{"id":824,"date":"2025-09-08T20:34:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T19:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arved.priv.at\/weblog\/?p=824"},"modified":"2025-09-08T20:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T19:34:21","slug":"orienteering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arved.priv.at\/weblog\/2025\/09\/08\/orienteering\/","title":{"rendered":"Orienteering"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I was busy participating in my first Orienteering event, the Vienna Orienteering Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Thursday I did my first orienteering run in T\u00fcrkenschanzpark and ended 24th of a 26 people field. I was so excited, that I forgot to start my watch, so no livelox. I also forgot to turn the map, in a detour of several minutes.<\/p>\n

On Friday Leg 1 of the challenge happened in the Otto-Probst-Siedlung. I had expected the run to take place in Wienerberg area, so I had the wrong shoes. Still I managed to finish the “Newcomer” course in a good time.<\/p>\n

So on Saturday I decided to run the “Men Open” course. The area was the MQ and I managed a surprising good result finishing third.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately on Sunday I had exhausted my luck and finished only 9th out of 10. I had problems with three control points and my back tracking\/ recovering strategy was “run around in circles”, which is not the most efficient way to find something.<\/p>\n

I am looking forward to my next orienteering run.<\/p>\n