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.
Category: Orienteering
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.
Itärastit Roihuvuori
Easy course with lots of running along paths. From #3 I ran towards #15 for a bit before realizing the correct direction towards #4 - worst split. #9 is the best split - no orienteering required, just running. #11 is again slow and would have been faster along the road/path instead of over the hill via #13.
Espoorastit Kauklahti
First 'real' orienteering event for this season - yay!
Good speed at the start with a 7th place overall at control #3. Then the wheel start to rattle at #4-#5-#6 and completely fall off for the last third of the course. No major mistakes - just the engine overheating after overcooking the start... 🙂
Solvalla kiintorastit, 5km
Still snow on the ground for maybe 30% of the route. Quite wet and soft.
Mostly ok but just inside the #32 control circle we somehow lost faith and did a loop in the wrong direction.
Korttelirastit Tapiola
Last Sunday of the winter-orienteering series. 3km sprint-course + 3km ordinary course. OK steady pace, 58:16.
Korttelirastit Koivukylä
Short sprint-o course on 1:4000 map today. +4 C and grey.
Korttelirastit Otaniemi
6 km course, about +2C and cloudy. Most snow has melted - no need for spiked shoes. 7.99km route at 5:51/km pace. Placing around 18th out of 107 runners. About 2 min of error in total.
- Just after #2 there is no way through directly towards #3, but I still run that way and check that the fence is really there. +30s.
- Out of #8 there is a steep hill to climb on the direct route - but I choose the easy way around instead. +30s.
- Running down the hill from #9 towards #10 I plan to round the building to the right - it looks better - but then follow others the left route around the building. Again probably +30s.
- At #13 it's hard to say from the map if there is a passage between the buildings, and the left more direct route would work. The long way around (right of the building) and back is slow and probably at least +30s again here.
