Training Log Archive: Uncle JiM

Event: Victorian Relay Championships
 

Vic relays today, and I had to get the SI units out, so decided to start early, like before 6, so got some Jukola training in as well. I was out there in the dark, merrily clipping the SI boxes into the stands, when I thought, something is not right? Then it hit me, I was not putting out any flags, and they weren't even in the car, they were back at home. Dropped the remaining SI boxes at the control I was up to, ran back to the car, drove home, picked up flags and drove back, took 30 mins to get back to were I was up to. At these it was light now, didn't need the headlamp any longer. Got going again and about 6 contols later, I noticed that I had lost an SI unit, nothing I could do now, except put out all the remaining units plus flags.

Drove home again, had breakfast and loaded the car with all the maps etc that is needed to run the SI tent, had to go into the forest the long way as I had to put out the replacement SI unit that I had lost, also put the water control out. Got to the assembly area by 9, got the event direction signs out and my 1st helpers that I was going to meet at 10 arrived at 9.30, so I hadn't lost any real time.

Event went really well, maps looked good and the controls seemed to be in the right place, Liggo and a few others seemed to have some difficulty telling the difference between a Spur (163) and a Dam wall (138), I suppose that they are both "up" features.

3 comments that I heard about the day, 1, Not enough toilets, even though the biggest line I saw there was 6 people, 2, Controls splits not far enough apart & 3, 4th last control on the cliff was in the wrong spot, but this was only from 1 person of the 40+ people that went to that control today.

Todays event used 32 controls, 6 different courses with 358 variations

C • The cliff 8