{"id":809,"date":"2009-10-08T15:57:54","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T14:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=809"},"modified":"2009-10-08T15:57:54","modified_gmt":"2009-10-08T14:57:54","slug":"a-busy-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=809","title":{"rendered":"A busy weekend !"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On Saturday Cath planned and organised \u00a0a first in Orienteering, a Maize Maze sprint event at the National Forest Maize Maze near Burton on Trent.\u00a0 The format consisted of two qualifiers (added to give a overall time to decide start order for the final) and a final which was run in the dark.
\nOur club was also organising a traditional low key event on the Sunday at Birches Valley at which I was running the timing. Unfortunately Cath\u2019s car broke its cam belt last week so we have been struggling with hire cars and lifts from friends which complicated matters further.<\/p>\n

We had had a trial Maize Maze race in September for club members which seemed to go well and looking at the pre-entry list, it consisted of approx 100 orienteering connoisseurs, many travelling a great distance to take part. To make life even more complicated on the day I got a puncture in my car as well !\"\"<\/p>\n

I managed to run both qualification races, where although I had obviously an advantage having seen the map and run there before I was pleased with my times only a minute off the pace. Working out the start times for the night leg in Excel got a bit frantic and I had to escape to a quiet hidey-hole to concentrate, though still with Cath\u2019s choice of \u2018Maze\u2019 songs playing over the tanoy…. \u2018Wurzels, I\u2019ve got a brand new combine harvester\u2019 and\u2019 The Great Escape\u2019 to name a few.<\/p>\n

The event was very well received with many blog articles and forum postings praising this new event format. Well done Cath ! www.walton-chasers.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0– full results and maps etc available here :http:\/\/www.walton-chasers.co.uk\/results\/2009\/Maize2009\/Maize2009.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sundays event was a less stressful and I managed a run on the brown course. My legs and particularly my knees were aching from the day before so after a fast start I settled back into a steady run. Other than a mistake near some unmarked paths I ran clean until I stumbled on a track near the finish twisting my ankle and fell heavily on the gravel, ending up with the classic schoolboy playground combo of deep knee and palm grazes. I fluffed the next control by about 20 secs wincing from my knee as I ran but finished OK in a respectable 7th<\/sup> with mostly ex British Squad members in front of me.
\nStafford St Johns Ambulance were great, not faffing and just giving me some sterile wipes and the water I needed to clean myself up.
\nSo a busy weekend but I hope we have started something and other clubs jump on the Maize Maze wagon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Saturday Cath planned and organised \u00a0a first in Orienteering, a Maize Maze sprint event at the National Forest Maize Maze near Burton on Trent.\u00a0 The format consisted of two qualifiers (added to give a overall time to decide start order for the final) and a final which was run in the dark. Our club … <\/p>\n

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