{"id":1829,"date":"2010-07-25T20:07:06","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T19:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2010-07-25T20:08:14","modified_gmt":"2010-07-25T19:08:14","slug":"oo-cup-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=1829","title":{"rendered":"OO Cup Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Day 2 at the OOCup and the weather is just perfect, mid 20s and a bit of cloud cover. We were glad we were in our apartment last night though, those in the event campsite were treated to an explosion of sound in the middle of the night as some lightning smashed into a tree and the rain came hammering down again.<\/p>\n

It was my turn to shadow Holly round her course today, and I’m glad someone was with her, unmarked paths everywhere made me fall back on contours to help out at a couple of path junctions.<\/p>\n

So back up to the start for my course an hour or so later, nattering to new people and friends as the time ticked away to the beeps on my minute. Picking up the map I found the planner had pulled the same stunt Cath and I often do, a monster first leg right across the map with no chance to tune in. It was a really good leg, with much more climb than first seems apparent and several route choices. I went off like a bull at a gate and cocked it up completely, probably losing 3-4 minutes in all. I simplified too much, contouring to the road without picking off any major features and then did a classic parallel error off the wrong road bend \u2013 muppet. After that I ran the whole course clean except for a 20 second wobble at the second last as I got tired. It was a great feeling ‘riding’ the karst holes and then nailing the controls, getting good control flow, though the forest was a little tougher under foot than yesterday and the constant contouring and oodles of climbing gave tired legs.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately we had a remote finish today which was a bit of an anticlimax after a good run but the walk back to assembly had great views towards a small village complete with hilltop church and meadows.<\/p>\n

Day 3 tomorrow heads up into the mountains for the first time, as the terrain gets tougher and tougher.<\/p>\n

Results will be posted on www.oocup.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day 2 at the OOCup and the weather is just perfect, mid 20s and a bit of cloud cover. We were glad we were in our apartment last night though, those in the event campsite were treated to an explosion of sound in the middle of the night as some lightning smashed into a tree … <\/p>\n

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