Monday, July 1, 2013

A look at the Long

Today is the Long Distance Race!

Start times are as follows:
Roark 09:56
Salome 10:38
Tim 11:46 
Brad 14:40

Salome and Brad are both running their 5th JWOC long races, with Tim and Roark running their first. Richard, managing / coaching the team is doing so for the second time after accompanying the team to JWOC in Italy in 2009.

The area for today is Odolov. Moderately hilly to hilly. Coniferous forest. Quite large sections of young forest and felled areas. Runnability: Very good to good. Limited on steep slopes and in young forest and dense areas. Visibility: Very good to good. Limited in young forest and dense areas. Paths and roads: Developed network of forest roads and paths enables fast running.
Map: Scale 1:15,000.


Courses
W20 7.1 km 470 m 15 controls. Expected winning time of 59 min 

M20 9.9 km 620 m 21 controls. Expected winning time of 67 min 
Old map of long area

Live tracking should be at available here.The boys will have GPS tracking! 

GO TEAM SOUTH AFRICA!



1 comment:

Ian Bratt said...

Congrats to all on excellent runs today especially to Tim and Roark in their first JWOC. Well done to you all for flying the SA flag high. Good luck for the rest of the week.