Confident Orienteering

     Left, Right, or Straight #14 What route on leg 7-8 would you prefer? Kisakallio race 2024 ; M21E (Finland, 26.05.24) Source Livelox Aleksandr Alekseyonok, May 28, 2024

Livelox Pick of the Week; #6  If you only have a short time to catch up on last week's races, I recommend watching the  Stockholm City Cup, #1 (May 15, 2024)  This  event takes place on one of Stockholm's islands, the map is covering the entire island. The terrain is characterised by hills and intricate details, including numerous walls and stairs. Participants must navigate through forests and grassy areas also, making for a challenging course. The course planning is of high quality, with no obvious easy routes. However, there is a noticeable transition in legs difficulty, ranging from easier to very challenging legs. The event attracted over 600 participants, and the elite winners were Gustav Bergman  (OK Ravinen) and Karolin Ohlsson ( Järla Orientering) . Aleksandr Alekseyonok, May 20, 2024

  Learning From Others' Errors #8 Today we look at a controversial decision on the long 10-11 leg of Simon Hector's (the men's elite class;  Swedish League #5 10.05.2024 ).   The leg involved two main ideas for the route: 1. along the line of the leg 2. right along vehicle roads.  Simon started out on the right-hand route, but then, at some point, decided to leave the road very early (brown tracks) .   It's not uncommon to have doubts about where to leave a long linear feature. To simplify the decision, mentally place a control at the point of doubt and decide how you would navigate such a leg. source http://www.tulospalvelu.fi/gps/20240510SL5H21/ Aleksandr Alekseyonok, May 18, 2024.

  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 #13 Today, we're examining leg 6 from the women's elite long-distance  at the "Närkekvartetten" 3-day event in Sweden (May 11, 2024) Which route would you choose? Source: Livelox Aleksandr Alekseyonok, May 13, 2024