okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Dogs in the terrain
I like dogs, but I get nervous around some dogs that I don't know. That's why this is my nightmare:
EOC sprint quali. Really bad race. To the first control I met a dog, which I had to bark back at. Lost some concentration and time there of maybe 10 secs max. Kept on going, until I on my way to the 4th control took a flight, trying to run through a hole in a fence with a metal threshold and reading the map at the same time. landed in glass and dog poo and crashed my compass.
After his run in with the dog, Anders Holmberg just barely missed qualifying for the A-final.
I think he's running the middle distance qualifier on Friday. I'll be hoping he doesn't run in to any dogs during that race.