okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Monday, July 14, 2008
A look at the long qualification model
Here is the model area for tomorrow's long distance qualification race at the WOC:
I guess it is obvious that being able to run well up and down the hills is going to be important. You'd expect some long legs with complicated route choice problems. I'd think some of the tougher controls will require crossing at an angle along a steep hillside (where the technique requires that you have a good feeling for dropping/climbing a certain number of lines). Another problem might be holding a line going through the rougher vegetation.
