{"id":2607,"date":"2011-04-14T22:37:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T21:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=2607"},"modified":"2011-04-14T23:08:53","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T22:08:53","slug":"mtbo-camp-devils-sprint-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=2607","title":{"rendered":"MTBO Camp – Devil’s Sprint Challenge."},"content":{"rendered":"

This years punching sprint challenge used the EMIT punching system, which confirms a successful electronic punch with a small red LED that is often hard to see in bright sunlight (there is no beep as with the Sportident system). It is possible to get a punch to register with EMIT by not doing a full punch but it is more difficult to ‘speed’ punch accurately if relying on the LED, particularly if the EMIT ‘brikke’ is an early model without a screen.<\/p>\n

I found that wearing it on my index rather than second finger as I do with SI enabled me to do a standing punch fairly easily and although I got a fairly good time in the the qualifiers I managed to not register a control and hence did not go through to the finals (although later Johan offered me a place, but I was shattered following my exertion in the camp special race and declined).<\/p>\n

Great Britain’s Alan Hartley qualified though, and we all gravitated to the Army Camp vehicle training area for the dusk head to head racing over a figure of eight course.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>After the first round, which was fairly exciting, we heard a huge rumble of an enormous engine starting up. Then a tank came roaring round the corner towards us with a folded up bridge on top. After just missing a minibus it slid to a halt, engine revving menacingly, and proceeded to deploy its bridge onto our speed punching course. The sight of this bridge being deployed in front of the tank was amazing, as you can see from the photo, seemingly defying gravity.<\/p>\n

The revised punching course then went over the top of the bridge which caused a few mishaps, particularly on the steep off ramp!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Alan did well but was knocked out in the last round by World Champion Eric. The winner of the final was Denmark junior Andreas, again, who pipped me into second last year, although this time he decided to race in a tight singlet which attracted some interest from the UK women’s team. Somehow they managed to persuade him to remove it for the final, but a little bird told me Emily told him it was the British men who wanted him to take it off and ride topless!<\/p>\n

Thanks to Johan for organising. I know he got very little sleep the previous night, his baby daughter preferring to be pushed up and down the road in her pram rather than sleep in a smelly army barrack room!<\/p>\n

Thanks to to the tank driver, who we met in the officers mess later making full use of his payment for the evening (a free bar). Hats off to him as his English was still spot on even though he could barely stand or negotiate doors without help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This years punching sprint challenge used the EMIT punching system, which confirms a successful electronic punch with a small red LED that is often hard to see in bright sunlight (there is no beep as with the Sportident system). It is possible to get a punch to register with EMIT by not doing a full … <\/p>\n

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