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Sunday Jan 27, 2013 #
Event: BKO Concorde Chase
12 PM
Linear orienteering race 1:17:03 [5] *** 13.7 km (5:37 / km) +549m 4:41 / km
spiked:16/31c shoes: inov8 Mudclaw 300
BKO Concorde Chase Level B event, Barossa: 11.8km, 31 controls, 355m climb
What a difference a working compass makes!! I'm still not entirely sure whether my previous thumpass is or ever was screwed (it appeared to be working fine at home). Having bought a new thumpass earlier in the week, however, I could at least have the confidence to trust that I could use the thing.
It also helped to run on an area where, broadly speaking, white means white, and where pretty much all obvious clumps of dark green are marked as such. I was a little hesitant to begin with, losing time on 1 and 3 before ballsing up near the start of 8 by running along the wrong path. I imagine that a number of my route choices could have been improved, using more straight lines than paths so much. However, I was moving well, despite the miles in my legs from the last week, and was generally clearly picking out contour detail (ok, so there wasn't too much and I guess what there was was fairly obvious, but for me this is good).
What a difference a working compass makes!! I'm still not entirely sure whether my previous thumpass is or ever was screwed (it appeared to be working fine at home). Having bought a new thumpass earlier in the week, however, I could at least have the confidence to trust that I could use the thing.
It also helped to run on an area where, broadly speaking, white means white, and where pretty much all obvious clumps of dark green are marked as such. I was a little hesitant to begin with, losing time on 1 and 3 before ballsing up near the start of 8 by running along the wrong path. I imagine that a number of my route choices could have been improved, using more straight lines than paths so much. However, I was moving well, despite the miles in my legs from the last week, and was generally clearly picking out contour detail (ok, so there wasn't too much and I guess what there was was fairly obvious, but for me this is good).