Yesterday Gene and I headed up to Woodhill forest for some middle distance training and a chance for Gene to test out his super fast X-Talons. We entered the forest through Bradley Road which meant a 25 minute run to the map, a run in which both of us nearly managed to injure ourselves.
My attempt came via a poor fence jumping technique where I failed to lift my back leg sufficiently high enough. The result, a tangled mess similar to my calender photo and one hysterical Gene. Gene decided to test the idea that flying is just free falling with style, bailing down a slope after getting his foot stuck. We finally managed to get to the map and do some actual orienteering.
I had set a 4.4km middle distance course focusing on control flow and smoothness through the circle. Gene had a little hiccup at control 3 but other than that we both were orienteering pretty well. The intensity wasn't that high giving us a chance to focus on our map contact. I have attached the map with both of our routes. Mine is in red, Genes route is in blue.
Upon returning to the car we found that someone had put a trespassing notice on my window screen.....Orienteers trespassing....yeah right.
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