[26-Jul-06]
Here is the WMOC 06 Warmup 10A map, and here are my routes.
Here is the WMOC 06 Sprint M40 map, and here are my routes.
WMOC warmup races in Weiner-Neustadt, Austria, about 50K
from Vienna.
First race was the day I arrived; jumped off the plane,
raced to the event center, got my packet, got changed,
and made it to start with about 10 minutes to spare.
Jetlagged and poorly hydrated and on no sleep, still
managed to have a pretty good race, surprised to finish
in the top 3rd or so.
Terrain was physical and technical, and the forest was
probably the darkest I've been in due to thick pine
canopy. I had a great deal of difficulty reading the
map, but found my way around with just bobbles rather
than catastrophic booms. Race was harder than WMOC
turned out to be.
Sprint was downtown the next day -- took it fairly
easy, tho managed to get totally confused out of #1
when I didn't see the alley I wanted. Fine, but not
overly technical sprint. Routes dubious in a couple
of places, but basically found the controls outside of
the disaster leaving #1.
Took these pics around the sprint area, and a couple of the typical WMOC forest.