Three good splits on 1, 2, and 7.
Bad mistake on 3 costing about +5 minutes. This was followed by a map badly needing updates on the 3-4 leg...
Category: Orienteering2015
Firmaliiga Luukki
Ran past #1 to the bigger road. +90s at least.
Too carefully towards #5, also drifting too much east, and then across the road at the wrong place. +2min maybe.
#7-#8 was first steeply downhill, then over the road, and steeply uphill. Didn't hit the right spot on the uphill and this is the worst split by far.
Firmaliiga returns in August with three more events.
Itärastit Ämmässuo
Three major mistakes: ran well past #1, a strange loop before #6, and through the wrong valley towards #11.
Four OK legs with top-20 placings and mostly <1 min lost.
Firmaliiga Kattilajärvi
Firmaliiga today on the shorter course, just 4.0 km.
#1 a strange loop south before settling for the road as a good choice. Might have paid off to run at 90-degrees to the control-line in the beginning and use the road for the entire leg. Bad split.
#2 a little slowly to the swamp and steep cliff around 50% of the leg, then OK north on the narrow swamp via the big stone and entering the control circle via the small cliff. Good split.
#3 safe road-route until the lake, then a bit carefully crossing the wet bit and steeply up the hill to the control. Good split, could have been 30-60s faster with less hesitation at the lake and more speed up the hill.
#4 tried but failed to find the dashed path, drifted roughly in the correct direction but the 90-degree turn up the big hill next to the wrong lake is unforgivable. Mostly with help of other runners I find the right lake and the control. Much time lost, maybe +3 min. Should not let orienteering get out of control like this - must find clear land-marks during the leg before risking overshooting the control. Bad bad split.
#5-#6-F quite easy along the path. +40s on the short leg to the Finish is not great. More speed please.
10th overall is OK.
Itärastit Latokartano
On #2 I blame the poor map...
Firmaliiga Pirttimäki
#1 probably 30s lost due to indecision and slight uncertainty because everyone else around me had another course and ran in other directions...
#2 OKish but not a great split
#3 went for the wrong stone when inside the control circle. At least +30s again.
#4 could have chose a straighter route in the beginning. #5 and #6 quite OK.
#7 zigzag along paths. Then #8-#9-#10-#11-F fairly OK again.
Itärastit Latokaski
1, 2, 3 OKish, then too slowly and carefully down the hill from #3 towards #4 - maybe directly south avoiding the slow green-dashed area would have been better. A little too much west out on the road after #5. BIG loop and slow walking around #7 - and then while being upset about this mistake pretty bad directions on both #10 and #11.
Iltarastit Luukki
No major mistakes and steady going mostly.
After #21 I was quite slow and careful when crossing the wet bit before #22.
#23 is a fairly good split although I took the safe and easy route.
Down from #23 I meant to go directly south but drifted south-east instead.
Out of #24 could have run directly south-east and not zigzagged to avoid the wet swamp.
Itärastit Uutela
Zigzag course on a 1:8000 scale map.
Itärastit Salmenkallio
Quite tentatively towards #1, catching the big cliff (yellow arrow) more by luck than skill and from there the control.
On #6 and #7 I tried to avoid the slow green areas but in hindsight my route is too zigzaggy. #9 ran out of steam a bit. #10 is the best split as I crossed the big path as planned and found the control via the big stone and swamp.
#11 is an identification mistake where I mistook a stone lower down for a one upper on the hillside (yellow arrow), resulting in a loop back to the control.
