteering, training posted by Michael | 9:11 PM
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I often run without a compass in trainings, and I have also put my compass in my pocket during a race to get myself to concentrate better after a sloppy mistake. It does wonders for my concentration. I have contemplated doing it for big races but am a little afraid to, plus I really like using my "flip on/flip off style" magnifier that I have on my thumb compass. Wish I could have the magnifier without the compass.
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Yeah, magnifier without the compass would be (or at least would have been) great. I changed to thumb compass some years ago - the major reason being that I needed the magnifier, but couldn´t make it work with the old style compass...
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I have to admit that this made me change my orienteering style to the better, so now I´d never go back. I have considered using the baseplate compass for night O though, since I find it harder to use the thumb compass for bearings at night. # posted by
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