Confident Orienteering

  Learn 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.

Learning from others' errors #7   Challenges in navigating from large rounded features. When an athlete misses the distance control while running along a rounded landforms, it's easy for them to end up in a parallel situation. This happens because the direction from the large feature aligns with the intended bearing. The leaders on this leg chose a direct route for a reason: to establish a clear starting point ( knoll ) from which to begin the bearing based section towards the control point from the big hill. source https://www.livelox.com/Viewer/Nykopingsorienteringen/H21?classId=710504&tab=legView&leg=7 course H21E from Sweden, 23.03.2024. More about orienteering techniques and how to navigate without errors here.   Aleksandr Alekseyonok, 29 March ,2024.  previous post in this series  Learning from others' errors #6

Left, Right, or Straight: Leg #7 Analysis Today we're analyzing the routes for Leg 4-5, class M35 A, of the Costa Calida 2024 long-distance event. source: https://www.livelox.com/Viewer/Costa-Calida-2024-Larga-Caravaca-/M-35A?classId=716564&tab=player&leg=5 This leg stands out as the only one within this particular group, providing us with limited information for drawing definitive conclusions regarding the winning route. However, we can still make comparisons based on the relative speeds of the athletes, which will offer valuable insights What do we have? The leg length is 1660 meters. The climb along the line of the crossing is 135 meters. The length of the right-hand route is 2400 meters, with a climb of 85 meters (and all these 85 meters are in the first half of the route: 40 meters steep from KP 4, then more gentle). The length of the left route is 2200 meters. The climb is 75 meters (all at the end of the pass, with a gentle climb of 25 meters first, followed by a...

Learning from others' errors #6  An example of a parallel error.  Reason - too much trust in tracking route execution relied only on features. Source https://www.tulospalvelu.fi/gps/20221022SL10D21/ See Also https://aliaksandr128.gumroad.com/l/jerzqm Aleksandr Alekseyonok, January 24, 2024

  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...

Learning from others' errors #3 I think that this error (Control 3) happened because the risks were underestimated and, as a consequence, the route planning was not deep enough. Looks like plan was take the control just following the bearing. Here it was necessary to apply aiming-off, or plan how to position yourself accurately and confidently closer to the control.  source: https://www.livelox.com/Viewer/Foley-Mountain-Classic/Classic?classId=697741&tab=player I think I'll go with the following plan: from the field to the corner of an impassable marsh; then on to the saddle between the marshes ; then bearing a little to the left of Control, but on the way clarification on cliffs and a small knoll with a small sliff in the lowland.  See here how to make dramaticlly less errors when execing routes:   New e-book on Orienteering for advanced runners  Aleksandr Alekseyonok, December 23, 2023.

Learning from others' errors #2 Could you suppose  what exaclty and in what moment was technically  done incorrectly, what led to these errors?  source https://www.tulospalvelu.fi/gps/  Aleksandr Alekseyonok, December 6,2023 How to do drametically less errors on courses

  Learning from others' errors #1 Parallel Error: Solving Situation The location where the athlete turned left from the open area was at the top of the spur (point "A" on the figure). The planned exit point ("B")was on the slope, making it very easy to determine where to leave the vegetation boundary of open area on the ground. map used: https://www.livelox.com/Events/Show/117334/GrandPrix-2023-08-Zabno See here how to make dramaticlly less errors when execing routes  New e-book on Orienteering for advanced runners