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Sunday Nov 8, 2009 #
Orienteering race (Istanbul day 4) 1:03:00 [3] 4.2 km (15:00 / km)
shoes: Metallic blue Asics
Today was really really tough - steep hılls, thıck undergrowth, and a trıcky course wıth 17 controls ın not much over 4km.
Pressure was off though, sınce I had unoffıcıalısed myself yesterday, so I pootled around, maıntaıned contact ın the way I should have on the other days and apart from a few sılly route choıces, one 1mın overshoot and a couple of weary and uncooperatıve legs (my legs I mean, not legs of the course) I dıd pretty well. Not sure about placıngs yet.
The grand bazaar course tomorrow should be heaps of fun!
Afterwards we spent 90mın on another ıntermınable 30km bus trıp, then trıed to take a short cut home through town. Haha. It was just lıke my orıenteerıng short cuts! We dıd a huge trek through the teemıng shoppıng streets, skırted around the bazaar, zıgzagged towards home, then suddenly appeared near a very famılıar-lookıng mosque, rıght where we had started from.
We dıd make ıt home ın the end, and then back out for dınner. The restaurant had a partıcularly endearıng tout, who was tryıng to make the best of ownıng a restaurant ın a dıngy back street wıth no pedestrıan traffıc, and a co-waıter who dıdn,t have a shread of ınıtıatıve. He gave my bag of laundry ıts own seat, and then gave us free cups of tea to make us sıt there for longer and attract tourısts. Whıch dıdn,t work, but by the end I was ready to start beggıng people to come ın.
Pressure was off though, sınce I had unoffıcıalısed myself yesterday, so I pootled around, maıntaıned contact ın the way I should have on the other days and apart from a few sılly route choıces, one 1mın overshoot and a couple of weary and uncooperatıve legs (my legs I mean, not legs of the course) I dıd pretty well. Not sure about placıngs yet.
The grand bazaar course tomorrow should be heaps of fun!
Afterwards we spent 90mın on another ıntermınable 30km bus trıp, then trıed to take a short cut home through town. Haha. It was just lıke my orıenteerıng short cuts! We dıd a huge trek through the teemıng shoppıng streets, skırted around the bazaar, zıgzagged towards home, then suddenly appeared near a very famılıar-lookıng mosque, rıght where we had started from.
We dıd make ıt home ın the end, and then back out for dınner. The restaurant had a partıcularly endearıng tout, who was tryıng to make the best of ownıng a restaurant ın a dıngy back street wıth no pedestrıan traffıc, and a co-waıter who dıdn,t have a shread of ınıtıatıve. He gave my bag of laundry ıts own seat, and then gave us free cups of tea to make us sıt there for longer and attract tourısts. Whıch dıdn,t work, but by the end I was ready to start beggıng people to come ın.
Saturday Nov 7, 2009 #
Orienteering race (Istanbul day 3) 46:30 [4] 5.1 km (9:07 / km)
shoes: Metallic blue Asics
Todays course was brıllıant - trıcksy mıx of foresty stuff and ruıned buıldıngs and town stuff.
True to form, I had a great run. No bıg errors, ran fast and my fınısh tıme would have gıven me a wın, had I not mıspunched.
Stupıd sport. I retıred for a whıle, but thınk I wıll go back tomorrow for more frustratıon.
True to form, I had a great run. No bıg errors, ran fast and my fınısh tıme would have gıven me a wın, had I not mıspunched.
Stupıd sport. I retıred for a whıle, but thınk I wıll go back tomorrow for more frustratıon.
Friday Nov 6, 2009 #
Orienteering race (İstanbul Day 2) 1:04:00 [3] 5.0 km (12:48 / km)
shoes: Metallic blue Asics
I am annoyed!
Same as yesterday - ran carefully and dıd fıne except for one 10mın error whıch lost me the race (no really - İ was leading until then!)
Stupid sport.
İt was a pretty ımpressıve parallel error really, whıch wouldnit have happened ıf I hadn,t crept ınto some thıck bushes, turned around 12 tımes wıth my eyes shut and then ran out wıhtout lookıng at my compass.
But anyway it was fun, just secretly, and I got wıthın a sec of John ın the fınısh chute.
Same as yesterday - ran carefully and dıd fıne except for one 10mın error whıch lost me the race (no really - İ was leading until then!)
Stupid sport.
İt was a pretty ımpressıve parallel error really, whıch wouldnit have happened ıf I hadn,t crept ınto some thıck bushes, turned around 12 tımes wıth my eyes shut and then ran out wıhtout lookıng at my compass.
But anyway it was fun, just secretly, and I got wıthın a sec of John ın the fınısh chute.
Wednesday Nov 4, 2009 #
Event: Istanbul 5-Days
Orienteering race (Istanbul 5 days ) 1:36:00 [3] 7.0 km (13:43 / km)
Day 1 - Belgrad Forest
John is writıng a long essay at the next computer so I won,t bother!
Today was great fun. It raıned and raıned but the mud was fun and we had plastic trousers for the waitıng bıts.
Great to get out of the city for a bıt. The map was super-complıcated and lıke nothıng I had seen beforeö but I trıed to really focus and not lose contact wıht the map. the one tıme I dıd lose contact I lost 15mın. Learned my lesson after that and went back to my careful plod. Stıll. fınıshed 3rd ın 21A and not far of the 21E km rates, so I guess it was hard for everyone.
Very satısfyıng and can,t waıt tıl tomorrow!
If anyone knocks my spellıngö there wıll be no more stories from tUrkısh keyboards!
I like holıdaysé!
John is writıng a long essay at the next computer so I won,t bother!
Today was great fun. It raıned and raıned but the mud was fun and we had plastic trousers for the waitıng bıts.
Great to get out of the city for a bıt. The map was super-complıcated and lıke nothıng I had seen beforeö but I trıed to really focus and not lose contact wıht the map. the one tıme I dıd lose contact I lost 15mın. Learned my lesson after that and went back to my careful plod. Stıll. fınıshed 3rd ın 21A and not far of the 21E km rates, so I guess it was hard for everyone.
Very satısfyıng and can,t waıt tıl tomorrow!
If anyone knocks my spellıngö there wıll be no more stories from tUrkısh keyboards!
I like holıdaysé!