Learning from others' errors #4

Parallel errors are perhaps the most challenging to identify once you find yourself in them. Can you guess why the case shown in the illustration occurred?

Drawing from my own experience and that of other athletes, I can say that it often happens that athletes begin to track their movement on the map beyond the control point circle, even though they are still within its bounds. This tendency is particularly pronounced during physical fatigue. That is what may have happened in this case.

Further, once on a similar trajectory, it becomes difficult to discern this deviation, especially when one is confident about being on the planned route. In this particular case, direction control was not adhered to in the initial steps from Control Point 8. The intended path required ascending through a small spur, but the athlete ran alongside the hill instead.

source: https://www.tulospalvelu.fi/gps/20180623langD21/

After reading my new book "Confident Orienteering", you will gain an understanding of the causes of errors and methods to counteract them.

Aleksandr Alekseyonok, December 27, 2023

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