Wooden Rabbit Hutch Blueprints

week to Tampere

Describe four races trail, played in just 24 hours, it might be boring for the reader; why I'll do a summary of various aspects and curiosity about this trip.
First, I wanted to write about the city: on paper Finland's third largest city, but compared to the Italian cities, I would say that would not even be in the top hundred cities, in a hypothetical ranking. Life is very quiet, lots of green, lots of water, plenty of space, lots of cycling and walking paths, lots of people doing sports, conversely, being a town created by old buildings, has no major attractions or traditions excluding some specific museum . The temperature is cool and a lot of time variable while the sunlight lasts for at least 20 hours! there is a particular area for shopping because the houses are spread over a strip of land surrounded by two lakes, and for this, new shopping centers are built in the suburbs well connected by public transport, with Mary, we used a lot in this regard, I must admit here that everybody pays the ticket as you enter the front door only under the careful control of the driver.

Luck of sports Tampere is to have a couple of woods in the city where they can go to practice many sports: besides the usual running and cycling, the center Kauppi I saw a series of sports teams to practice different types of football, Frisbee, soccer ball with a huge, a variant of baseball, an open gym ....

Not having a map d ' orienteering, I could just practice on this land unknown to me: the area is drawn with white color but it's really hard to run in the middle of this vegetation. It reminded me of the woods of Asiago, with less slope but a variety of stones and rocks to make interesting paper in 2001, on these maps are the courses WOC and it was interesting to observe the locations Internet.

The weekend was a super appointment that I had signs ed in autumn 2009, when I came to the Nordic match for his country and this land I was fascinated by its complexity and the difference from our competition is remarkable. Unfortunately, last year, I was affected and I was not able to express myself better and this year, my challenge was with the wood and not against their opponents, especially Remo which is much more familiar with the land and with the athletes Nordic.

L ' organization is provided by four people who run the whole event: Sari, Jari , Marj and Hannu are everywhere and coordinate a dozen people involved in the siting and timing ; departure times are affected as the meeting of the second and third stage is a little distant and the mass start is divided into three groups is not always respected. About mass start, I confirm they do not like this kind of solution: get in twenty (unless in the sixties as a third stage) on the first point is really a bad feeling bearing in mind that there are wheelchairs and strollers sometimes ... .

On Saturday morning is the first commitment: 20 + 2 at time 110 ', the sky is variable and it's cool. The terrain is typical of this area: stones, rocks, woods with low visibility, the first group of lanterns grossly wrong that I had a Z seen well but in the end I was influenced by many people who assiepavano point of view.

Errors at 9, 12, 17 I have no regrets because I have doubts remained even after the race, I had problems at this stage of time and fortunately the last three answers were easy. Very simple points in time even if the first took me too long to make no hasty reply.

time to eat something in a structure special agreement, and the 15 is part of the time : lanterns from the eight groups of three questions each. The start list is given by the general classification, and then one of the first birth, during the journey also takes a little water, but who is party half an 'hour later he g airy with shower! I really enjoyed myself with this formula: for every error 45 "most of the time taken penalty, in the final standings for every 60" cost a point (ie 200 "total time cost 3 points and 20). In the end, seems to pay more speed rather than accuracy, but the tactics will be studied ....

My performance starts with a call error dictated by the rush (the lady tells me: "You can 't change answer!"), The second group I'm afraid I have another wrong, while the third cluster mistake an easy answer, however, distinguish between the fronds du and fir trees in front of one another is not easy. The fourth stop is terrible (not just for me): two errors! Unfortunately I was unable to set mentally well what ' availment. Here it starts to rain and I even more quickly because I had not brought anything with me (at the start of trial was sunny ...); still the wrong answer to the fifth cluster and then finally a clear path to the end.

sure the experiment was positive but we need special training since the speed of athletes is truly amazing !

Around 19, a new mass start (but everyone!) For 16 points in 80 + 2-time ', at this stage begin to feel the st anchezza and a low blood sugar. I make a mistake in Step 4 to a Z millimimetrica (without glasses because I have lost a lens), but what burns me is the mistake of punching 8 on the 9! I felt it because the physical sensations were the same as when I do that type of error no regrets about the error to the number 7 that I would do so forever. Long queue for the points in time, with the result of get nervous too because of hunger and darkness that is in the points (I'm almost 21!), Respond to questions without conviction but luck helps me in the second answer!

I'll be back at the hotel with a bitter taste for the decline in physical final but aware that it has improved compared to 2009.

On Sunday morning the sun appears in the woods of Tampere but competitors do not trust much to leave their jackets, the race provide for 20 points in 150 + 2-time '. Everything seems to be a good start with the first answer where I was torn between the D and Z (Z Remus says and does the only mistake of the day) but right punzano; black out from 4 to 6: the first two daughters of the same error contours (later write the because ), the six, a kind of cemetery (actually were concrete blocks with iron pole vertical) with a small problem: the lanterns were visible only from the point of view and elbowing you to try with 10-15 people to see 30 feet below the concrete which is right! I finally pulled a little randomly between the two furthest apart. Good sequence to the point 13 (m error at eleven to see why 4 and 5) then Z syndrome at 14 and 15! who does trail knows that if it finds a Z in the first 10 responses will start to worry .... Jokes aside, in both points the answer was pretty obvious, but who knows because I had to find valid reasons to convince me that they were not! Everything ok up to the lantern 20. The two points in time really bad: I count the points where the scene bad or the card is partially concealed. In the first point, I responded to that because on paper, seems silly! in fact the junction was not in the middle of a wood dish but the beginning of the climb ... worse, the second time control where the rock closest to the road was covered with fir trees while the lantern C was laid at the foot of a rock (always in front of others) but small. All legitimate, but which teaches us not to underestimate even in some special lanterns in time.

speech contour is very simple: on paper it is written equidistance 2.5 while in reality I could call them to your liking, I realized that these curves are not drawn to actual size, but in particular to indicate the particular forms of land regardless of their height.

