Another run on the Solvalla map with fixed controls. Last one was in April.
Problems on the second control (#50) where at first I didn't know exactly where on the dashed path I had come down from the hill, and then inside the control circle I looked for stones north up the hill when the control-stone was lower down in the forest.
Big mistake on #9, where I stopped at the wrong cliff/hill, and the control was just to the right, but I did a big loop left before realizing this.
Otherwise mostly OK going in terrain that was much easier to run in compared to 2014 in Kuopio.
Last itärastit event for this spring. See you again in August.
Probably also last orienteering practice before Louna-Jukola next weekend.
#2 found the correct ditch but passed close by the flag before turning around to find it. +2 min.
#9 ran too far along the road and passed close to #4 before turning towards the control.
#15 nothing much wrong but still a bad split. straighter through the green apparently is faster.
Long boring runs along roads followed by slow climbing up and down stony steep hills.
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...
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.
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 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.
On #2 I blame the poor map...
#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.