Flatter terrain compared to last week - easier to keep up the pace on the whole course.
A stupid mistake that cost maybe 2 minutes on #1 - otherwise mostly OK orienteering.
Firmaliiga result 24./58
Category: Orienteering2013
Firmaliiga 2013/4, Kattilajärvi
First firmaliiga event this fall. Overall very physically demanding with most controls placed high up on hills/cliffs.
#1 a bit of circling before finding the right control
#2 ok and safe route, but slow
#3-#4-#5 OK
#6 very long leg with one or two big hills in the way. A route-choice with more running along the road might have been better.
#8 I tried to plan a good route to this control on the way to #6, but other runners and poor judgement caused extra minutes wasted here also.
Firmaliiga result 45./59
Iltarastit, Kattilajärvi
OK orienteering but not that fast running. Warm weather and hilly terrain. Maybe a bit surprisingly the big detour from 4->16 using roads and paths worked out OK since it was my second best split-time in terms of placing.
Aluerastit, Ilola
A lot of slow thicket areas and a map which I found difficult to read. Many paths that were visible in terrain were not on the map - while the ones drawn on the map were overgrown and hard to find. A similar story with large stones where I thought many were missing from the map.
Iltarastit, Pirttibacka
Problems on two out of the eleven controls yesterday. These also show up as the worst placings in the split times.
The #3-#4 (17-18 on the map) leg should have been a straightforward run along paths. However I took a short-cut from the path too soon and crossed about 1/3rd of the leg through the woods. Then right inside the control circle I ran past the control almost to the road south of it before returning. The blue line shows the path I should have taken.
On the very last control (14 on the map) it would have been clearly faster to return to the road (green line) and not go straighter through the light-green (thick) area.
Aluerastit, Länsimäki
An interesting course with controls #1-#9 in a very detailed area, then a few longer legs to #12 where the course criss-crossed over the swamp a few times before heading back south to the finish.
No major mistakes just minor ones: after #3 did not clearly identify the path, and took a wrong direction down the hill to find #4. Then on the #10-#11 leg I did not want to cross the deep "trenches" on these cliffs, so I back-tracked to avoid the trench (dark brown line on the map).
Iltarastit, Solvalla
Big mistake on #10. Should have run straight south, and navigated after the path based on this assumption. Then didn't do a very good job of promptly correcting the mistake and getting back "on the map" again.
The night of Jämsä-Jukola awaits next Saturday/Sunday.
Firmaliiga 2013/3, Pirttibacka
#1 ran up the wrong valley about 100m before realizing my mistake
#2-#6 mostly OK
#7 a slow route up the hill, more left through the forest or using the path would have been better
#8 a small loop to find the flag
Firmaliiga result 40./61
Itärastit, Latokartano
Nice going on 1-4, then a little slower to #5.
Towards #6 I first had the wrong direction and found the road close to #7 instead. Then again the wrong direction from the road towards #6??
7-9 OKish. Big problems on #10 - should learn to recognize these harder legs and play it very safe. Many paths that were not marked on the map lead to all kinds of confusion..
Länsirastit, Kaitakorpi
Very long #2->#3 and #4->5 legs on this course. No major mistakes but not that fast going either..