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Saturday, December 08, 2007
2-3 hours a day of map study
The latest Orienteering Today includes an article on how the top Chinese orienteers train. This part caught my eye:
So how do they train orienteering technique in the rather boring surroundings? "We spend 2-3 hours every evening studying maps and route choices....Catching Features is also an important part of the training.
2-3 hours a day of studying maps is a lot of time looking at maps. Over the last few years, I've experimented a bit with map studying, but I don't think I ever hit 2 hours, let alone 3, in a given day. I'm impressed.