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Post by racaille on Nov 21, 2015 6:11:34 GMT
I'm engaged for a TREC next Sunday (29th) which is going to be immensely challenging. I've done one at this place before at a lower level: it is in the Alpilles and all woods and scrubland, very difficult as you can't see any landscape markers with which to triangulate your position. So 20 km in this is going to test me hugely. After the last one I realised I needed to be more precise with my map-reading - actually, with visualising distances and this one is going to tax me on that as, with nothing to see, it will all be about 'seeing' the right distance before turning, for example, as we will not necessarily be on a path. But I'm looking forward to it, even if my coach says the terrain is 'disgusting'!  |
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Post by haffyfan on Nov 21, 2015 10:15:19 GMT
Good luck, just think positive and about everything you learned from last time and enjoy the other bits you know you'll do well at. I guess the more challenging terrains you compete over the better you'll get and the easier 'normal' terrains will become.
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Post by brigadier on Nov 22, 2015 10:28:26 GMT
you are getting so experienced at this Rac, its all good practice and immense fun. Good luck.
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Post by racaille on Nov 23, 2015 4:47:41 GMT
I still feel like a novice But yes, it is fun and I shall just go out to enjoy myself, especially as it is the last of the immediate season.  |
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Post by pboy on Nov 23, 2015 7:52:01 GMT
Good luck Rac! That does sound like a tricky one, I'd have no idea how to judge distances! Do you estimate based on time? Or just a 'feel' for how far you've gone?
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Post by pboy on Nov 23, 2015 7:53:11 GMT
Good luck Rac! That does sound like a tricky one, I'd have no idea how to judge distances! Do you estimate based on time? Or just a 'feel' for how far you've gone?
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Post by racaille on Nov 23, 2015 9:21:08 GMT
If you are really good, Pboy, once you can judge distances accurately you can then tell (or look at your tables) how long it will take to cover a set distance in a particular pace, so that if you have a section that is set at, say, nine and a half km per hour, you can judge at what time you need to arrive at the next control. Obviously I am too busy finding the right path but I know roughly that if a section is at 11 km per hour, for example, I should do a bit of cantering where possible. Yes, I know this is not scientific but I am working on it!  The best reason to judge distances though is because when you are in a difficult area you can look at the map and say, OK there is 1 cm till I need to turn so that is 250m on the ground ... I am teaching myself to judge distances by taking note of where junction signs are: in the countryside they are 150m before the junction, in the town they are 10m beforehand. Simples. Not. |
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