A Practical Guide for orienteers of level "Intermediate +"

How many errors do you typically make during an hour of running on a forest course? Have you ever done such a static analysis of it? Is it around 3 minutes, maybe 7, or even 10, or perhaps more than 15 minutes?

Imagine reducing those mistakes by 5 or 10 times. Do you think it's unrealistic? It's not! All you need are three things: desire (I want), knowledge (I know), and action (I do).

If you're determined to significantly minimise your route execution errors and are ready to put in the effort, this book will equip you with the knowledge you need. After reading it, you'll likely discover new strategies for minimising navigation errors that you've never considered before.

Just think: if you've been losing an average of 5 minutes out of every 60 minutes of running due to errors, this book can help you cut that loss down to just 1 minute or even 30 seconds. The best part is that you won't compromise your current speed; your performance will become remarkably stable.

You can achieve consistent, precise navigation and 'stamp out' outstanding results, just like a machine. It's not complicated. Navigation is a simple concept! But understanding where the risks originate and how to avoid or minimise them is the key.

The book is available here

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Left, Right, or Straight: Leg Analysis #13

Left, Right, or Straight: Leg Analysis #13 Today we will take a close look at the route choice for leg 5-6 from the women's elite long-distance at the "Närkekvartetten" 3-day event in Sweden (May 11, 2024) The altitude gain on this leg will not have a significant effect on the route choice. The right-hand route doesn't look bad in the first half, with a fairly large section along the road. However, after the stream (point A), there is difficult navigation with challenging runnability. Therefore, we will abandon this route and choose between the 'direct' and 'left' routes. The straight and left routes are identical up to the midpoint (point B). Therefore, we have ample time on the course to make a decision. Additionally, the alternative of running to point B on the right side of the road (orange track) is not favourable as it involves a longer path compared to the straight route to point B, where there is a long path. Let's look at the differe...

Left, Right, or Straight: Leg Analysis #15

Left, Right, or Straight: Leg Analysis #15 On the 31st of May, a long-distance race was held as part of the training camp for the Youth European Championships in Poland. These courses offered the competitors many typical legs for this type of terrain. One of them is the leg 3-4 for M18, M16 (same leg 2-3 for D18, D16). This leg offered a range of three classic route variations. - the shortest, but with two 30 metre slopes. - the middle with one slope. (+200 metres of distance) - longest with 0.5 slope. (+ 350 metres of distance). On the Livelox website, we can see only a few GPS tracks of the competitors, and we do not know their strength or with what effort they ran this distance. But it can still be seen that, among equal-speed competitors, the straight route lost to the right by about 30 seconds on average. See the tracks of D 18 class The left one is about equal to or better than the right one. However, very little info...

Left, Right, or Straight: Leg Analysis #18

Left, Right, or Straight: Leg Analysis #18 Presented leg 6-7 from the middle distance of the Norwegian Masters Championship 2024 (15.09. 2024; M65 class). Of the possible three routes, the left route goes over the hill and has almost the same lengthening as the right route (which has no climb). So we're not considering left route for execution. On the direct route there is a very steep slope to climb up. It takes a lot of time. See a comparison drawing of the best routes of straight and right. The right route turns out to be the fastest, while it is possible to see other legs ahead on the road. However, it is important to take the shortest route to the road from control 6. See a comparison drawing of two right routes on this leg ( best time on the leg and the course leader who only had 7th time on this leg). See also all routes of M65 class on this leg Source: https://www.livelox.com/Viewer/Veteranmesterskapet-mellom/H65-?classId=84...

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