Training Log Archive: piutepro

Course setting for the Silvermine local meet and sprint. I spend some time adjusting controls and moving them, because some control locations are not the way they look on the map. The Silvermine map is moody, relative to itself and intuitive.

It is relatively warm, no gloves, no fisher, no bear, only tons of Gs and Ws to get used to. I decide launch the S, as for the amount of looks at the map per k. Or should it be a T for Thierry, the king of simplification?

I test the sprint at dusk with the head lamp. Almost a night sprint in the end. I am fine and fast. I keep the splits to myself. I might adjust the course, but the current winning time at nightfall is 19.27 min.

I improve my S factor considerably from the first round, when I checked the controls. S is the simplification factor. How many looks are needed for a safe and fast run between two controls? A complex leg has a higher S number, Now I need to define the factors like intrinsic density (lots of point or near point features), clarity given (e.g. hand rails, visibility) and proportion of catching features versus coincidental, confusing or distracting factors.

I need some math expert or a sharp toothed Eastern fisher to figure that out.

I also proudly include the G and W: The lowering of the G allows higher W, which has a lowering effect on the S. The conclusion being, that fast runners need less looks at the map because they don't have time to forget what they saw. Hm, sounds odd. Need to do more research before I can publish this theory further.