{"id":768,"date":"2009-09-10T22:32:47","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T21:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=768"},"modified":"2009-09-10T22:34:08","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T21:34:08","slug":"west-midlands-relay-championships-long-mynd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=768","title":{"rendered":"West Midlands Relay Championships – Long Mynd"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With the MTBO I was going to do canceled I was quickly swept up into the Walton Chasers men’s open team for the West Midlands Champs held on the same day. I didn’t get too much sleep, arriving home gone midnight after flying in from France the previous evening, but a coffee in the services at the end of the M54 soon sorted me out. The road up to the top of the Long Mynd where we were parking just goes up and up and the views from the top are breath taking, far out over the Shropshire Plains of farmland right over towards the Peak District.<\/p>\n

The mass start on Leg 1 was not so much of the mass, with only two teams on Men’s open, ourselves and POTOC, disappointingly no teams from HOC or OD. Im not sure if it was the time of year or the distance to travel to the event which kept numbers low.\"\"<\/a>
\nI went off fast trying to drop the POTOC runner but immediately regretted the cocky decision of diving into the heather with no proper attack point. I slowed up and perhaps lost 20 secs or so locating the shallow re-entrant. Punching at the same time I pulled ahead again on #2 and #3 but again made the same mistake on #4 not picking a good enough attackpoint and fluffed\u00a0 it letting him catch me again as I went too low. Planning ahead to #7 I thought if I attacked up the hill from 4 to 5 I could finally drop him on the decent to #8 and it \"\"<\/a>worked. Over the next few controls I slowly pulled out a lead of 2 or 3 controls and other than a wobble on some unmarked crags I finished the rest of my 1st leg with no more mistakes about 6 mins clear handing over to Adam Bushnell who kept our lead before handing over to Iain Stamp who extended\u00a0the lead with a great run.
\nFrom the map you may notice that the control descriptions are ripped off. I have done this on relays since the advent of waterproof maps as it negates the need to keep unfording the map to check the codes.
\nFor a novice planner it was well planned and the area even with the long energy sapping bracken was great with amazing views ready to distract you from the task in hand in all directions. Well done Wrekin Orienteers for organising a good event at short notice.
\nFull results at http:\/\/www.wrekinorienteers.co.uk\/results.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the MTBO I was going to do canceled I was quickly swept up into the Walton Chasers men’s open team for the West Midlands Champs held on the same day. I didn’t get too much sleep, arriving home gone midnight after flying in from France the previous evening, but a coffee in the services … <\/p>\n

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