World of O News
Todays leg in Route to Christmas is a leg from the United States with several routechoice options. The competition is the 31st West Point Orienteering Meet on May 2nd 2010, and control 2 in the blue course is chosen. This is one of those legs where you feel you have to choose between “several evils” – no choice looking perfect…
The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this leg (if the image is too small, you may click on it to get it larger):
Webroute
Next you can draw your own route using the ‘Webroute’ below. Think through how you would attack this leg, and draw the route you would have made. Some comments about why you would choose a certain route are always nice for the other readers.
Then you can take a look at how the runners who have drawn their route choice solved this leg below. Ross Smith has the fastest time by running furthest to the left – avoiding some climb and green compared to the ones running more straight, but instead running on stony ground and running a longer route. Based on the information available, I can’t say if straight or left is faster. The right variants seem slower based on the runners who have drawn their route. You find all information about the event – including invitation and results here.
Bonus leg: Leg 15
Leg 15 in the same competition is a bonus leg – going in the opposite direction but except for that a very similar leg.
The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this leg (if the image is too small, you may click on it to get it larger):
Bonus leg: Webroute
Next you can draw your own route using the ‘Webroute’ below. Think through how you would attack this leg, and draw the route you would have made. Some comments about why you would choose a certain route are always nice for the other readers.
Then you can take a look at how the runners who have drawn their route choice solved this leg:
Complete map in Omaps.worldofo.com
You find the complete map and Routegadget info in omaps.worldofo.com at this location.
As the course designer, I can say that it is very cool to see this leg make the series!
For those who were wondering about the large road on the first leg: it was out of bounds because it is a large highway that would not be safe to run along. Additionally, because the course is on a military base, all of the gates in the uncrossable fence along that road and the cemetery were locked, so the only feasible choices in competition stayed inside that fence. (The gates on the ski slope were open.)