Daily thoughts about orienteering
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Thursday, November 22, 2007 Night Score O' CourseLast Saturday, we ran a night score O' course at Heartland (map below). We had 90 minutes to get as many points as possible. The point values for the controls ranged from 10 to 40.I was sure that I could get all of the controls in 90 minutes, so I didn't pay any attention to the point values. My route was: 1, 3, 19, 15, 22, 5, 12, 23, 18, 24, 6, 11, 16, 4, 21, 17, 20, 9, 10, 7, 13, 2, 8, and 14.  My route felt ok, but I suspect there are better ways to get all of the controls. I don't know what those ways are, but I'm not very good at this sort of decision. I would assume someone could find a better route. The score O' format is standard for local night races. It makes it a bit easier on the organizers because the competitors (many are not very good at orienteering in the day, let alone at night) generally come back to the finish in a reasonable time. It is also a good way to introduce inexperienced orienteers to night O' - even if they are lousy, they are bound to find a few controls. Saturday's event got 87 starters (many went out in small groups of 2 or 3). That's probably (certainly?) the biggest night O' event around the Kansas City area. If you sent me an email If you sent me an email and I haven't responded, my appologies. I got a bit behind. I'll try to catch up over the next few days. Back to okansas.blogspot.com. posted by Michael | 9:11 AM 
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