Day 3 by Helen
I have the pleasure of writing a short report about the 3rd day of training during our Kyiv training camp. This was the first day we encountered some really nice, fast, runnable terrain, almost entirely bramble free! Both of today’s maps were 1:10000 and 2,5m contours.am
The morning session on “KBJMHUUMBO” was a middle distance course, 5.8km. This had been cut short by Bilbo in order to avoid some large green areas but in fact the green on this map was fine and a much faster pace was possible than on some of the previous training areas. The area has gentle contours, some negative, but nothing very detailed. The extensive path network and vegetation were generally mapped well, but veg. boundries were indistinct. On the eastern edge of the map is a strip of open, sandy ground with thick bushes mapped as light green. This had some contour features (gullies, knolls, depressions) and provided a contrast/change of pace. Generally this is a nice training area, relevant to flatter bits of the middle/relay terrain. Good for practicing fast running on a compass bearing, reading subtle contours. We termed this terrain type, light-moraine or moraine-liteâ.
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The afternoon session was a middle distance race with emit timing on detailed, runnable, moraine. The name has been cut off my map but this area is a ten minute walk from the end of the metro line (three stops along from the hotel metro station). Therefore this area is highly recommended for training, being very accessible and also WOC- middle/relay relevant -Mhairi and I visited it again later in the week.
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