Category: Notes

My race itinerary for the next fortnight: 26 July, 12:58 – M21A, Velika Planina North, Slovenia. 27 July, 12:38 – M21A, Velika Planina South, Slovenia. 28 July, 13:56 – M21A, Letus, Slovenia. 29 July, 12:48 – M21A, Zavodice, Slovenia. 30 July, 10:24 – M21A, Ticjak, Slovenia. 1 Aug, 19:15 – Clued-O, Sheen Common, London. 5… Continue reading Holiday

I hope it cools down in Slovenia sometime before I get there a week from now. It’s going to be tough racing in these kinds of temperatures:

I passed the 1000km mark on my bike today, 77 days after buying it. The figure is based on my cycle computer’s odometer which I don’t always have clipped in, so I’ve probably gone a bit further than that. I was pretty pleased to be averaging 13km a day, until I realized my basic weekday… Continue reading 1000km

I’m planning on going to up to 21 22 events in the next six weeks. Probably don’t need to bother with doing my own training if doing this kind of volume… 14 June – BAOC Worthy Down, Winchester 16 June – BPTT 17 June – SAX Knole Park 19 June pm – SLOW Richmond trail… Continue reading I Don’t Need No Training

I’ve updated my VM results table with this year’s results, from the races last weekend. (I incidentally wasn’t there this time, having been to the last 7.)

Roger (JOK & TVOC) is running his 1000th orienteering event tomorrow. I haven’t been keeping quite such a close track – I think I started 13 years ago, back in 1994 (a Yellow course at Archerfield was my first competitive race) and I’ve raced on around 240 areas altogether, based on the maps I’ve got… Continue reading 1000

Here’s how I’m getting GPS tracks for my recent orienteering races. I’m using a Navi GPS (£80) bought from Storage Depot, with an SD memory card (£15) to log the route. I download the data as NMEA sentences via a memory card reader and then convert it to GPX with GPS Babel, and then upload it… Continue reading Equipment

Just got back from Switzerland after a superb week orienteering around Zermatt. Pics/results to follow once I get some sleep/work done – for now, take a look at the great pictures & writeup at Wadd Squad.

48 hours from now (1022 CET on Sunday) I’ll be leaving the start line on Day 1 of Swiss O Week – six days of orienteering in the mountains high above Zermatt in southern Swizterland. I’m really looking forward to what should be a great week in the Alps. Days 1-3 and 6 are middle-distance… Continue reading Altitude