Team Harlequins @ Harvester 2013
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7 leg night orienteering relay: I am on first leg @ 00:05, time to hydrate - what? The rest of my team are drinking wine!
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| ...and sharing Sticky Toffee Pudding |
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| Researching the final control - I got the fastest split on my gaffle/gaffel |
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| Originally organised by friends who "combined to harvest trophies" |
Cake-Of-Mortality Section
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Normal Service Resumed
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| Padre Brian gestures a blessing to map and next leg runner |
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| Another course, another deep and muddy marsh |
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| Post title explained |
I ran 11.5km (gps) for an 8.5km (nominal) course - when normally I would expect to only be about 10% over as measured by gps. Explanation:
A) There was a lot of bracken - so I went round most of the time
B) There was a lot of bracken and the controls were hung very low indeed
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| This was mostly my fault - having crossed the ride, end of the spur and noted the pit I was mislead by what I think is an un-marked very shallow north-south ditch and then wallowed around in head high bracken for 5 further minutes (now absolutely last and did not see another competitor for 20 minutes |
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| Careful bearing from the wide ride/path junction and then pace in... what no control? Look up and down the re-entrant - nope - relocate off the path and marsh to the south. The control kite was VERY low down in the vegetation. |
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| Getting just a little miffed with the control visibility. Relocated off the path to the west and then down the raised area. Never saw the shallow gully at all. |
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| Here is the whole course (click for larger size) |
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