FVO Night Event - South Achray

This was the last FVO night event of the winter. Jason and Janine Inman planned a long course which made great use of the area, had lots of gaffling and which was 5.9k with 30 controls. Steve Barrett secured a comfortable victory in 47:15, with Ross McLennan second in ca 48:50.

Results to follow.

Map with course.



Map with my route.

FVO Night Event - Touch

Steve Barrett planned a really tricky course which was 4.9k with 25 controls and which was won by Will Hensman.

Results to follow.

Part 1 map with course.



Part 2 map with course.



Part 1 map with my route.



Part 2 map with my route.

ESOC Sprint O - Hopetoun House

The ESOC Sprint O consists of a Prologue, followed by a Chase where the first person home is the winner. Hopetoun House grounds, in the shadow of the Forth Bridges, was a great venue for Sprint O and gave fast, and close, racing.

The Prologue was 2.9k with 20m of climb and 13 controls and the Chase was 2.7k with 20m of climb and 15 controls.

Results.
WinSplits.
RouteGadget.

Prologue map with my course.



Chase map with my course.



Prologue map with my route.



Chase map with my route.

MAROC Scottish Night Championships - Birsemore Hill

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2009



MAROC put on a great event - efficient organisation, a superb area and testing courses; and a warm up map and post race soup too!

I ran M50/Course 2 which was 5.7k with 15 controls. Was careful and had a pretty clean run, with only a small miss at 8.

Results.
Splits.
RouteGadget.

Warm up map.



Map with course.



Map with my route.

FVO Night Event - Dumyat East

Fraser Purves planned a long course which was 5.7k with 20 controls. Gaffling split people at the start, with some doing my 16 - 19 first. Nobody found number 4 - either we were in the wrong place, it was put in the wrong place or it had been moved! Despite that, the course was great fun and gave Will Hensman a narrow victory over Ross McLennan.

Map with course.



Map with my route.

INT SoSOL - Norman's Law

With much of the country in the grip of snow and ice, Norman's Law in East Fife had fared relatively well, with only a light covering of snow. Richard Speirs of Interlopers planned some really good courses with the Brown, which I ran, being 8.2k with 350m of climb and 25 controls.

Results.
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RouteGadget.

Map with course.



Map with my route.

FVO Night Event - Barr Wood

Trevor Hoey planned a great course (5.2k with 150m of climb and 20 controls) with lots of gaffles which, following a mass start, split runners-up really effectively. Will Hensman won in 41 minutes.

Results and splits.

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Map with my route.

LOC Regional Event - Bethecar Moor

Bethecar Moor lies between Windermere and Coniston in the southern Lake District and although open fell, provides a good technical challenge. I ran M50L which was 6.9k with 310m of climb and 14 controls.

Results.
Splits.
RouteGadget.

Map with course.



Map with my route.

EUOC District Event and SoSOL - Holyrood and Meadowfield Parks

Photograph (from ESOC website) looking from Holyrood Park towards yesterdays city race area and Edinburgh Castle.



I had entered the Brown (longest) course at this District/South of Scotland Orienteering League Event, but a sore calf and a cold, meant I changed to the next longest (Blue) course, which was 5.8k with 430m of climb and 17 controls.

Results.
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RouteGadget.

Map with course.



Map with my route.

EUOC - Edinburgh City Race

Edinburgh University Orienteering Club (EUOC)organised a city race in Edinburgh's Southside as part of their Big Weekend, which also includes a ceilidh and a District Event.

The City Race provided challenging courses with lots of route choices and took runners past a number of famous landmarks including the Scottish Parliament, Dynamic Earth and the Royal Mile. I ran the long course which was 6.9k with 29 controls.

Results.
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RouteGadget.

Map with course.



Map with my route.

FVO Night Event - Polmaise Wood

Tonights event attracted the usual FVO runners plus others from across Central Scotland, including a good contingent from Edinburgh University. Jon Cross had planned a really a testing 5.2k course with 24 controls, which included lots of short legs, changes of direction, butterfly loops and a long leg with several possible routes. Ross McLennan was fastest in ca 44 minutes, with Ali McLeod just behind.

Results.

Map with course.



Map with my route.