A note on Remus that has been able interpret these curves even though his only mistake was just about used by this object, be noted that, contrary to what many people supported by CO- orienteer , the podium, and its extension , is composed of young people from various nations, a sign that good eyesight and a brain are still not yet worn the difference!

In conclusion, I come home after a relaxing holiday in a cool, conscious that it has improved my relationship with the Finnish rocks but have found a new obstacle in the contour! but I'll take care of this in the next super weekend.

STANDINGS

Itchy After Threading

The art of communicating and

This is a transitional post: I wrote three things to report.

First thing, I'll try to write the next post in google translate so easily able to be as close as possible to what he reads.

Second, the report site Alberto Grilli where you can listen live (Wednesday night) or so registered, the voices and impressions of athletes involved in various activities related to orienteering.

Last night, I did it for action to contribute to very laudable initiative.

Third, the site trailo.it, is publishing an interview with Marit Wiksell, eighteen year old Swedish girl, who answers questions about his relationship with the Stegal trail-orienteering.

Tearing Do To Brazilian Wax

Stone Corva Penicina

Cup Third Italy, that today, on a forest that divides a 4 Italian regions and under a sun, for the first time, summer, being close to home (as the crow flies) and probably O-last event before the Marathon I wanted to make a quick trip to Romagnese.

I remember, years ago, a trip to this area that had not left (to me and Mary) good memories, poor vegetation and rocky area not adequately recognized. This year the paper has been expanded, covering a forest very different from what already mapped, the forest is faster and similar to the Monte Penice and for this reason, in whole, the area offers a good variety of orienteering. The survey looked pretty good although some doubts remain about the color green 2, rilevatosi very fluently, and some parts where the contour lines do not seem to be perfectly matched with reality.

Fortunately, paths are intelligent in the new part, a middle series of points really fast and flowing, while in the slow and colorful some routes that have long left space for a variety of choices, sometimes decisive. It 'a shame that some categories have been distorted by the poor positioning a lantern, I personally went well, but it is not the first time that these things happen in the Italian Cup! the problem is that, eventually, those who remain seared by this problem, remember the race just for that reason ... The organization felt good and, despite the limited space for parking, the meeting has welcomed the 500 starters, once the categories have been merged M20-35-40 and this is exciting for some, demeaning to others!

My trip begins with the long and tortuous route that climbs up to Mount Penice Voghera, fortunately, I start around noon and have time to take it easy with: the downside is that it will be hot! At the start I find that I will not be the last to leave since it was added just behind Nicholas: it was not the first time, I do not involve mentally because we have two very different steps. After the start, I choose an easy question for the first point that I find quickly, well within the paper and three are with Angelo B. that starts two minutes before.

At one point I look for the bottle to wet, but I find that I've lost it! this will be a problem because the race is just to use it .... I lose about half a minute at the exit of four, but travel well; error on more than one minute at 8: 5 meters high and try to arrive in exercising the right, but 50 meters south of the lantern comes from behind Corradini it shows me the error. Even if by design, the next to return the favor as he goes to the east too.

Now they are on pace and I make a mistake going in the direction of 10 come out on a road, later discovered to be the path that runs parallel to the wire, just past the verde3, I decide to use contour lines to reach the right track, at which point I have no problem finding the lantern, although the plot seemed a little high. At ten, Nicholas goes at its own pace while I punzano 11:12 with a few slag mental body. The next point I plan it well, but I put a bit scared when I notice that the Green1 not what I expected: I run smoothly, and when I see Marco Seppi punching my lantern, do not believe in going along to look for who knows what .. . this minute lost was really free! going to 14, is already thinking about long after I choose the route short and risky, if it went well, I would do a lot of time to recover than those who choose the path ... In fact, all is well and finish 15th in the points where I stop on the saddle in search of rock: from top down and Nicholas Rudi, which lead me to the point about ten yards ahead.

I see that the race is over and use the latest energy to be unleashed in the wake of two riders: at 16, the master Trentino disappears into the bushes and find him clinging to the lantern damn many! He runs away and I shot to the neck but do not give Rudi, those last ten meters before the gate .... coming completely out of range but happy about my race until ....

ask around a bit but I find all of which I have wrought! Sassofortino in a race like I did and I won, I might come here in the rear?

cold shower comes from Remo that gives me a time of 4 minutes for the lowest! slowly, from the split, I begin to understand the errors and I have to admit that I was thinking to a more selective, but the differences have made small mistakes that added up together were decisive. Eventually, however, are glad I amused to find that in the end were good and Dario S. Remo (Greeting) and not too little self.

now Finland and O-Marathon.